{"id":1275,"date":"2023-08-31T11:01:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T11:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/?page_id=1275"},"modified":"2025-12-21T21:58:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T21:58:42","slug":"2020-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/en\/index.php\/musical-career\/2020-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">ELIN LAUNCHES A CROWDFUNDING PROJECT<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>During the corona lockdown many musicians were stuck in their homes. In order to entertain themselves and others, many of them offered live performances online &#8211; including Elin. Among other songs she did a live version of her song <em>S\u00f3leyan<\/em> that she had composed to lyrics by her father, the late author Jens Pauli Heinesen.<\/p>\n<p>She shared the song on facebook, and to her surprise it went kind of viral in the Faroe Islands. After a couple of days thousands of people had seen it and many commented that they really liked the song.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the performance that went &#8216;viral&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YKAUiqQm-i0?si=bfPYCvOnoD9Vgmst\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Among the people that made comments to the song, there was a guy, H\u00f8gni Rasmussen, who asked Elin why she didn&#8217;t start a crowfunding campaign to get funding so she could make a professional recording of this song. And not only that &#8211; why not do a symphonic recording of this song, he asked &#8211; just like she did with the song <em>Eitt d\u00fdpi av d\u00fdrari t\u00ed\u00f0<\/em> she recorded with a czech symphony orchestra almost 20 years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Elin got inspired by these positive reactions to initiate her next big music project. She got the idea that she wanted to honour her father, the author Jens Pauli Heinesen, who would have had his 90th birthday November 12th, 2022, by publishing an album with songs she had composed to his poems &#8211; and, if possible, have a big honor concert for him on his birthday with the Faroe Islands Symphony Orchestra and a choir.<\/p>\n<p>But to be able to do this she needed money. Lots of money. She wanted first to see if it would be possible to finance a symphonic recording of one of the songs, she made to lyrics by her father &#8211; the song <em>S\u00f3leyan<\/em>\u00a0that went viral on facebook. So she launched a crowdfunding project on a newly opened Faroese crowdfunding page &#8211; hopfigging.fo &#8211; for this song only.<\/p>\n<p>Her crowdfunding campaign was the first one for a music project on this crowdfunding page. The guy who had suggested to her to do this campaign, helped her recording a short video asking people to contribute &#8211; seen here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/409760342?h=af592b3b58\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Translation of what Elin Brimheim Heinesen says in the video above:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;Hey, I need your help! I am dreaming of recording the song &#8220;S\u00f3leyan&#8221; (The Buttercup) by my father, Jens Pauli Heinesen, and me with a symphony orchestra &#8211; just like the song &#8220;Eitt d\u00fdpi av d\u00fdrari t\u00ed\u00f0&#8221; (A Chasm og Precious Time). Please help me make this dream come true.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On the crowdfunding webpage she wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It would just be great if a symphonic recording of <em>S\u00f3leyan<\/em> could be done and released preferably well in advance, but at the latest at my father\u2019s 90th birthday in 2022, and in that way be able to honor his memory. Therefore, I sincerely hope that many people will help support this project so that the dream can come true.