The Festival
Major International Artists, choral and instrumental ensembles!
We are inviting major international artists to demonstrate their support for the right of every child to obtain keys to the worlds of music and all Art forms.
A Musical Tribute to a Music Legend no longer touring!
We have invited a major, international artist from the popular music world, who is no longer touring, to personally attend a Musical Tribute to his musical contributions over decades. Our Festival Choir will perform a program together with major, international vocal artists. His music has been specially arranged for solo, chorus and band.
A Festival Orchestra with top professional musicians and young talents!
We will invite musicians from major symphonic orchestras all over the world to become the core of a Festival Orchestra playing together with young talents from many countries. Led by a legendary Maestro.
Master Classes where Masters make music together with young talents!
When great Masters make music by playing together with young talents, performance pressure is gone and the spirit of and the breathing with the music is instilled.
Festival Chorus
We will invite choral singers from many nations to work with an outstanding choral conductor.
Planting music in hearts and veins! Open Rehearsals for all to attend!
We invite our audience to follow and listen to open rehearsals thus getting intimate with the music later performed in concerts.
Orchestras, Choirs and Ensembles from musical school floors around the world!
We will invite six school orchestras, choirs or other ensembles from six schools in six countries world-wide. We’ll ask our guest schools to demonstrate their daily school work in real time music lessons and rehearsals with students and music teachers. We will ask class-room teachers and school leaders to reflect upon how music affects studies and school environment. They will show short film documentaries filmed at their schools by Festival & Forum 21. A model that was presented by Festival & Forum 21 at the Stockholm Concert Hall on December 21, 2016 with five schools from five countries.
Introduction of future Pilot Communities with musical class-rooms!
The very first year of the festival we hope to be able to present our first pilot communities/mini-worlds that will engage in developing music programs including all children in all their schools.
In future festivals our pilot communities will be given opportunities to report how the study is progressing in their respective community with the assistance of involved Scientists.
Our festival will in the future possibly become a “display window” for our pilot communities where they will be able to present their community and the progress of the Study in various ways.
Scientific Symposiums
We will invite leading Scientists from worlds like Pedagogy, Psychology, Medicine, Criminology and Economy along with key personalities from Cultural and Educational Worlds. We’ll ask them to lecture, debate and plan strategies how to reach decision makers with convincing arguments and proofs that Music and all Art forms can affect brains and hearts and become cornerstones in building a better world!
FINAL DAY OF THE FESTIVAL, JUNE 19, 2025
A DEBATE WITH WORLD POLITICAL, SCIENTIFIC & FINANCIAL LEADERS!
On June 19, the final day of the Festival, we will invite major political leaders from Sweden, from Europe and from other parts of the world to discuss with Scientists and key people from Financial, Cultural and Educational worlds. The topic will be around the question what could happen if investing in the Arts including children and young people was prioritized.
We hope to achieve an international understanding that we can prevent evilness by building minds and hearts in young people through the Arts – starting in early age!
MIDSUMMER FEAST ON MIDSUMMER EVE!
The Festival will officially end June 19th. On June 20th we will invite our artists and audiences in celebrating Midsummer Eve the Swedish way with raising Midsummer poles accompanied by fiddlers in traditional folk costumes. When the pole is raised young and old will join in dancing together around the pole where traditional dances also involve singing together traditional folk songs with everybody participating! Steam boat tours in the Stockholm archipelago will follow in the late afternoon and early evening. Fine dining aboard will be combined with visits on beautiful islands and participation in local festivities.
OUR AMBITION IN SHORT!
Demonstrate how the Arts + Children = the Best Investment there is! With our efforts, that we hope will involve many, we want to present a perspective that investing in the Arts involving many children, is by far a better investment than any other effort there is!
Read my personal letter here and reflect upon the question: Can the Arts transform a Society in decline?
Göran Staxäng Director, Festival & Forum 21