Monthly Program Of 2011 January

Jan 1, Sat, Jazz Piano Concert

Jan 3, Mon, English Corner- My hometown
Jan 4, Tue, Dance Club
Jan 8, Sat, Movie night

Jan 10, Mon, English Corner- Sewing Night
Jan 11, Tue, Dance Club
Jan 14, Fri, Madeleine And Her Student’s Concert And Exhibition Opening
Jan 15, Sat, The Youth Musician Chamber Orchestra Spring Festival Benefit Concert

Jan 17, Mon, English Corner- How much do you know about Chinese new year in English, what is the meaning of Rabbit year
Jan 18, Tue, Dance Club

Jan 24, Mon, Swedish residence artist Lovisa Henoch’s Exhibition Opening + workshop (updated on 1/18/2011)
Jan 25, Tue, Dance Club
Jan 28, Fri, Children’s spring festival celebration
Jan 29, Sat, Nordica close for spring festival (reopen at 2011.2.13)

All the activities start from 20:00pm

Jazz Piano Concert

Date: 1st of January Saturday , 2011, 8pm
Ticket in Door: 30RMB
Address: Xi Ba Road No.101 Loft TCG Nordica

Ticket Sales Location:
TCG Nordica, tel: 4114691,4114692
Mai Tian Bookstore (Wen Lin Street)
1895 Movie Bar (Kun Du)
Yi Sa Bookstore (Chun Yuan Xiao Qu )

It is 2011, come and enjoy the very first Jazz night together with Swedlish Jazz pianists Zoltan Szigeti and Martin Berggrenon on 1st of January Saturday 8pm at TCG Nordica.

Zoltan Sigeti
Pianist, composer, college music teacher.
Graduated at the Bartok Conservatory of Music, western classical piano music, later Afro-American /jazz/ music, improvisation and jazz piano in Sweden. Master class with prof. Phil Markowitz /Manhattan School of Music NY/ and prof. Joe Miller /Toronto CA/, Loic Dequidt /France/. Has performed in the different countries in Europe including the Netherlands, France and Germany and in China.

Nowadays working as educator at different institutions of music education and also as an active concert and studio musician, band-leader. Playing often in various TV and Radio music programs, solo performances, international jazz music festivals. Working also as music composer in the TV-, film, music productions.

Martin Berggren
he is a young jazz pianist who has a great passion for teaching. He studied Jazz piano and Ensamble at The Malmö Academy of Music in Sweden and has also conducted several orchestras, especially for theatres and other shows. He is a composer and arranger and is the leader of his own Big band. Martin is a pianist who plays all kinds of music; classic, pop, jazz, though his heart probably lies with jazz and improvisation.”

Ms. Yiyun Zhang
A piano enthusiast with passion, creativity, confidence and under the tutelage of Prof Yuanying Zhuang, had started playing classic music since 7-year-old. One had obtained level 10 out of 10 in the National Piano (Amateur) Grading Certificate Examination and a bronze medal in “hope cup” competition at age 12 and 14, respectively.

Record from the concert
Suffering
Pianist: Martin Berggren

Merry Christmas and Happy 2011!

Dear friends of TCG Nordica:

The year 2011 is approaching. In 2010, TCG Nordica had its ten year anniversary celebration, and also organized 14 times art exhibitions, over 150 diverse forms of stage performances and concerts that presented by numerous musicians, artists and dancers from different countries, such as China, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Australia, Britain, Poland, United State, Switzerland and Singapore. Not only achieved wonderful results on those activities, from which TCG Nordica also supported many charity programs with majority of the fund. In addition to this, a three more years renting contract has been approved by landlord, which means we will have much more of great TCG Nordica time in the future. Here, on the behalf of TCG Nordica, we send our best appreciation to you for all of your supports, without which, we would never have achieved the previous success!

Wish you a Merry Christmas! And Happy New Year!

Best regards
TCG Nordica Team

2011 TCG Nordica New Year Celebration

Date: Friday, 31st of Dec

Advance booking, Tel: 4114691 4114692

Price: 78RNB you will get lovely banquet and champagne, also you will enjoy the new year concert and party

New Year Banquet 6:00-8:00, New Concert: 8pm-1:00am

Concert Admission: 30RMB(with out champagne)

Do you have any plans for New Year yet?

Do you want to do something extra? eat good food, play games and listen to music?

Then you are very welcome to celebrate New Year at TCG Nordica!

This year we have a guest chef from Sweden that will cook dishes that you can’t find anywhere else!

After the buffet there will be many different performances and a lot of fun games to attend to,

and if you feel like singing, read a poem, play an instrument or why not dancing you can do that on our open stage!
just send email to: ninacheng@tcgnordica.com in advance.

Special guest for the evening is the Miao Choir who will sing for us.
So come and have a really nice celebration with us at TCG Nordica. Very Welcome!

2010 TCG Nordica Christmas Celebration

Welcome to TCG Nordica to Celebrate Christmas with us!
Cristmas is the most important holiday in the entire world. The Christmas show will tell the story of how and why Christmas is celebrated. The Celebration will offer a Christmas buffet and concert.

Christmas Eve 24th of Dec with concert and banquet

Christmas feast from 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Christmas Eve Concert at 8:00pm

Christmas Day 25th of Dec with concert and banquet

Christmas feast from 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Christmas Concert at 8:00pm

Advance booking, Tel: 4114691 4114692

Feast charge: 60RMB (include concert ticket)

Concert admission: 10RMB/PERSON

Singapore Band-Labeled Free

Date: 18th of Dec 8pm Free Entrance

The under-girding reason for the forming and existence of Labeled Free is: to use their musical talents to write melodious, bilingual rock songs with heart –hitting lyrics that offer something different to the listeners out there.

