Singing Masterclass in Finland with Romanian Soprano Cleopatra David

In the beautiful town of Vaasa, between 24th and 28th of July there will be organized the first edition of international singing masterclass lead by Romanian soprano Cleopatra David, PhD. The classes will end with a concert on the 28th of July, at Sion Church in Vaasa (Laivakatu 11/Skeppsgatan 11, Vaasa, Länsi-Suomen Lään). The entrance to the concert is free for the audience.

Musician, essayist, Cleopatra David graduated the National Music University from Bucharest in 2004, pursued the Master in Choir conducting and obtained the PhD in musicology in 2010 with a thesis about contemporary composers inspired by Indian music and culture. She did research in India, where she studied Indian classical music, Karnatik style. She attended master classes with tenor Vasile Moldoveanu, soprano Marina Krilovici, Prof. Claudia Eder (Universität Mainz), bass George Emil Crăsnaru, conductor Sabin Pautza, soprano Mariana Nicolesco, soprano Laurie Reviol (HfMDK, Frankfurt am Main.), mezzo-soprano Viorica Cortez, opera director Vincenzo Liotta and the conductor Christian Badea. Her performances include chamber music concerts, opera performances, solo recitals and gala concerts. She is a member of Sangit Chamber Ensemble, but also of the Comic Opera for Children from Bucharest. She is publishing articles and chronicles in famous culture magazines and for several years she started activity as cultural manager
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Location

Laivakatu/Skeppsgatan 11, Vaasa, Länsi-Suomen Lääni, Finland

http://www.sion.fi/

Contact

Jukka Ritola, jukka.ritola85@gmail.com, 0443256586

In Vaasa, Finland

This summer I visited Vaasa, a town located in the Ostrobothnian Gulf in West Finland. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa. 

This area, at least has two official languages: Finnish and Swedish. It has only 58000 inhabitants and it is surrounded by many islands, which every year come out of the sea. It is an archipelago with a particular charm and beauty. Here the local people spend the summers in their cottages, located near the sea, perhaps on islands. As in all Northern countries, summers here are very bright and are blessed by the day light longer than anywhere else. I had many surprises, started from the very first day. The autistic hotel I lived, with everything online and electronic and no reception and person to talk to, the flowers I haven’t seen anywhere else, the gees and the rabbits that you could find just everywhere. In those days I was staying there, I met wonderful people, I experienced the local tradition of daily sauna and cold bath in sea after, I tasted various types of food, from home cooked to Egyptian and Thai. Of course, the greatest joy is to meet your sahaji brothers and sisters. I just felt home in the beautiful sahaj center, together with my family and we celebrated together Shri Krishna puja.  But, besides being pampered by my new friends there, also the nature fulfilled my dreams and wishes. Who doesn’t want to experiment seeing the Polar lights? Well, I saw them! It was a wonderful light show created by nature. And also, when I was playing myself with the angle, a caught a pike fish. To these I add the tour and the nice dinner offered by Kalle and Lena, their wonderful stories and jokes and the walks in the woods, searching for berries, mushrooms and rabbits. The only unfulfilled dream was to see a reindeer. Ok. Next time maybe!

The music is Toivo Kuula, Piano Trio Op. 7, 1st part. Toivo Kuula was born in Vaasa in 1883.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toivo_Kuula