Jesse Markin in interview: "Folk" - A debut album with expressiveness
At this year's Emma Gaala 2020, the Finnish equivalent of the Grammy, Jesse Markin has already been honored as "Newcomer of the Year" and also received the "Critics Choice Award" for his album "Folk". In the interview he tells FINNTASTIC more about his music, his debut album and what inspires him to write songs.
When did your heart start beating for music and did you always want to become a musician?
Music has always played a big role in my life. I have been making music professionally since 2003. At that time I also started studying graphic design at the same time, which I successfully completed in 2006. But music became more and more important as time went on.
Your debut album "Folk" was released in May 2019. What songs await the listener? And what inspired you to write the songs?
"Folk" is an album full of experimental sounds, especially in terms of very different genres, and it also has a very important message. It is: We humans have much more things in common than things that divide us and we should just focus much more on these things that bring us together.
Read the full Interview via https://finntastic.de/jesse-markin-folk. Thank you to Inken Paletta (Interview), Hayley Lê & Kai Kuusisto (Photo Credits) & Jesse Markin
When did your heart start beating for music and did you always want to become a musician?
Music has always played a big role in my life. I have been making music professionally since 2003. At that time I also started studying graphic design at the same time, which I successfully completed in 2006. But music became more and more important as time went on.
Your debut album "Folk" was released in May 2019. What songs await the listener? And what inspired you to write the songs?
"Folk" is an album full of experimental sounds, especially in terms of very different genres, and it also has a very important message. It is: We humans have much more things in common than things that divide us and we should just focus much more on these things that bring us together.
Read the full Interview via https://finntastic.de/jesse-markin-folk. Thank you to Inken Paletta (Interview), Hayley Lê & Kai Kuusisto (Photo Credits) & Jesse Markin
Tickets NORDEN 2023
From now on you can find a limited number of festival passes for all 12 festival days in Print @ Home format in the NORDEN online store. For the upcoming NORDEN we offer for the first time family festival passes in addition to the regular festival passes. These are exclusively available in the NORDEN online store. In addition, you can also get weekend tickets for individuals and families online. Day tickets will be available in spring 2023.
This was NORDEN 2022
Great concerts, enthusiastic visitors, exciting readings and completely new topics - and twelve days of almost nothing but good weather: The NORDEN Festival looks back on an all-around successful fourth edition on the Königswiesen! 35,000 visitors came to the idyllic festival site on the Schlei during the twelve days of the festival. Far more than in 2021.
Note weather situation 3rd festival weekend
After two great festival weekends with bright sunshine on the Königswiesen, we have to expect rain showers this Thursday. Therefore, the performances will be moved from the Manege im Park to other venues. This concerns Thursday. From Friday, all performances should be able to take place.
PRESALE START 07 SEPTEMBER
On Wednesday, September 07, 2022, you can buy 1,000 limited Early Bird tickets for the NORDEN - The Nordic Arts Festival 2023 exclusively at the bookstore Liesegang in Schleswig. In addition, 500 limited Early Bird tickets will be available for 89 € plus advance booking fees (reduced 79 € plus advance booking fees) in the NORDEN online store. A maximum of four tickets per person will be sold. Reservations are not possible.
Tickets at the regular price will be available in the online store after this year's NORDEN Festival.
Panel discussions at NORDEN
Last Sunday the first panel discussion in the context of NORDPOP22 took place. Frank Spilker (singer Die Sterne) talked with Nina Müller (singer WIM) and Frehn Havel (Konzertdirektion Karsten Jahnke) about the effects of the Corona Pandemic on the music industry and faced the question: What's next for the music industry?
On Thursday, September 01, another panel discussion around accessibility at festivals will follow at 6:15 pm in the Atrium. Moderated by Caro Schwarz (Musikspots), the accessibility officer of the NORDEN Festival, Philine Burmeister, will talk with Mirko and Lucas of the band Bitte Lächeln about the possibilities to make festivals and music events much more inclusive.
On Thursday, September 01, another panel discussion around accessibility at festivals will follow at 6:15 pm in the Atrium. Moderated by Caro Schwarz (Musikspots), the accessibility officer of the NORDEN Festival, Philine Burmeister, will talk with Mirko and Lucas of the band Bitte Lächeln about the possibilities to make festivals and music events much more inclusive.
Note ticket sales
At the Königswiesen we have a box office open for you every day, where you can purchase tickets for all event days. There are no tickets available in the NORDEN online store for the current event day.
Summer of CoCreation
EVENT TIP
05.09. - 07.09. Königswiesen, Schleswig
05.09. - 07.09. Königswiesen, Schleswig
At the Summer of CoCreation you can expect a diverse program around topics of digitalization in the city of Flensburg and the districts of Nordfriesland and Schleswig-Flensburg, which want to become the Smart Border Region between the Seas. A central component is the presentation of projects and prototypes that are being developed jointly - i.e. co-creatively - by actors from the region. These first "plietsche" implementation ideas from different subject areas from public services to open data should make the region fit for the present and the future. All visitors are invited to get to know these first implementation projects and to give feedback and suggestions on the project ideas to the developers on site.
The countdown is on
Only 1 month until NORDEN - The Nordic Arts Festival 2022
Soon it will be colorful on the Königswiesen! Full of anticipation, we are currently in the final preparations for this year's NORDEN - The Nordic Arts Festival and will start setting up at the Baltic Sea Fjord Schlei in just a few weeks. We can hardly wait to celebrate together with you!
You can look forward to more than 400 artists from 10 northern European countries, numerous workshops and sports activities for the whole family. You can find the entire program here in the overview or in the festival app.
Accessibility at NORDEN
We would like to experience the unique culture of Northern Europe together and also enable people with impairments to access the festival. Therefore, in the coming years, together with our partners Rotary Club Schleswig/Gottorf and the Schleswiger Werkstätten, we will expand a comprehensive barrier-free and inclusive offer to make the NORDEN as accessible as possible for everyone. This year, the focus is initially on an expanded offer for hearing-impaired and deaf people.
NORDEN Festivalapp - now available
In the app Festivalcamp from our partner HÖME you can now view the entire festival program, create your personal timetable and share it with your friends. Don't forget to activate the notifications to not miss any news of your favorite festival. Download now!