{"id":20958,"date":"2025-02-17T10:34:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T10:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/?post_type=events&#038;p=20958"},"modified":"2025-02-17T10:37:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T10:37:52","slug":"crossing-keyboards-sibelius-academy-of-the-arts","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/crossing-keyboards-sibelius-academy-of-the-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossing Keyboards: Sibelius Academy of the Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<section style=\"--overlay-opacity: 0%; --overlay-bg: #000000;\" class=\"hero-section h1-lg\" >\n\t<div class=\"container animation-child-elements\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<figure class=\"bg-visual\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Crossing-keyboards_sibelius-3.png\" class=\"lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"meta-info-section\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"meta-info animation-child-elements\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Date<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>25.February 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Time<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>19:00-20:30<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Location<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dynjandi, Skipholt 31<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Calendar<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dropdown add-to-calendar-dropdown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"dropdown-toggle event-dropdown\" type=\"button\" id=\"dropdownMenuButton1\" data-bs-toggle=\"dropdown\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Set in calendar<\/a> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"dropdown-menu\" aria-labelledby=\"dropdownMenuButton1\" data-popper-placement=\"bottom-start\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"dropdown-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/render?action=TEMPLATE&#038;text=Crossing Keyboards: Sibelius Academy of the Arts&#038;dates=20250225T190000Z\/20250225T203000Z&#038;details=Sko\u00f0a n\u00e1nar https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/crossing-keyboards-sibelius-academy-of-the-arts\/&#038;location=Dynjandi, Skipholti 31&#038;sprop=&#038;sprop=name:\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-google\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Google Calendar<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"dropdown-item\" href=\"data:text\/calendar;charset=utf8,BEGIN:VCALENDAR%0AVERSION:2.0%0ABEGIN:VEVENT%0AURL:https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/crossing-keyboards-sibelius-academy-of-the-arts\/%0ADTSTART:20250225T190000Z%0ADTEND:20250225T203000Z%0ASUMMARY:Crossing Keyboards: Sibelius Academy of the Arts%0ADESCRIPTION:Sko\u00f0a n\u00e1nar https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/crossing-keyboards-sibelius-academy-of-the-arts\/%0ALOCATION:Dynjandi, Skipholti 31%0AEND:VEVENT%0AEND:VCALENDAR\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-apple\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> iCal Calendar<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"dropdown-item\" href=\"data:text\/calendar;charset=utf8,BEGIN:VCALENDAR%0AVERSION:2.0%0ABEGIN:VEVENT%0AURL:https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/crossing-keyboards-sibelius-academy-of-the-arts\/%0ADTSTART:20250225T190000Z%0ADTEND:20250225T203000Z%0ASUMMARY:Crossing Keyboards: Sibelius Academy of the Arts%0ADESCRIPTION:Sko\u00f0a n\u00e1nar https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/crossing-keyboards-sibelius-academy-of-the-arts\/%0ALOCATION:Dynjandi, Skipholti 31%0AEND:VEVENT%0AEND:VCALENDAR\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-microsoft\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Outlook calendar<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"intro-section\"  >\n\t<div class=\"container animation\">\n\t\t<p>A group of piano students and teachers from<strong> Sibelius Academy of the Arts<\/strong> in Helsinki, the piano department of LH\u00cd will visit on the 24th-25th. February 2025. The visit is part of the collaborative project <strong>Crossing Keyboards<\/strong> which is intended to strengthen cooperation and networks between Nordic and Baltic music universities.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"text-section txt-columns txt-content\" >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row animation-child-elements animation-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The visit from Helsinki ends with a piano concert in Dynjanda on Tuesday, February 25 at 7 pm, where four students from Sibelius Academy perform a variety of piano music to guests and pedestrians. More information about the performers can be found below.<br \/>\nAdmission is free and everyone is welcome.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1066\" height=\"1066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CK_Ahti-Alavillamo-from-SibA.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CK_Ahti-Alavillamo-from-SibA.jpg 1066w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CK_Ahti-Alavillamo-from-SibA-800x800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1066px) 100vw, 1066px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"text-section txt-columns txt-content\" >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row animation-child-elements animation-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Alavillamo Ahti<\/strong> is a 22-year-old classical pianist, who is currently studying towards a Bachelor's degree in Music at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki. Born in Vaasa, Finland, Ahti started playing the piano at the Toivo Kuula Music Institute at the age of six. At the age of 16, Ahti moved to Espoo to further pursue his music career. In December 2021, he graduated from the Tapiola Upper Secondary School for Music, as well as the Espoo Music Institute, where he was studying for a year at the Youth Piano Academy of Finland until he was admitted into the Sibelius Academy in 2022, He was admitted to the Sibelius Academy in 2022 and his bachelor's degree in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>During his studies, Ahti has collaborated with numerous musicians, as well as participated in piano competitions with success. For example, he won a first prize in the Lakeus Soi Piano Competition in 2019, and in 2022 he earned a second place in the 12th national Leevi Madetoja Piano Competition. Ahti has performed in a wide range of concerts and music festivals around Finland, and he has also taken masterclasses with some of Europe's leading piano pedagogues such as Konstantin Bogino, Gergely Boganyi, Graham Scott, Henri Sigfridsson and Paavali Jumppanen.