February 19-March 17, 2013, the
Kennedy Center presents Nordic Cool 2013, a month-long
international festival of theater, dance, music, visual arts, literature,
design, cuisine, and film to highlight the diverse cultures of Denmark,
Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as the territories of Greenland,
the Faroe Islands, and Áland Islands.
I watched a play "Bird in Magic Rain with Tears" - U.S. PREMIERE, on 2/21/2013. This multimedia two-act play revolves around the intertwined fates of three characters--a conceptual artist grieving over her son's death, a boy-prostitute searching for the truth about his past, and a terminally ill businessman longing for love.
I
also attended Iceland Symphony Orchestra 3/4/2013 : Ilan Volkov, conductor, Garrick
Ohlsson, piano. I only stayed for VILMARSSON: bd (U.S. Premiere) and GRIEG:
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16. I was more impressed by Rasmus Lyberth who
is a Greenlander, singer/songwriter who has powerful voice and hand gestures
and Greta Sundström who is an Åland Islander accordion player who played
classical pieces to folk music and dance-friendly pop tunes. 
No comments:
Post a Comment