Ida Meidell Blylod & Terafolk Violin Duo

When? Monday, August 16, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.

Where? Cankar square, Škofja Loka

What? Concert as part of the festival X. international cycle of concerts in Škofja Loka.

Ida Meidell Blylod – violin
Barja Drnovšek – violin, bass
Bojan Cvetrežnik – violin, trumpets

Ida Meidell Blylod is a Swedish baroque and folk violinist who is passionately interested in the diversity of European violin traditions. Ida’s delicate playing reveals her true ability to make every performance unique, whether she’s playing in a gloomy concert hall, on a lively dance floor, or in a crowded bar. Ida has toured European folk and baroque venues for many years, and is also sought-after as a mentor in international courses in various styles of folk music. She came to Slovenia for the first time in 2011 for the Etnohisteria festival. Since then, she has been returning regularly due to collaborations with the Symbolic Orchestra and Godalkanje. In 2014, she was the soloist of the international project “European Symbolic Orchestra”, with which she also recorded the album “Terrafolk & the European Symbolic Orchestra – XXLive «. She performed with the Slovenian band Ida & the Other Bears. We can watch quite a few recordings of her live performances online, including the ones with Godalkanje. Ida is currently playing in a Swedish folk-baroque project with Johan Hedin, a renowned soloist at the nyckelharp. She regularly collaborates with several baroque orchestras in Sweden, Denmark and France. The concert will consist of Ida’s baroque-folk programme for violin solo, a performance by the Terrafolk duo and a joint performance of all three musicians. Together, they will take us on an energetic and colorful journey through the changing musical landscapes of Northern European folk music.

In case of bad weather, the concert will take place in “Sokolski dom” Škofja Loka.

Admission free.

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Bojan Cvetrežnik’s Workshops at the ESTA UK 2021

When: 9 – 13 August 2021, 11.30 – 13.00

Where: Chichester University, UK

Four years after leading ‘Upper Strings Basics’ workshops in 2017, Bojan Cvetrežnik was once again invited to give a lecture at the summer camp of the English association of string teachers – ESTA UK. This year’s ‘Daily Menu’ workshops are meant for all string players.

More information HERE.

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Godalkanje – Kamfest 2021

When? Every evening from Monday, 9th to Saturday, 14th August 2021, from 7.45 p.m. to 11.15 p.m.

19:45 Balkan Fiddle Gate – open stage

21:30 Concert on the stage “Pr ‘Goslač” (after the concert on the main stage)

22:15 – 23:15 Fiddle Gang Jam

Where? Kamfest Festival, Kamnik

 

Godalkanje was created right on Kamfest Festival in 2010. After that, violin groups toured in Kamnik again in 2014 and 2020. In all these years, over a hundred young musicians of all ages joined the event, and the repertoire of some has grown into hundreds of traditional tunes from different regions. Sharing music with the audience has always been the main motto of Bojan Cvetrežnik, the founder of Godalkanje. Thus, at this year’s festival, a real acoustic exhibition of musical journeys will take place. It will take you to the worlds of traditional violin sounds of various European regions. The main square in Kamnik will be the spot where we can sit and travel away with the melodies carried by the violin orchestra from seven countries.

Leave your expectations before the checkpoint, otherwise they will be confiscated!

Concerts and music exhibitions ‘Fiddle Gang Jam’ were prepared by international curators who are also mentors of Godalkanje at the ‘Balkan Fiddle Gate‘ seminar, which run in parallel with the Kamfest festival in the Mekinje Monastery.

The events are co-produced by the Kamfest Festival and the Society for ONE Music, and co-financed by the City of Ljubljana.

 

Monday, August 9, 2021

19:45 – open stage

21:30 – Too Bett Violins (AT, SK)

22:15 – Fidde Gang Jam

CURATOR: Angelika Hudler (AT)

RHYTHM SECTION: Petra Onderufova (SK), Danijel Bogataj, Barja Drnovšek, Ana Lazar

 

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

19:45 – open stage

21:30 – Duo Mann & Juula (EST)

22:15 – Fidde Gang Jam

CURATOR: Petra Onderufova (SK)

RHYTHM SECTION: Angelika Hudler (AT), Danijel Bogataj, Barja Drnovšek, Ana Lazar

 

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

19:45 – open stage

21:30 – Jean-Christophe Gairard trio (FR, SLO)

22:15 – Fidde Gang Jam

CURATOR: Jean-Christophe Gairard (FR)

RHYTHM SECTION: Nicolas Hauzeur (BE), Nejc Škofic, Jošt Lampret

 

Thursday, August 12, 2021

19:45 – open stage

21:30 – Ida Meidell Blylod (SWE)

22:15 – Fidde Gang Jam

CURATOR: Ida Meidell Blylod (SWE)

RHYTHM SECTION: Barja Drnovšek, Žiga Šercer, Danijel Bogataj

 

Friday, Aug. 13, 2021

19:45 – open stage

21:30 – Jean-Christophe Gairard trio (FR, SLO)

22:15 – Fidde Gang Jam

CURATOR: Jean-Christophe Gairard (FR)

RHYTHM SECTION: Nicolas Hauzeur (BE), Nejc Škofic, Jošt Lampret

 

Saturday, August 14, 2021

19:45 – Ida Meidell Blylod (SWE)

21:30 – Jean-Christophe Gairard trio (FR, SLO)

22:15 – All Star Fiddle Gang Jam (FR, SWE, BE, AT, EST, DE, SLO)

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A Small Teracce on Mala ulica 2021

When? Every Friday from 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm (from August, 27 to September, 24, 2021)

Where? Family center “Mala ulica” (Prečna ulica 7, Ljubljana)

What? Live music for all generations

 

On Fridays, we invite you to unique music events co-created by children and teachers of Godalkanje. Besides violins, we occasionally hear double bass, plucked string instruments, accordion, voice … The tunes from different regions compete with each other, and listeners vote for the winning song. Teams from more than 15 European and American countries will compete whose songs you declare the winners. Sometimes jazz and classical teams also compete. Come, enjoy the acoustic music of violin orchestra, dance, clap or swing to the beat on the swings and vote for the tune you like best! Maybe it will win… Spider Inke will take care of the nice weather – in case of rain, complain to him, while the music will play inside the playroom.

The teams consist of: Namuznjeni Godalkarji, Specialni Godalkarji, Fiddle Gang

Coaches: Bojan Cvetrežnik, Barja Drnovšek

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