NORDIC NIGHTS TOUR - URALLA: The Nordic Voice with Anna Fält (Sweden/Finland) + LAND & LYRIC with Anna Fält & Maryanne Piper (Australia/Germany)

Be enchanted by the extraordinary and unique talent of Nordic vocalist, Anna Fält, on tour from Sweden! 

Anna Fält performs songs from the Scandinavian and Finno-Urgic traditions as well as her own material in the form of ancient rituals, folk songs, yoik, lullabies, stories from the Finnish forests, and the Nordic landscapes. Fält combines multiple vocal traditions, languages & singing aesthetics in her uniquely creative combination of sounds.

Anna Fält (b. -84) was born, raised, and educated in Finland and has lived and worked in Sweden since 2012. She has a degree in pop/jazz music, folk singing pedagogy, and holds a master's in Nordic folk music from the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm.

As a solo artist, Anna has released two highly-regarded CDs to date, plus many others as a collaborative artist. She composes for commissioned projects, is a presenter for Sweden's Radio, and researches folk music. She's worked across theatre, multidisciplinary projects, jazz/improvisation/sacred/contemporary music scenes, and education fields, in addition to festival appearances & tours across Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, New Zealand & Australia.

Prepare to be dazzled by her vocal virtuosity, exquisite control & tonal beauty.

"Don't miss guest Anna Fält who wowed in 2015 with her enormous voice." - Icelandair Magazine (May 2018)

"She creates an atmosphere of absolute attention, so intense the audience forgets to applaud at first." - Gefle Dagblad, Sweden (2020)

This performance will feature a double bill. 1st set - THE NORDIC VOICE with Anna Fält Solo, 2nd set - LAND & LYRIC with Anna Fält & Maryanne Piper (Australia/Germany).

A new, innovative duo concept, LAND & LYRIC examines the connection between people & land. We both influence & are influenced by land over time. The literal language of place is guided by land. Relationships to land are multi-faceted & intertwined. Land & Lyric surveys the rapidly shifting changes of our shared land, plus the connection to new land for many migrants. It illuminates community relationships formed via land, as well as our contrasting attitudes shaped by indigenous, protectionist, farming, artistic & resource-guided values. How do these attitudes shape our communities & their surrounding environments? 

Anna Fält brings a unique perspective from her Finnish upbringing & Swedish home, performing Scandinavian & Finno-Ugric vocal traditions. She provides an almost instrumental approach to text & voice, combining herding calls, lullabies, yoik (Sámi indigenous music), nature-inspired sounds, stories from the Nordic landscape, plus a variety of vocal traditions, languages & singing aesthetics. Foiled by the versatility of Maryanne Piper on clarinets, soprano saxophone & live electroacoustic treatments, the duo paves way for a distinctive approach that fuses Nordic folk, Australian aesthetics, global contemporary jazz & neo-classical elements. 

Maryanne Piper (AU/DE) is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist & composer, originally from the New England North West. Her adventurous artistic take has led her across four continents, primarily based in Germany for almost 18 years. She's worked across radio, theatre, multidisciplinary projects, jazz/improvisation/experimental/contemporary/classical music scenes, & education fields, in addition to festival appearances & touring. Piper's music embodies an endless wanderlust, standing between continents & genres, exploring the links between humanity & its sound world.

"A fantasy-filled world of sound." Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany.

 Come, mingle & travel with your ears to Nordic Scandinavia. An evening of musical panache, finesse & discovery awaits.

The event is hosted by Uralla Arts in cooperation with Maryanne Piper Music. The 2023 project is supported by: The Swedish Arts Council @Kulturrådet, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee @Konstnärsnämnden, Artpipes e.V. Germany, Lilith Night, Arts North West, Gunnedah Conservatorium, Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards, Hume Conservatorium, Music Region New England North West NSW, Uralla Arts, Bellingen Improvised Music Collective Inc, Tamworth Peel Valley Lions, Music on the Hill Tamworth, St Stephen's Tamworth.