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CK_Cristina-Tomescu-from-SibA-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CK_Cristina-Tomescu-from-SibA-1.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CK_Cristina-Tomescu-from-SibA-1-680x800.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"text-section txt-columns txt-content\" >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row animation-child-elements animation-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Cristina Tomescu<\/strong> was born in Craiova, Romania on September 1, 2003. She studied at the \u2018Marin Sorescu\u2019 High School of Arts in her hometown under the guidance of Prof. Mihai Ungureanu. Additionally, she has attended masterclasses of Daniela Andonova, Vinicia Moroianu, Antonio di Cristofano, Vincenzo Balzani, Andreas Frolich, Petras Geniusas, Graeme McNaught, and Jean-Bernard Pommier. Currently, Cristina is a third-year bachelor's degree student at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki, in the class of Erik Tawaststjerna.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cristina has received prizes in national and international competitions, including 1st prize at the National Olympiad (2014-2022), 1st prize in the Craiova Piano International Piano Competition (2015-2022), 1st prize in the Margareta Sterian Piano Competition (Romania), 1st prize in the Irina with \u015ea\u0163chi piano competition (Romania), a Finalist at the 14th Recontres Internationales des Jeunes Pianistes (Belgium, 2018), 1st prize at the Orbetello Piano Competition (2019), and the 1st prize in the Grand Prix Smedere and Germany (Serto Pristo).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1099\" height=\"1649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CK_Gabriele-Agile-Bajoraite-from-SibA.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CK_Gabriele-Agile-Bajoraite-from-SibA.jpg 1099w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CK_Gabriele-Agile-Bajoraite-from-SibA-1066x1600.jpg 1066w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CK_Gabriele-Agile-Bajoraite-from-SibA-533x800.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1099px) 100vw, 1099px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"text-section txt-columns txt-content\" >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row animation-child-elements animation-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Gabriel\u0117 Agil\u0117 Bajorait\u0117<\/strong> (b. 2001) graduated from MK \u010ciurlionis National School of Arts in 2020, where she studied piano with Aidas Puod\u017eiukas. She continued her studies at the Lithuanian Music and Theater Academy. Presently she is a student at the Sibelius Academy in the class of Niklas Pokki. Gabriele has participated in national and international competitions such as the XVI National Balys Dvarionas Competition for Pianists and Violinists, \u201c Golden Taste\u2018 in Germany (Frankfurt am Mein), International Competition Virtuosi per musica di piano forte (in Usti nad Labem, the Czech Republic), the X International Balleys Dvarionas for the Pregun, and Vistas (Navelos).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CK_Jan-Skrobanek-from-SibA-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CK_Jan-Skrobanek-from-SibA-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CK_Jan-Skrobanek-from-SibA-1800x1201.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CK_Jan-Skrobanek-from-SibA-800x534.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"text-section txt-columns txt-content\" >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row animation-child-elements animation-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Jan \u0160krob\u00e1nek's<\/strong> musical journey began at the age of three when he first touched a piano. This early started led to his education in a music school at five, and soon after, he began earning recognition at various children's and youth competitions. For further musical education, Jan studied at the Prague Conservatory under Libor Nov\u00e1\u010dek and continued at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with Martin Kas\u00edk. Alongside the formal education, he sweet guidance from a renovated Czech pedagogue Marta Toaderov\u00e1 Later, his pursuit of excellence led him to the Sibelius Academy through an Erasmus exchange, where he is now studies under Hamsa Juris.<\/p>\n<p>Jan has won prizes at several international competitions, such as the International Piano Competition of Bed\u0159ich Smetana, and the International Piano Competition of Fryderyk Chopin in Mari\u00e1nsk\u00e9 L\u00e1zn\u011b. He has collaborated with orchestras like the Podkrkonossky Symfonicky Orchestr, and he was selected as a solo to perform at the Talent Music Summer Festival in Brescia. Jan's artistic journey has been enriched by playing in masterclasses of renowned pianists like Elisabeth Leonskaya, Matti Rautio, Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy, and Lilia Zilberstein.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":20959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_departmens_cat":0,"wds_primary_global_cat":0,"wds_primary_events_cat":0,"footnotes":""},"departmens_cat":[123],"global_cat":[],"events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-20958","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","departmens_cat-tonlistardeild"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/20958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/events"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20958"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/20958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20970,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/20958\/revisions\/20970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"departmens_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/departmens_cat?post=20958"},{"taxonomy":"global_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global_cat?post=20958"},{"taxonomy":"events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events_cat?post=20958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}