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The SHARING HERITAGE Love Tree Ensemble Mitglieder des Ensembles bei der ersten Session in Hven, Schweden: Harald Haugaard, Mattias Peréz , Helene Blum, Tapani Varis, Julia Lacherstorfer, Nataša Mirković, Sérgio Crisóstomo, Etta Scollo (v.l.n.r.), Copyright: Still Words Photography Eleven outstanding musicians from all over Europe invite you to experience astonishing facets of European folk music in an extraordinary concert. After all, in 2018 Europe is celebrating its diverse cultural traditions – and the motto chosen by the EU is ‘SHARING HERITAGE’. Singer Helene Blum and violinist Harald Haugaard, two of the world’s most popular Danish musicians, have launched the SHARING HERITAGE Love Tree Ensemble in their roles as ambassadors of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. The artists involved embody very different musical traditions from Finnish Karelia, Northern Ireland and the High Tatras to the Alps, Sicily and Portugal.

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The  SHARING  HERITAGE  Love  Tree  Ensemble    

 Mitglieder  des  Ensembles  bei  der  ersten  Session  in  Hven,  Schweden:  Harald  Haugaard,  Mattias  Peréz  ,  Helene  Blum,  Tapani  Varis,  Julia  Lacherstorfer,  Nataša  Mirković,  Sérgio  Crisóstomo,  Etta  Scollo  (v.l.n.r.),  Copyright:  Still  Words  Photography    

   Eleven  outstanding  musicians  from  all  over  Europe  invite  you  to  experience  astonishing  facets  of  European  folk  music  in  an  extraordinary  concert.  After  all,  in  2018  Europe  is  celebrating  its  diverse  cultural  traditions  –  and  the  motto  chosen  by  the  EU  is  ‘SHARING  HERITAGE’.    Singer  Helene  Blum  and  violinist  Harald  Haugaard,  two  of  the  world’s  most  popular  Danish  musicians,  have  launched  the  SHARING  HERITAGE  Love  Tree  Ensemble  in  their  roles  as  ambassadors  of  the  European  Year  of  Cultural  Heritage  2018.  The  artists  involved  embody  very  different  musical  traditions  from  Finnish  Karelia,  Northern  Ireland  and  the  High  Tatras  to  the  Alps,  Sicily  and  Portugal.            

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The  ensemble  has  gathered  age-­‐old  songs  and  melodies  from  all  directions,  revealed  their  common  origins,  and  breathed  new  life  into  them.  With  their  similarities  being  unmistakable,  regional  heritage  and  a  profoundly  European  vision  can  be  heard  to  flow  together.    The  same  song  known  to  Scots  as  a  jig  (actually  derived  from  the  French  ‘gigue’)  is  also  a  nursery  rhyme  in  Denmark  and  a  tarantella  in  Italy.  Even  ‘The  Love  Tree’,  the  tune  after  which  the  band  was  named,  has  made  its  way  around  Europe  for  centuries  in  various  guises.  Known  as  ‘Folia’  in  Portugal  and  Spain,  in  Danish  it’s  called  ‘Kærlighedstræet’.  In  this  simple  love  song  in  three-­‐four  time,  the  various  versions  of  the  lyrics  usually  deal  with  transience  and  pride.    The  SHARING  HERITAGE  Love  Tree  Ensemble  has  rediscovered  these  and  other  gems,  and  arranged  and  interpreted  them  in  a  contemporary  style.  The  result  is  a  concert  programme  rich  in  atmospheres  and  soundscapes  which  is  touching  and  soulful,  and  combines  exuberance  with  elegance.    All  the  artists  are  in  a  musical  class  of  their  own  and  among  the  best  in  their  field,  both  in  their  own  countries  and  frequently  beyond.  Never  afraid  to  experiment  in  unfamiliar  genres,  they  relish  transcending  musical  and  national  boundaries  –  and  do  so  with  virtuoso  ease.      Line  up    Helene  Blum  (DK)  vocal  +  fiddle    

