MALMÖ ACADEMY OF MUSIC the international LIVE LUND UNIVERSITY | SWEDEN edition 1 LUND UNIVERSITY MORE ABOUT THE MALMÖ ACADEMY OF MUSIC Lund University unites long-standing traditions with a mo- The Academy of Music trains musicians, composers, church dern, dynamic and highly international profile. With eight musicians and music teachers. It offers post-graduate educa- A Passion for Music faculties and a number of research centres and specialised tion in music education, as well as an artistic post-graduate institutes, Lund University is the biggest provider of research programme in music. and higher education in Sweden. It was founded in 1666 The Academy of Music has professorial chairs in piano, – welcome to our world! and is one of the oldest universities in northern Europe. At guitar, cello, trumpet, flute, organ, composition, music edu- present, 47 000 students are enrolled at Lund University and cation, eurhythmics and musical studies/interpretation. Thus it includes three campuses in Lund, Malmö and Helsingborg. artistic development, the artistic equivalent of research, takes Lund University is consistently ranked as one of the world’s centre stage. The Academy has 500 undergraduate students, top 100 universities, Scandinavia’s top-ranked, full-scale uni- ten post-graduate students and 200 instructors. If you are an international music student, the Malmö Academy of Music is the place versity and top 10 choice in Europe for student exchanges. The Academy of Music is known for its subject range, where you can realise your visions, turn your dreams into reality and create your Lund and Malmö are located in southern Sweden, right as well as for its intercultural and international atmosphere. professional identity. Studies at the Malmö Academy of Music are characterized by next door to Denmark. The Danish-Swedish Øresund Region There are both international and national guest teachers and is one of Europe’s most dynamic areas. a wide selection of conductors for the Academy’s symphony breadth and a variety of specialisations in music. Students are prepared for profes- orchestra. The Academy also has a well-established exchange sional life through continual education, practical training periods, master classes program for both teachers and students, mainly within Nord- and concerts. With over 500 students at the Academy, there is always someone to plus and Socrates/Erasmus, but also through bilateral agre- ements. Other study opportunities for international students make music with. You will find yourself in new, inspiring musical contexts and include master programmes and free-standing courses. you will work harder than you ever have before. In the end it is you who decides what you make of your time in Sweden and the Malmö Academy of Music. The 1st of May celebrations at Lund University. possibilities are endless! (Photo Leif Johansson). MALMÖ ACADEMY OF MUSIC MALMÖ ACADEMY OF MUSIC 12 LIVELUND UNIVERSITY | SWEDEN the ”The Malmö Academy of Music international edition 3 | The Prologue proudly presents: LIVE, the 4 | Visiting Venice International Edition!” 12 | Celebrating Twenty THE PROLOGUE | OVE TORSTENSSON, EDITOR Years of Rock 15 | Five Decades of Eurhythmics 41 | An Ear for Music – Music Teachers become THIS MAGAZINE CONTAINS A SELECTION of articles from due to his enormous musical influence on the pop group The 16 | The Symphony Entrepreneurs Musikhögskolan LIVE, that have been translated into English Beatles. In the spring of 2010 he became Lund University’s Orchestra Strikes Again in order to make them available to an international audience. first honorary doctor for the Faculty of Fine and Performing 44 | Inter Arts Center The articles can be said to reflect the mosaic of the Academy, Arts and the Malmö Academy of Music. During Martin’s visit 19 | The Road to Learning – Crossdisciplinary and In- which is constantly bubbling with music and creativity, as well to Sweden, when he was conferred his doctor’s degree at a 16 Music ternational Research Center as the social environment that provides endless opportunities ceremony in Lund Cathedral, a Skåne music prize was also for Art, Music and Theatre to meet new and exciting people. established in his name. This prestigious prize has since been 20 | Big Band in Movement awarded twice by George Martin himself. The first occasion 46 | Breaking New Ground IN THE FIRST SECTION, you as the reader are thrown right was to music producer and musician Christoffer Lundquist in Vocal Training into our programmes of study. You can accompany two of and the year after it was awarded to jazz trombonist Nisse 22 | Violin Professor with the Performance Programme’s orchestras who have been on Landgren. both Tone and Finnish Sisu 48 | Time for Musicians to tour to the Venice Biennial in Italy. You can also read about In the sixth and final section of the magazine we focus on Learn to Find Their Own two of our Music Teacher Programme specialisation areas, two of our favourite musical instruments, namely the guitar 25 | No Time to Play It Eurhythmics and Rock/Soul/Pop. and bass. Meet some of the Academy’s prominent musicians Voices Piano In the second section of the magazine you get the chance and let them inspire you with their work and also with the to meet some members of our teaching staff, who are por- unconditional love they have for their respective instruments. 