NordSync Forum in Mo I Rana 2024

At the end of August 2024, musicians and other artists gathered in the town of Mo i Rana in Northern Norway for a four-day seminar featuring concerts, presentations, and lectures. The event brought together performing artists, researchers, and producers to explore the theme of interdisciplinary productions — blending music with visual art, film, and other creative forms.

The first day of the seminar

The event began with welcoming remarks from Maria Frolova, Norwegian coordinator, and Jørgen Kjærsund, Cultural Director of Rana Municipality, followed by an orientation presented by Stepan Frolov, project leader.

The day continued with a lecture by Bjørn Bonsaksen titled “Some Experiences as a Concert Organizer.”

Next lecture with Igor Shaytanov, producer at Tromsø International Film Festival. Topic: “10 years of re-actualisation”:

After that followed Lecture by Andreas Sønning , Associate Professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music, Visiting Professor at Solent University Southampton/EU Networks: European Creative Futures/Business and Arts Innovation Lab, Artistic Director Sønning Music Performance:

“Creative Concert Production”

After that, we moved to the concert hall where the seminar continued with presentations by participants of their interdisciplinary productions.

At the end of the day, there was one more concert presentation: the Frolov–Alrikson Duo accompanied Chaplin’s famous Sunnyside. The concert was open to the public, and everyone could relax and enjoy a glass of wine.

The Second day of the seminar

The second day featured a follow-up lecture by Andreas Sønning on creative concert production, offering many practical tips on how to develop and fund interdisciplinary projects.

The lecture was live-streamed and is available as a recording:

Another speaker on Forum was Henrik Sand Dagfinrud, Programme Director at Bodø2024.

And his topic: “BOD02024 – FROM COLD WAR HOTSPOT TO EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE.”

This lecture was live-streamed as well and is available as a recording:

Day 2: Concert-presentations of participants

The second day ended with another open concert where participants presented their interdisciplinary productions.

NordSync Project is a network for musicians and other performing artists in the Nordic-Baltic region. We particularly emphasize collaborative musical productions that integrate with various genres of performing arts.