Harald  Haugaard  (DK)  fiddle  

Albin  Paulus  (D)  wood  winds      

Brian  Finnegan  (NIR)  flutes    

Etta  Scollo  (IT)  vocal  +  guitar    

Julia  Lacherstorfer  (AT)  fiddle  +  vocal    

Mattias  Peréz  (S)  guitars    

Michal  Zak  (PL)  wood  winds    

Nataša  Mirković  (BIH)  vocal  +  percussion    

Sérgio  Crisóstomo  (POR)  fiddle    

Tapani  Varis  (FIN)  double  bass  +  jews  harp  

   Concert  Dates    January  8th  2018  Hamburg,  Opening  Sharing  Heritage  (non  public)  

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 April  28th  2018  Flensburg,  folkBALTICA      Nov  2018  Leipzig,  expo  ‚denkmal’  (tbc)    More  dates  in  progress..    

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   Bios    Helene  Blum,  vocals,  fiddle  (DK)  Her  deep  familiarity  with  time-­‐honoured  melodies  and  lyrics  give  songwriter  Helene  Blum  the  freedom  to  keep  exploring  new  avenues  as  a  songwriter.  Elements  of  jazz,  pop  and  chamber  music  are  elegantly  and  sensitively  woven  into  her  folk  songs,  while  traditional  words  and  contemporary  lyrics  beautifully  merge  into  each  other.  A  winner  of  a  Danish  Music  Award,  she  has  found  acclaim  not  only  in  Denmark,  but  also  on  tours  of  Europe,  Canada  and  Japan.  Her  album  Men  med  åbne  øjne  was  rated  by  the  British  Daily  Telegraph  as  one  of  the  ten  best  folk  albums  of  2013.  Helene  Blum’s  fifth  and  current  CD  Dråber  af  tid  (‘Droplets  of  time’)  released  in  January  2017  was  nominated  for  a  German  Record  Critics’  Award.  One  track  on  the  album,  ‘Friheden  Station’,  was  a  number  one  hit  on  Danish  radio.    Harald  Haugaard,  fiddle  (DK)  With  a  pedigree  including  twelve  Danish  Music  Awards,  Harald  Haugaard  has  long  since  carved  out  a  worldwide  reputation  as  an  outstanding  violinist  and  composer.  He  studied  and  then  taught  at  the  Carl  Nielsen  Academy  in  Odense,  is  the  artistic  director  of  the  folkBALTICA  festival,  and  established  his  own  fiddle  school  in  2008,  where  he  passes  on  with  passion  the  skills  he  himself  learned  from  traditional  violinists  such  as  his  grandfather  Johannes  Kristensen.  Although  this  repertoire  makes  up  the  heart  of  his  music,  Haugaard’s  art  is  so  vibrant  and  inspirational  precisely  because  he  persists  in  departing  from  traditions  and  reinterpreting  them  in  a  variety  of  new  ways.  It  was  for  this  very  reason  that  his  most  recent  album  Lys  og  forfald  (‘Light  and  decay’)  received  the  German  Record  Critics’  Award.      