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Read more about the crowdfunding project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopfigging.fo\/project\/view\/57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an interview (in Faroese) with Elin on the radio station R7 about the crowdfunding &#8211; and how it went:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FElinBrimheimHeinesen%2Fvideos%2F269153897605852%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>The crowdfunding went very well. In only six days, she got the full amount that she applied for. And when the crowdfunding project ended, she had it 136 % financed, so she went out to find someone, who could help her arrange the song to symphony orchestra. This is when she found the magnificent Italian composer and arranger, Enzo De Rosa, whom she contacted after hearing music he had arranged for other people. Hearing his music convinced her that he was the right person for the job. Enzo heard the simple demo of the song &#8220;S\u00f3leyan&#8221; and said yes right away, that he would help her arrange the song. He did not disappoint.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;S\u00f3leyan&#8221; was released as a single and a music video on Elin&#8217;s father&#8217;s 89 birthday &#8211; November 12th 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the music video here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KHFIqjqT4Gg?si=Yr99OXwtdbnF2LNG\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The song was very well received, which prompted the Italian composer and arranger, Enzo De Rosa, to ask Elin if she could write more music to poems by her father they could collaborate on.\u00a0 She was encouraged by this and quickly composed four other songs to lyrics by her father, which Enzo then started to make symphonic arrangements to.<\/p>\n<p>But first they needed to secure the financing of the project, so that the songs could be recorded by a real symphony orchestra. So Elin launched another crowdfunding campaign, not expecting, but hoping that this new crowdfunding would help her record the songs and &#8211; not least &#8211; perform them at an honorary concert in the Nordic House on her fathers 90th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>This new crowdfunding campaign also went very well. When it ended Elin had 175 % of the amount she applied for. This was a huge help. But this was not enough to finance the whole project, so she also applied for grants from culture funds, public institutions, municipalities and private companies.<\/p>\n<p>With a big chunk of her own savings also, she managed to get enough money to be able to record four more songs arranged by Enzo De Rosa, and recorded with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and the Faroese choir Tarira and in addition to prepare a big concert and honorary event for her father at his 90th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Elin was extremely proud when the honor concert finally came true. The event took place in the Nordic House in T\u00f3rshavn for a full house &#8211; around 450 people &#8211; on November 12th, 2022, on her father&#8217;s birthday, where she was able to perform six songs with the Faroe Islands Symphony Orchestra and the choirs Tarira and T\u00f3rshavnar Mansk\u00f3r &#8211; and with herself as the lead vocalist. In addition to the music there were also several interviews with different people about her father as well as readings of excerpts from her father&#8217;s literature in between the music performances.<\/p>\n<p>When this exciting evening ended all the participants on the stage got a standing ovation from the audience. Elin could not be happier.<\/p>\n<p>Her are small excerpts from the concert:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CldXElBDSOy\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CldXElBDSOy\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Elin Brimheim Heinesen (@elinbheinesen)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CldYJF8DhtO\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CldYJF8DhtO\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Elin Brimheim Heinesen (@elinbheinesen)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kringvarp F\u00f8roya, the National TV &amp; Radio recorded the whole event on video. And at easter in the spring of 2023, Kringvarp F\u00f8roya, the Public National TV, broadcasted the honor concert for Jens Pauli Heinesen &#8211; in two parts on April 6th and April 7th, 2023.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/kvf.fo\/sending\/fagnadarkonsert-jens-pauli-heinesen?sid=155226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PART ONE.