Sinikka Langeland

Sinikka Langeland
Sinikka Langeland at stage in 2016
Background information
Birth name	Anne Sinikka Langeland
Born	(1961-01-13) 13 January 1961 (age 63) Grue, Hedmark
Origin	Norway
Genres	Traditional folk music, world music, jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, kantele
Labels	ECM Records Grappa Music

Website	www.sinikka.no

Musical artist

Sinikka Langeland (born 13 January 1961 in Grue, Norway) is a Norwegian traditional folk singer and musician (playing the kantele), known for combining traditional music with elements of jazz.^[1]^[2]

Career

Langeland plays the Finnish National Instrument kantele, but she is also known for her "runesanger" and traditional "kveding". Langeland also teaches these instruments and song techniques. The work "Sammas Himmelsøyle" by langeland, was premiered with Trio Mediæval and Sinikka Langelands Ensemble Finnskogutstillingen in March 2012.^[3] This work is based on Finnish mythology, and was commissioned for Finnskogutstillingen. The week after the premiere the work was performed again in "Gamle Aker kirke", during the Oslo International Church Music Festival.^[4]

In 1996 Langeland was awarded Finnskogprisen. For the release Runoja she received the prestigious Edvardprisen in the class Music in the borderland in 2003. Together with Ove Berg she received the Norwegian-Finnish Cultural Fund Award in 2004 and in 2010 she was the trecipient of the Gammleng-prisen in the class Traditional folk music. In 2012 she received the Sibeliusprisen by Sibelius company in Norway.^[5]

Langeland was nominated for Spellemannprisen (1997) in the class Traditional folk music, for the album Strengen var af røde guld and Spellemannprisen (2000) in the class Traditional folk music/traditional dance music, for the album Lille Rosa. She contributed on Dølajazz 2006 with poems by Hans Børli, performed together with the jazz musicians Arve Henriksen and Trygve Seim, as well as the Finnish musician Markku Ounaskari. Langeland lives in Grue at Finnskogen.

John Kellman of the All About Jazz magazine recognized Sinikka Langeland Ensemble's appearance at Vossajazz March 2013, as no. 2 of his "Best Live Shows of 2013".^[6]

Honors

1996: Finnskogprisen
2003: Edvardprisen in the class Music in the borderland for the album Runoja
2004: Norwegian-Finnish Cultural Fund Award
2010: Gammleng-prisen in the class Traditional folk music
2012: Sibeliusprisen

Discography

Solo albums

1994: Langt Innpå Skoga (Grappa Music), with her own songs and music from Solør and Finnskogen

1995: Har Du Lyttet Til Elvene Om Natta (Grappa Music), poems by Hans Børli with Anders Jormin, Morten Halle, Peter Finger and Anders Engen

1997: Strengen Var Af Røde Guld (Grappa Music), ballads and songs collected by Ludvig Mathias Lindeman in the summer of 1864

2000: Lille Rosa - Kjærlighetsballader (Grappa Music)

2002: Runoja (Heilo) with Arve Henriksen, Bjørn Kjellemyr and Pål Thowsen

2007: Starflowers (ECM Records)^[2] with Anders Jormin, Arve Henriksen, Markku Ounaskari and Trygve Seim

2011: The Land That Is Not (ECM Records)^[7]^[8] with Arve Henriksen, Trygve Seim, Anders Jormin and Markku Ounaskari

2015: The Half-Finished Heaven (ECM Records) with Lars Anders Tomter, Trygve Seim and Markku Ounaskari

2016: The Magical Forest (ECM Records) with Arve Henriksen, Trygve Seim, Anders Jormin, Markku Ounaskari and Trio Mediæval

2021: Maria Magdalena (Lawo Classics)

2021: Wolf Rune (ECM Records)

2023: Wind and Sun (ECM Records)

Collaborations

With Streif

2000: Trollfugl (Lærdal Musikkproduksjon)
2006: Nordic Winter (Ozella) with Birger Mistereggen, Georg Michael Reiss, Tom Karlsrud and Torbjørn Økland

With Ove Berg

2002: Tirun Lirun – Skogsfinske Runesanger (Finnskogen Kulturverksted)

With Andreas Liebig

2002: Stjerneklang (Heilo), Norwegian folk melodies and Bach chorales Christmas, with Andreas Liebig on the Wagner Organ from Nidarosdomen

With Kåre Nordstoga

2004: Påskatona, Folk hymns / J. S. Bach. (Nordic Sound), including the Baroque organ at Nidarosdomen
2005: Kyriekoral, Norwegian folk hymns and Bach chorales (Nordic Sound)
2006: Hjartegangar (Nyrenning), with Knut Buen^[9]
2009: Maria's Song (ECM Records) with Lars Anders Tomter^[10]

Bibliography

1997: Strengen var af Røde Guld, Medieval Ballads from Solør, songs collected by Ludvig Mathias Lindeman in 1864, Heidi Arild, Velle Espeland a.o. Ill.: Tore Hansen, Norsk folkeminnelags skrifter Nr 142^[11]
2001: Karhun Emuu (Mother bear), retelling of "runesanger" from Finnskogen, Comments by Professor Timo Leisiö, Ill.: Tore Hansen, 94 pp., Aschehoug^[12]

References

^ Bitustøyl, Kjell. "Sinikka Langeland". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b Kelman, John (14 August 2007). "Sinikka Langeland: Starflowers (2007) Track Review". All About Jazz. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ "Konserter 1989 – 2012". Finnskogutstillingen.no. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ ""Sammas Himmelsøyle"". Sinikka Langeland Web site. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ "Sibeliusprisen 2012 til Sinikka Langeland". Sinikka Langeland Web site. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ Kelman, John (13 December 2013). "John Kelman's Best Live Shows of 2013". All About Jazz. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
^ Kelman, John (23 November 2011). "Sinikka Langeland: The Land That Is Not (2011) Track Review". All About Jazz. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ Fordham, John (22 September 2011). "Sinikka Langeland: The Land That Is Not – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ "Sinikka Langeland Discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ "Sinikka Langeland Maria's Song". ECM Records. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ "Strengen var af røde guld – folkeviser" (in Norwegian). Norsk folkeminnelags skrifter. 1998. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ "Karhun emuu – gjendiktet av Sinikka Langeland" (in Norwegian). Aschehoug. 1997. Retrieved 28 September 2013.