From the very beginning, they’ve decided that in order to connect with listeners, they need to be as authentic as possible in presenting themselves through their songs. By listening to their songs, they hope the listeners will get to know them better regarding their approach to life issues and life in general.

About Labeled Free

Album:
Date: Mar 2009
Launch of self-titled debut EP comprising of 4 original tracks.
Date: Dec 2009
Launch of self-titled debut album comprising of 10 original tracks.

Past Gigs:
Date: Mar 2009
Our first official gig where we performed to an audience of about 250 youth and the young at heart.

Date: Jul 2009
An annual youth event organized by a high school where our band’s performance was the main event.

Date: Jul 2009
Yearly nurses gathering and fellowship event (unplugged)

Date: Dec 2009
A community development Christmas celebration where we performed a few songs to the residence of a residential district in singapore.

Date: Dec 2009
Youth and young adult camp closing night concert.

Date: Jun 2010
Chill out event for young adults .

Websites:

Click to visit Labeled Free’s website

Håvard Stubø Trio – Groovy acoustic jazz with a Nordic sensibility

Date: 17th of Dec Friday 8pm
Address: Xi Ba Road No.101 Loft TCG Nordica
Ticket in Advance: 25RNB
Ticket in Door: 30RNB

Ticket Sales Location:
TCG Nordica, tel: 4114691,4114692
Mai Tian Bookstore (Wen Lin Street)
1895 Movie Bar (Kun Du)
Yi Sa Bookstore (Chun Yuan Xiao Qu )

Håvard Stubø: guitar, Steinar Nickelsen: organ, Håkon Mjåset Johansen: drums

These three musicians, all among Scandinavia’s finest young jazz artists, have played together for almost a decade. Over the course of their time together, they have developed a unique expression where ferocious energy meets intense lyricism to create pure musical joy.
While still being open to other forms of music, they share a common background in modern jazz, and through extensive touring they have developed a highly intuitive way of playing together, often leading to musical dialogues that border on the telepathic.

The result: groovy acoustic jazz with a Nordic sensibility, inspired by Eddie Harris, Wayne Shorter and Jim Hall, but also with clear references to newer Nordic/European music.

Håvard Stubø – guitar

Stubo is recognized as one of Norway´s finest jazz guitarists, and works regularly with several bands, most notably JUPITER featuring Jonas Kullhammar, Håvard Stubø Quartet, Wes!, and Jazz & Fly Fishing, Has worked with many prominent musicians such as Tomasz Stanko, Jimmy Owens and Arve Henriksen.

Steinar Nickelsen – Hammond B3

Nickelsen was voted young Norwegian Jazz Musician of the year in 2003, and has played with many leading musicians, touring with Pat Metheny. Nickelsen studied at the Music Academy in Oslo, at IACP in Paris, at the jazz department in Trondheim, church department in Trondheim, and at the soloist program at the Rhythmic Conservatory in Copenhagen. Currently lives and works in Shanghai, China and plays with many projects including the multiple-China-tour veterans Excess Luggage.

Håkon Mjåset Johansen – drums

Johansesn established himself from an early age as one of Norways most active drummers. He has won Norwegian Grammys with the bands Urban Connection and Come Shine, and has been touring and recording with artists such as Jan Garbarek, Michael Brecker, Steve Grossman, and Chick Corea. He is active in a dozen bands including Excess Luggage, Motif, Maryland and Håvard Wiik Trio.

 

live recorded video

Lucia Concert

Date: 11th of Dec Saturday
Lucia Buffet: 50RNB, 30RNM(Children) (include concert) 5:30-7:30pm
Lucia Concert 8pm price: 10RNB
Need to reservation in advance, Tel: 4114691 4114692
ADD:TCG Nordica, XiBa Road no.101 Loft, Kunming.

Celebrate the light according to the Scandinavian Lucia tradition by attending the Annual Lucia Concert. TCG Nordica’s Scandinavian choir will sing traditional Lucia-songs from their home countries, and Christmas carols, to commemorate Saint Lucia.

On the 13th of December is Lucia day, a day of light, because you light a lot of candles. All local newspapers have a competition with 10 young girls who have their pictures in the paper. The readers vote for the candidate they want to see as Lucia, the queen of light. The girl who gets most votes is crowned Lucia at a ceremony in the market square of many towns and villages. The remaining nine contestants become the maids of Lucia. They all learn many special songs and perform in homes for old people and in halls for the staff of different private companies. Lucia wears a wreath made of lingonberry twigs with candles or electric lights in it. The maids hold a lit candle in one hand. When Lucia walks into a room she leads the party and the maids walk in procession behind her. They all sing beautiful songs and sometimes read poems. If you have children you also celebrate Lucia in your home. Some one helps the children to make coffee early in the morning of Lucia day. You put coffee-cups, luciabuns, “lussekatter” (important ingredients in “lussekatter” are saffron and raisins) and gingerbread biscuits, “pepparkakor” (important spices in these biscuits are cinnamon, ginger and clove), on a tray and bring it to your parents room and wake them up singing Lucia songs. The girls are dressed in white robes as Lucia with electric candles in a wreath on their heads or candles in one hand. The boys are also dressed in long, white shirts with a pointed hat made of paper on their heads. They are called “star-boys”.