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/kvf.fo\/sending\/fagnadarkonsert-jens-pauli-heinesen?sid=155225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PART TWO<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The recordings of the four new songs by Elin and with lyrics by her father were made in the summer of 2022. The plan was to release the album with these four songs, as well as <em>S\u00f3leyan<\/em> and <em>Eitt d\u00fdpi av d\u00fdrari t\u00ed\u00f0<\/em>, on the same day as the honor concert took place, but the failed. It took much longer to work on the mixing of the recordings than Elin had anticipated. To be exact almost a whole year longer. So Elin postponed the release to the year after &#8211; to her father&#8217;s 91st birthday on November 12th, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the album <a href=\"https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/index.php\/published-music\/album-eitt-dypi-av-dyrari-tid\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>LIVING ROOM CONCERTS WITH EY\u00d0UN MOHR HANSEN<\/h3>\n<p>In the summer of 2023 Elin played more than 20 living room concerts for tourists together with guitarist Ey\u00f0un Mohr Hansen at home in her own living room under the title <a href=\"https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/en\/index.php\/fljod-concerts\/\">F&#8217;LJ\u00d3\u00d0 Living Room Concerts &amp; Literary Evenings<\/a>. Read more about these concerts <a href=\"https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/en\/index.php\/fljod-concerts\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Elin and Ey\u00f0un also played two living room concerts for full houses at the event called &#8220;H\u00fasagongd&#8221; that took place in the village of Sandav\u00e1gur on May 6.<\/p>\n<p><em>Her are some photos from the living room concert at the H\u00fasagongd event in Sandav\u00e1gur May 6, 2023:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3042 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_1-1300x1950.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_1.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3045 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_2-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_2-1300x1950.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_2.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3048 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_3-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_3-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_3-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_3-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_3-1300x1950.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-05-06_Husagongd-Sandavagur_Elin-og-Eydun_3.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>CONCERTS WITH EBH BAND<\/h3>\n<p>In the summer 2023 Elin also played several concerts with a whole band consisting of Ey\u00f0un Mohr Hansen on guitar, Edvard Nyholm Debess on bass and R\u00f3gvi \u00e1 R\u00f3gvu on drums. Two of the concerts were part of the Summart\u00f3nar 2023 program.<\/p>\n<p><em>Here is a video recording from the concert in Caf\u00e9 E\u00f0ge in Mikladalur on June 8th:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CucKB5vRYFM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; 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margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CucKB5vRYFM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by E\u00f0ge (@cafeedgemikladal)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Here is an video recording from the concert in SALT in Tv\u00f8royri on June 9th made by a person in the audience, R\u00fani Thomsen:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=400&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Frunith%2Fvideos%2F1419670868827712%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=700&amp;t=0\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/center>The band also gave a concert in Maggie&#8217;s in N\u00f3lsoy on Saturday evening, September 2nd, but they ended up being a trio instead of a quartet, because the drummer fell ill in the last minute and could not make it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Elin Brimheim Heinesen Trio in Caf\u00e9 Maggie&#8217;s in N\u00f3lsoy Saturday evening September 