50 | Young Brass Players 63 26 | Cello Professor with a trayed in varying contexts. Cello Professor Mats Rondin, for Feel for Timing Set the Tone at the Brass example, tells us about his Kamikaze task of conducting the REGARDLESS IF YOU ARE A STUDENT who aims to study music Festvial hugely successful gala event at Stockholm’s Concert House at higher education level or if you are involved in other areas 30 | How to Conduct a for Crown Princess Viktoria and Prince Daniel, which took of the community but are passionate about music, I hope that 22 Singing Staircase 52 | Sir George Martin is place the same summer as the royal wedding in 2010. you will find this magazine interesting and that it will inspire First Honorary Doctor in In the third section you get to meet some of our fantastic you to continue leading a musical life. Happy reading! 32 | Student Life Music students who tell you about their experiences of student life at the Malmö Academy of Music. In addition, you can also If you are interested in gaining more information on our pro- 36 | Four Guitars and a 54 | Analogue Sound Waves read about the adventures of four guitar students on their grammes of study, please visit our website www.mhm.lu.se. Russian Music Festival & Magical Moments concert trip to Russia which turned out to be full of surprises. This story, with its generous pinch of humour, gives us valu- 38 | Academic Scholarships 57 | Musical Philanthropist able insight into what can actually happen out there in the give Students that Little with a Red Trombone world of music when you have to adapt to a different culture Extra and social system. 60 | The Guitar BUT THE ACADEMY IS NOT JUST ABOUT our degree pro- 39 | Music Academics turn – A Love Story STOCKHOLM Pop Song Parody into grammes at Bachelor, Master’s and Diploma level. This Serious Competition 63 | I’m the Bass! is also a place where artistic development work, research programmes and research takes place, all three of which are important parts of the Academy’s activities. In the fourth sec- COPENHAGEN tion of the magazine, you can read about MusicalEar among MALMÖ EXECUTIVE puBLISHER PRINT CONTACT other things. MusicalEar is the Academy’s first artistic devel- Staffan Storm Service Point Holmbergs Malmö Academy of Music Malmö, October 2012 Box 8203, 200 41, Malmö opment project that has resulted in a commercial product, LONDON EDITOR Sweden and that now has the entire world as its market. BERLIN Ove Torstensson EDITION Visiting address: The fifth section of the magazine is devoted to one of 1500 cc Ystadvägen 25 BRUSSELS GRAPHIC DESIGN +46–40–32 54 50 modern time’s biggest names in the music industry – legend- Lovisa Jones ISSSN [email protected] ary music producer, musician, conductor and composer, Sir PARIS 2000-5555 www.mhm.lu.se PRAGUE PHOTO George Martin. Martin has been called ”The Fifth Beatle”, Leif Johansson 4 TRANSLATION MALMÖ ACADEMY OF MUSIC 5 52 Gabby Mackay Thomsson programme Luca who had invited the Swedish stu- and his tuba arrived at the hotel, after events dents to this year’s Biennale. They were they had toured the whole of Venice to perform two concerts, one with the together with the Latvian Radio Choir. Academy’s percussion ensemble and – I saw the entire city, said Niklas Visiting one with the wind orchestra. Dahlstrand, and laughed. The percussionists started drum- – When the taxi driver saw my tuba ming on their knees and anything else case he started waving his arms around unlucky enough to be within reach al- and screaming in Italian “impossible, ready on arrival at the airport in Venice. impossible” and then all the taxi drivers The atmosphere was good and there turned against me. No one would drive me and my tuba into the city! But it all ”Håkan manages to got sorted out in the end. get us to produce THE NEXT DAY there were early rehear- sals for the percussionists who had their Venice a special sound. concert that evening. The ensemble In the autumn of 2010, the Malmö Academy of Music was invited to the He says things that consisted of a group of guys who had Venice Biennale – the world’s biggest festival for contemporary music. played together for a long time and other conductors knew each other well.