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Tapani  Varis,  double  bass  &  overtone  flutes  (FIN)    Tapani  Varis  is  one  of  the  most  sought-­‐after  bassists  in  Nordic  folk.  In  the  1980s,  he  was  a  founding  member  of  Värttina,  probably  the  best-­‐known  Finnish  group  to  perform  new  folk  music.  Tapani’s  trademark  is  his  rock-­‐solid  beat  enhanced  by  a  dry  but  full  sound.  His  bass-­‐playing  has  provided  a  strong  foundation  for  plenty  of  folk  productions,  yet  also  more  experimental  ensembles  such  as  the  American  Café  Orchestra.  It  was  at  the  famous  Sibelius  Academy  that  Varis  studied  the  bass,  Jew’s  harp  and  various  Nordic  flutes,  which  also  make  up  the  core  sound  of  his  own  band,  the  Tapani  Varis  Collective.    Julia  Lacherstorfer,  violin,  vocals  (AUT)  Julia  Lacherstorfer  gives  familiar  Alpine  sounds  both  an  unexpected  aesthetic  twist  and  new,  expressive  forms.  Having  grown  up  with  the  yodel,  Wienerlied  (Viennese  song)  and  Austro–Bavarian  Gstanzl,  at  university  she  discovered  her  passion  for  jazz  and  improvisation.  Since  then,  she  has  accomplished  her  own  musical  vision  “which,  despite  being  based  on  the  strong  back  of  tradition,  lives  in  the  present  and  points  to  the  future.”  (Salzburger  Nachrichten)  Julia  Lacherstorfer  and  her  band  Alma  won  the  Austrian  World  Music  Award  in  2015  followed  by  the  2017  RUTH  World  Music  Award.  In  2018,  she  started  co-­‐directing  the  wellenklænge  Festival  in  Lunz  am  See  along  with  Simon  Zöchbauer,  with  whom  she  also  performs  in  the  duo  Ramsch  &  Rosen.    Etta  Scollo,  vocals  +  guitar  (IT)  Etta  Scollo’s  singing  can  make  the  audience  dance  or  cry,  and  reflects  all  the  colours  of  life.  Born  in  Catania,  she  now  lives  in  Berlin  and  Sicily,  although  she’s  actually  at  home  in  a  string  of  musical  worlds  from  the  folk  song  to  avant-­‐garde.  She  received  a  gold  disc  for  her  Italian  version  of  the  Beatles  song  ‘Oh  Darling’  as  well  as  a  number  of  awards  for  ‘Canta  Ro’,  a  passionate,  loving  tribute  to  Sicilian  folk  singer  Rosa  Balistreri.  Etta  Scollo  has  also  made  a  name  for  herself  as  a  composer,  including  with  film  music  for  Korean  director  Kim  Ki-­‐Duk.  Recently,  she  teamed  up  with  actor  Joachim  Król  to  stage  a  literary  and  musical  programme  featuring  songs  and  stories  about  love.    Nataša  Mirković,  vocals  +  percussion  (BIH)    Nataša  Mirković’s  ability  to  put  her  voice,  heart  and  soul  into  extraordinary  music  projects  has  been  demonstrated  in  a  wide  variety  of  genres.  One  of  her  recent  projects  is  En  El  Amor,  a  soulful  programme  of  Sephardic  songs  from  Bosnia-­‐Herzegovina,  which  received  a  German  Record  Critics’  Award.  Other  works  strikingly  displaying  her  vocal  flexibility  were  an  interpretation  of  Schubert’s  Winter  Journey  arranged  for  hurdy-­‐gurdy  and  voice  (recorded  with  Matthias  Loibner)  or  unorthodox  arrangements  of  pop  hits  from  the  former  Yugoslavia.  Her  musical  journey  began  as  a  child  with  Balkan  folk  songs  and  her  father’s  accordion-­‐playing.  After  studying  classical  voice  in  Graz,  she  went  on  to  perform  in  numerous  operas  and  musicals.  Her  reputation  spread  as  far  as  Hollywood:  She  performed  the  title  song  for  Angelina  Jolie’s  directorial  debut  In  the  Country  of  Blood  and  Honey.        Albin  Paulus,  woodwinds  (D)    Albin  Paulus  pounces  on  anything  which  is  weird  and  unusual,  completely  undervalued  or  holds  out  the  promise  of  fascinating  unknown  territory,  such  as  the  Jew’s  harp,  psychedelic,  rocked-­‐out  Hendrix  solos  on  the  bagpipes,  and  virtuoso  yodelling.  As  a  child,  he  first  underwent  sound  classical  training  on  the  clarinet.  After  studying  music  in  Vienna  and  Cremona,  he  made  a  name  for  himself  with  for  example  the  first  recording  of  all  J.G.  Albrechtsberger’s  concertos  for  the  Jew’s  harp.  In  2011,  Albin  Paulus  was  crowned  the  world  