2023:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php? height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjanusnolso%2Fvideos%2F207913812281895%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" width=\"700\" height=\"1190\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjanusnolso%2Fvideos%2F851664989808332%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>THE ALBUM EITT D\u00ddPI AV D\u00ddRARI T\u00cd\u00d0 \/ A CHASM OF PRECIOUS TIME IS RELEASED<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s not every day that new Faroese symphonic music is released on an album. But on Saturday evening, December 2, 2023, at 8:00 PM, Elin Brimheim Heinesen presented her new album, created in collaboration with her late father, the author Jens Pauli Heinesen, at a reception and cozy evening at Perlan, T\u00f3rsg\u00f8ta 3 in T\u00f3rshavn. The album is titled <em>\u201cEitt d\u00fdpi av d\u00fdrari t\u00ed\u00f0\u201d<\/em>\u00a0(<em>A Chasm of Precious Time<\/em>) and was released on vinyl, CD, and digital platforms by the record label TUTL.<\/p>\n<p>Elin also had something extra exciting in store for the evening.<\/p>\n<p>This was the program for the event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Elin presented the album and explained the process of creating the 12 tracks on the album.<\/li>\n<li>Conversations with various people who made this grand musical project possible.<\/li>\n<li>Live music was, of course, part of the program.<\/li>\n<li>The music video for\u00a0<em>\u201cS\u00f3leyan\u201d<\/em>\u00a0was shown on the big screen.<\/li>\n<li>Elin revealed an additional Christmas surprise!<\/li>\n<li>Attendees could purchase the album at a special price that evening, with Elin&#8217;s signature included.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Snacks were served, and the bar remained open until 11:30 PM.<\/p>\n<p>More information about the album can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/index.php\/utgivin-tonleikur\/album-eitt-dypi-av-dyrari-tid\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And here you can listen to the entire album:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/odesli.co\/embed\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Falbum.link%2Feitt-dypi-av-dyrari-tid&amp;theme=light\" width=\"100%\" height=\"52\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Interview<\/h4>\n<p>Interview &#8211; in English &#8211; with Elin Brimheim Heinesen about her latest album &#8220;Eitt d\u00fdpi av d\u00fdrari t\u00ed\u00f0 \/ A Chasm of Precious Time&#8221; that was released December 1st, 2023. In the interview she speaks about her father, the late author Jens Pauli Heinesen, who wrote the lyrics to the song on the album, and about his life and literature.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the podcast episode <a href=\"https:\/\/content.libsyn.com\/p\/1\/8\/d\/18dc026c56bd2140\/Podcast_372.mp3?c_id=164888283&amp;cs_id=164888283&amp;response-content-type=audio%2Fmpeg&amp;Expires=1743644242&amp;Signature=WheSWQP73zxNUqHjqedLU8OGOX7UN-9LePQV-kuXnyjPCNOPv27SlgGYPOhp1XAnrfXyLEwQaeVO4KkkCrCp0Dxahx3kpkdHL3gSw~2T~Nd6jR-ewg7ClldHWkVTctZPjR0sf63NmU-0a9ikGnpLyNd9OrHQ15QYGKn9LhSEsM7fzb~UYv5nv6-ktHWdZ7hRtpYiEUONlFV2~NcuPOwJnIqcwZ9MqWkSDJC5GYMo9h4dGRuB-6HGUVQWbnKOkM~NE6pNNj6qzeE0HkFT--zpHEHSuiSjG9tg4fkQlA2HsSesYwTLkbtHlTCcNT~9bf5YgJmFIsUar6-nNxSwK-Af9Q__&amp;Key-Pair-Id=K1YS7LZGUP96OI\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>NEW CHRISTMAS SONG<\/h3>\n<p>In December 2024, an unexpected and unannounced symphonic song was released, performed by Elin Brimheim Heinesen. On December 1, 2023, Elin had just released the symphonic album\u00a0<em>\u201cEitt d\u00fdpi av d\u00fdrari t\u00ed\u00f0\u201d<\/em>\u00a0(<em>A Chasm of Precious Time<\/em>), featuring songs she composed using poems by her father, Jens Pauli Heinesen. But now, an additional symphonic song was released, sung by Elin, which no one had known about. This time, it was a Christmas song titled\u00a0<em>\u201cJ\u00f3lafri\u00f0ur \u00e1 j\u00f8r\u00f0\u201d<\/em>\u00a0(<em>Christmas Peace on Earth<\/em>), composed by the Italian composer Enzo De Rosa.