We warmly welcome all singing friends to the International Singing Conference V in Sylvia-koti/Lahti/Finland, in the summer 2016! Earlier conferences were held in Lahti (1987, 1994 and 2005) and in Tampere (2010) for and with participants from Finland, many European countries and the USA. We will emphasize the significance of singing to the human development, and the ability to listen for, and giv
e expression to the inner music of the human being. The key speaker for summer 2016 is Dr. Peter Selg. Dr. Selg is children´s and youth psychiatrist, director of the Ita Wegman Institute, author, and professor at Alanus University. He will delve into the conference theme through discussing the relationship of poet Christian Morgenstern and Rudolf Steiner, but also through reviewing the future cultural epoch and the spiritual Russia. In his workshop, Dr Selg will discuss Christian Morgenstern´s relationship to the School of Spiritual Science. Additionally, he will give a class lesson in German for the members of the School of Spiritual Science. We have also the pleasure to see Christa Waltjen, a personal pupil of Valborg Werbeck-Svärdström, in Finland once again. Waltjen will be giving a lied-course for advanced participants. Other singing courses with Baldo Mikulic (Croatia), Gerda Euskirchen (Germany) and Janneke Moes (Holland/Finland) are open for beginners and advanced singers. Musician and pedagogue Pär Ahlbom, another personal pupil of the Swedish singer, will inspire the conference-goers with his course on intuitive pedagogy, including numerous exercises and games for developing musicality, perception and spiritual presence. Author and musicologist Michael Kurtz, who is also responsible for music in the Section for Performing Arts in Goetheanum, will give a lecture and a workshop about his current theme, Rudolf Steiner and music. Conference organizers, international singer and singing teacher Christian Boele and Dr. Maija Pietikäinen, will also contribute to the program. Christiaan´s theme is singing in the changes of time, and Maija´s lecture will witness the music of destiny between Valborg Werbeck-Svärdström and Rudolf and Marie Steiner, Ita Wegman and Eugen Kolisko. Warmly welcome!
