Nordic strings in Greenland
The Nordic string group Unison Strings has made workshops for children and young people and played concerts in Greenland
Since 2014, the inter-Nordic classical string festival, Unison Strings Festival – Greenland, has been inviting string students and professional string players from Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Denmark to 10 intense days in Greenland with rehearsals and concerts.
In 2018, the festival wanted to try something new and different, and therefore joined forces with the Greenlandic band, Small Time Giants, to create a magnificent concert in Ilulissat, where the rock band was merged with the Unison Strings Festival’s classical string orchestra. It turned into a memorable and touching concert, where up to 600 people had turned up to this unique experience. The concert was immortalized on film by Jens Christian Lennert Lyberth and Anda Otto Schmidt, and shows that together – across national borders, age and cultural differences – you can create the most amazing moments.
The project is supported by NAPA.
Other projects we funded
The young musicians of the north
GFD Collective, a combination of different musicians from Greenland, Faroe Islands and Denmark, held several workshops and concerts in Greenland, during the end of 2021. Their goal? To raise awareness and interest in the individual cultures, identities, and languages of the north, through the music
Katuarpalaaq – The sound of drums
Katuarpalaaq is a drum dance festival, which was organized by Katuaq between the 21st and 25th of March 2022. During the week, people could come and see drum dancers from Canada, Alaska and Greenland. Here you can read more about what the week with the
A Resilient Arctic Starts with Resilient Digital Infrastructure
The Digital Arctic Futures Conference Focused on the Future of the Internet in Greenland and the Arctic. The internet has become an essential part of everyday life in the Arctic. It is used for everything from card payments and digital mail to Netflix, hunting licenses,