<\/p>\n<p>Elin Brimheim Heinesen had previously collaborated with Enzo De Rosa on her album\u00a0<em>\u201cEitt d\u00fdpi av d\u00fdrari t\u00ed\u00f0\u201d<\/em>. Enzo composed this new Christmas song, which was also recorded with a symphony orchestra and featured Elin as the vocal soloist, along with eight young girls \u2013 all around 10\u201311 years old \u2013 from the Eystursk\u00falin Girls\u2019 Choir, conducted by Joanna Johansen. Elin herself adapted the original English lyrics for the song.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BFpgQKcEylY?si=Mp5SenzpyXhYFwbe\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/center><strong>This is how Enzo De Rosa explains how the song came to be:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My son, Leonardo, was born on November 11, 2011. In celebration of this joyful event, I asked my good friend and songwriter, Paul Oxley, if he would help me write the lyrics for a Christmas song I had just composed for my newborn son, to honor his birth. The purpose of writing the song was to highlight what I believe should be the deeper meaning of the upcoming holiday. Christmas is a time when people should remember that we are all, in reality, united. When the snow covers houses, cities, and countries, hiding the borders between us, it should remind us that, in truth, these borders are merely a construct\u2014something we invented to separate ourselves as humans. In reality, there is so much more that unites us than divides us. That is the message I wanted to convey with this song. I am so delighted that Elin was willing to adapt the song into Faroese.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the autumn, Enzo De Rosa decided to create a symphonic recording of the Christmas song with Elin as the vocal soloist.<\/p>\n<p>He asked her if she could write lyrics for the song in Faroese because he is very fond of the Faroese language and thinks it sounds beautiful. As Enzo puts it: &#8220;It sounds like an ancient echo from the past.&#8221; Elin explains:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Enzo De Rosa is an exceptionally talented musician and composer who has worked with countless musicians and singers around the world over the past 40 years. So, I feel it is a great honor that Enzo asked me and entrusted me with both writing the lyrics and singing the Christmas song he composed for his son. It means a lot to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Elin contacted Joanna Johansen to get the Eystursk\u00falin Girls&#8217; Choir to sing along with her on the recording. The vocal and orchestral recordings took place at the end of November this year. Enzo himself arranged and mixed the orchestral music, while the Faroese music producer B\u00e1r\u00f0ur H\u00e1berg recorded and mixed the vocals of Elin and the girls&#8217; choir. The orchestral part was recorded by the Moscow Metropolitan Session Orchestra under the direction of Vladimir Podgoretsky. The mastering was done by Alex Gordon at Abbey Road Studios.<\/p>\n<p>The following contributed to the production of <em>&#8220;J\u00f3lafri\u00f0ur \u00e1 j\u00f8r\u00f0&#8221;<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Music and orchestral arrangement:<\/em>\u00a0Enzo De Rosa<br \/>\n<em>Faroese lyrics:<\/em> Elin Brimheim Heinese<br \/>\n<em>Original lyrics:<\/em>\u00a0Paul Oxley<br \/>\n<em>Orchestral recording:<\/em>\u00a0Bow Tie Remote Recordings<br \/>\n<em>Orchestra:<\/em>\u00a0Moscow Metropolitan Session Orchestra under the direction of Vladimir Podgoretsky<br \/>\n<em>Orchestral recordings:<\/em>\u00a0Alexandr Serenko<br \/>\n<em>Orchestral mixing:\u00a0<\/em>Enzo De Rosa<br \/>\n<em>Lead vocalist:<\/em>\u00a0Elin Brimheim Heinesen<br \/>\n<em>Choir:<\/em>\u00a0Eystursk\u00falin Girls&#8217; Choir (Aleksandra Glerfoss, Anna S\u00e1ra P\u00e6tursd\u00f3ttir, Ey\u00f0dis Iversen, Gloria Schmidt, J\u00f3na Bj\u00f8rg Berg, Maibritt Trondesen, Mira Absalonsen, and T\u00f3rger\u00f0 Lamhauge \u2013 all aged 10\u201311), directed by Joanna Johansen<br \/>\n<em>Vocal recording and mixing:<\/em>\u00a0B\u00e1r\u00f0ur H\u00e1berg<br \/>\n<em>Mastering:\u00a0<\/em>Alex Gordon at Abbey Road Studios<\/p>\n<h4>Faroese Lyrics: J\u00f3lafri\u00f0ur \u00e1 j\u00f8r\u00f0<\/h4>\n<p>Flykrurnar dala av himmali h\u00e1tt,<br \/>\nsum gimsteinar glampa og dansa \u00ed n\u00e1tt.<br \/>\nG\u00f8turnar t\u00f3mar, frystar \u00ed snj\u00f3.<br \/>\nKvirra n\u00fa r\u00e6\u00f0ur, alt hv\u00edlir \u00ed r\u00f3,<br \/>\nt\u00ed at n\u00fa fjalir kavin hv\u00f8rt str\u00ed\u00f0 og hv\u00f8rt s\u00e1r,<br \/>\nfjalir \u00f8ll landam\u00f8rk, l\u00ed\u00f0ing og t\u00e1r.