Papaya: Radiant Arcadia

English text below:

Radiant Arcadia er ambassadører for et tværkulturelt samarbejde inden for musikken. Medlemmerne har både muslimsk, jødisk og kristen baggrund - det være sig kulturelt og/eller religiøst.

Musikken er skrevet af orkestrets musikere, men rummer også traditionelle numre.

Radiant Arcadia blev samlet i 2012 af Annette Bellaoui, som de har samarbejdet med indtil 2020. Nu er orkestret selvkørende.

Radiant Arcadia har de sidste 10 år haft 2-3 turnéer om året i Danmark samt koncerter i udlandet. De har bl.a. spillet tre gange i Indien på “Sur Jahan Festivalen”, to gange i Marokko, på “Folk Music Festival Dublin", Urkult festivalen i Sverige og en tour på Færøerne.

Anja Præst Mikkelsen

Uddannet folkemusiker fra Carl Nielsen Academy of Music i 2002. Professionel musiker på klarinet og basklarinet i forskellige bands, bl.a. Phønix og Anja Præst Trio.

Maren Halberg

Akkordeonist. Uddannet folkemusiker fra Carl Nielsen Academy of Music i 2005 og fra Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium i 2016. Er en alsidig akkordeonist og komponist og spiller i forskellige bands, bl.a. ”Svøbsk”.

Salam Susu

Uddannet som pianist fra Syria Music Conservatory 2007, og Master i musikteori og Arabisk kultur i 2009. Orientalsk harpe og sang, spiller klaver i blandt andet Yamm Ensemble med syrisk klassisk musik og folkemusik.

Channe Nussbaum

Den skandinaviske Klezmer-dronning har komponeret og optrådt i tre årtier. Hun har udgivet 10 roste klezmer album og 5 popfolk album. Hun synger på Yiddish, hebræisk og dansk.

Radia Semillas de Eternidad

Radia kommer fra Spanien og er en virtuos sanger. Hun har specialiseret sig i spansk folk sang samt overtonesang, men har også en kærlighed til den spirituelle musik fra Tyrkiet (Ilahi Sufi Musik), Indien, Centralasien og Middelhavet. Derudover spiller Radia rammetromme og den såkaldte jødeharpe (der ikke er et jødisk instrument – ej-heller en harpe!).

English presentation:

The musicians of this band are ambassadors for cross-cultural collaboration in the area of music. The band members have Muslim, Jewish and Christian backgrounds – be it cultural or spiritual.

The music is mainly written by the band’s musicians; however, we also have beloved traditional songs in our wide repertoire.

Annette Bellaoui was a unifying figure when Radiant Arcadia was founded in 2012, and we collaborated with her until 2020. Now the band is autonomous.

For the past decade Radiant Arcadia has been on the road two to three times a year touring in both Denmark and abroad. We have been playing three times in India at the Sur Jahan Festival, twice in Morocco and at the Folk Musical Festival Dublin, once at the Urkult Festival in Sweden and we had a successful tour in the Faroe islands.

Anja Præst Mikkelsen

Graduated as a folk musician from the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in 2002. Professional musician on clarinet and bass clarinet in various bands, including Phønix and Anja Præst Trio.

Maren Halberg

Professional accordionist. Graduated as a folk musician from the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in 2005 and from Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium (the Royal Danish Academy of Music) in 2016. Maren is a versatile accordionist and composer, and she plays in various bands, including the award-winning orchestra Svøbsk.

Salam Susu

Graduated as a pianist from Syria Music Conservatory in 2007, with a master’s degree in Music Theory and Arabic Culture in 2009. Oriental harp and lead vocals. She is a pianist in Yamm Ensemble which performs Syrian classical and folk music.

Channe Nussbaum

This Scandinavian Klezmer queen has been composing and performing for three decades. She has released 10 acclaimed Klezmer albums and 5 pop-folk albums. Channe sings in Yiddish, Hebrew and Danish.

Radia Semillas de Eternidad

Radia was born in Spain, and she is a virtuoso singer. She specializes in Spanish folk song as well as in overtone singing, but she is also strongly devoted to the spiritual music of Turkey (Ilahi Sufi Music), India, Central Asia and the Mediterranean. In addition to singing, Radia plays frame drum and the so-called jew-harp (which is not Jewish and not a harp!).