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virtuoso  of  the  Jew’s  harp  in  Siberia.  His  band  Hotel  Palindrone  has  won  several  awards,  including  a  German  Record  Critics’  Award.    Mattias  Pérez,  guitars  (SWE)    One  of  Sweden’s  top  folk  musicians,  guitarist  Mattias  Pérez  tours  the  world  with  a  variety  of  line-­‐ups.  In  the  studio,  he  has  contributed  his  enormous  talent  to  dozens  of  albums.  When  his  first  solo  CD  entitled  East  was  released  in  2013,  Swedish  music  magazine  Lira  gushed:  “This  music  is  light-­‐years  away  from  all  the  fake  poses  and  attempts  to  be  agreeable.  It  thrives  on  its  own  power  like  the  forest  or  the  river.”  Despite  Mattias  Pérez’s  special  relationship  with  Swedish  heritage,  he  relishes  challenges  outside  it,  including  with  his  own  band  MP3.  Mattias  also  teaches  at  the  Ingesund  School  of  Music  at  Karlstad  University.      Michał  Żak,  woodwinds  (PL)  A  musician  and  marathon  runner.  His  development  as  the  former  was  moulded  not  least  by  intensive  periods  spent  in  France,  Armenia  and  India,  where  he  learned  various  woodwind  instruments.  However,  he  discovered  the  deep,  precious  foundations  for  his  musicianship  in  his  native  Poland.  To  immerse  himself  in  Polish  heritage,  Michał  Żak  went  to  its  place  of  origin,  the  villages,  and  spent  over  ten  years  in  rural  Poland,  repeatedly  playing  with  various  musicians.  Not  tied  to  any  rigid  frameworks,  Michał  Żak  moves  effortlessly  between  early  music,  folk,  jazz  and  fusion,  and  is  a  member  of  ensembles  such  as  Lautari  and  Janusz  Prusinowski  Kompania.  In  his  free  time,  Michał  runs  and  runs  –  preferably  in  Piedmont,  Bohemian  Switzerland,  Poznań,  Warsaw  or  the  Rhineland.    Sergio  Crisóstomo,  violin  (POR)  Sergio  Crisóstomo  is  constantly  on  the  move  with  his  Swedish-­‐Portuguese  Stockholm  Lisboa  Project  –  musically,  conceptually,  and  also  in  a  very  real  sense  in  about  20  countries.  Sensitively  yet  full  of  verve,  the  quartet  explores  the  inner  voice  of  each  song.  Is  it  suitable  for  a  fado  arrangement?  Does  it  call  for  a  more  Nordic  guise?  For  this  subtle  joy  of  experimentation,  they  have  already  garnered  two  German  Record  Critics’  Awards.  Apart  from  the  Stockholm  Lisboa  Project,  Sergio  Crisóstomo  has  also  performed  with  many  other  musicians  on  stage,  including  big  names  from  the  Portuguese  and  international  scenes  such  as  Mariza,  Carlos  do  Carmo  and  Caetano  Veloso.  Incidentally,  Sergio’s  second  passion  is  programming,  which  is  why  this  classically  trained  violinist  also  works  as  a  web  developer.    Brian  Finnegan,  flutes  (NIR)  Brian  Finnegan  is  widely  regarded  as  one  of  the  true  pioneers  in  modern  Irish  music.  He  is  outstanding  for  his  way  to  blend  traditional  Irish,  Breton  and  even  Indian  technique  and  ornamentation  into  modern  and  traditional  folk  music  from  all  over  the  world.  Front  man  with  the  legendary  Flook,  with  whom  he  has  toured  the  world  and  recorded  four  highly  acclaimed  albums,  Brian  has  continued  to  push  the  boundaries  of  modern  traditional  music.  More  recently  he  has  toured  with  the  quartet  KAN  and  worked  on  a  multitude  of  other  projects,  including  his  work  in  Russia  with  Rock  band  Aquarium  and  in  America  with  guitarist  William  Coulter.  His  last  solo  album  The  Ravishing  Genius  of  Bones  met  with  high  acclaim  among  critics  and  audience.