<br \/>\nHer \u00e1 j\u00f8r\u00f0 valdar fri\u00f0ur,<br \/>\nn\u00fa vit \u00f8ll halda j\u00f3l.<\/p>\n<p>J\u00f3lini brei\u00f0a seg um allan heim.<br \/>\nF\u00f3lk sm\u00edlast fegin, og \u00f8ll halda gleim,<br \/>\nsyngja av hjarta eitt bl\u00edtt takkarlj\u00f3\u00f0.<br \/>\nT\u00f3nleikur, l\u00e1tur, \u00f8ll eru so g\u00f3\u00f0,<br \/>\nt\u00ed n\u00fa savnast vit saman eitt bil, kn\u00fdta bond,<br \/>\ndansa um tr\u00e6i\u00f0 so fitt hond \u00ed hond.<br \/>\nHer \u00e1 j\u00f8r\u00f0 valdar fri\u00f0ur,<br \/>\nn\u00fa vit \u00f8ll halda j\u00f3l.<\/p>\n<p>Lalala&#8230;<br \/>\nHer \u00e1 j\u00f8r\u00f0 valdar fri\u00f0ur,<br \/>\nn\u00fa vit \u00f8ll halda j\u00f3l,<br \/>\nt\u00ed vit halda j\u00f3l.<br \/>\nT\u00ed halda vit \u00f8ll n\u00fa j\u00f3l.<\/p>\n<h4>Original English lyrics; The World Comes Together<\/h4>\n<p>Snow flakes are falling, down from the skies.<br \/>\nswirling and dancing, like jewels in the night.<br \/>\nThe cold streets are empty, frozen in time.<br \/>\nThe world for a moment is peaceful and calm.<br \/>\nand soon, under the blanket, the roads disappear.<br \/>\nCountries and borders and suffering and tears<br \/>\nand the world comes together for one more Christmas time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Christmas is coming all over the world.<br \/>\nPeople are smiling and joy is the word<br \/>\nand we sing from our hearts to show that we care<br \/>\nmusic and laughter and love fills the air and<br \/>\nfor one precious moment I take your hand and we&#8217;ll<br \/>\ndance by the fireside we&#8217;ll dance through the night.<br \/>\nand the world comes together for one more Christmas time&#8230;.<br \/>\nFor one more Christmas time<br \/>\nFor one more Christmas time<\/p>\n<p><em>Lyrics:<\/em> Paul Oxley<br \/>\n<em>Translation:<\/em> Elin Brimheim Heinesen<br \/>\n<em>Music:<\/em> Enzo de Rosa<\/p>\n<p>Enzo De Rosa&#8217;s song &#8220;J\u00f3lafri\u00f0ur \u00e1 j\u00f8r\u00f0&#8221; is available on digital platforms <a href=\"https:\/\/distrokid.com\/hyperfollow\/enzoderosa2\/jlafriur--jr-feat-elin-brimheim-heinesen-faroese-version\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF FMX<\/h3>\n<p>In January 2024, the new board of FMX \u2013 Faroe Music Export \u2013 was formed. The Minister of Culture, H\u00f8gni Hoydal, chose Mikael Blak as chair. He continued on the board along with Gunn Hernes. Newly elected members were Elin Brimheim Heinesen and Leivur Thomsen.\u00cd januar 2024 var n\u00fdggja st\u00fdri\u00f0 fyri FMX &#8211; Faroe Music Export &#8211; samansett. H\u00f8gni Hoydal, landsst\u00fdrisma\u00f0ur, valdi Mikael Blak til formann. Hann helt fram \u00ed st\u00fdrinum eins og Gunn Hernes. N\u00fdvald v\u00f3ru Elin Brimheim Heinesen og Leivur Thomsen.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4031\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/index.php\/tonleikayrkisleid\/2020-2\/fmx-styrid-2023\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4031\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4031 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fmx-styrid-2023-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"Fr\u00e1 vinstru: Leivur Thomsen, Elin Brimheim Heinesen, Mikael Blak og Gunn Hernes.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fmx-styrid-2023-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fmx-styrid-2023-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fmx-styrid-2023-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fmx-styrid-2023-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fmx-styrid-2023-1300x731.webp 1300w, https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fmx-styrid-2023.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the left: Leivur Thomsen, Elin Brimheim Heinesen, Mikael Blak and Gunn Hernes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>THE SONG EYDNAN PERFORMED AT BYRTA CONCERT<\/h3>\n<p>In February 2024, the band BYRTA gave a very successful concert at the Old Theatre in T\u00f3rshavn, where they among other things performed the song \u201cEydnan\u201d, for which Elin wrote the lyrics.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; 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Henrik Birk Aaboe arranged the song \u201cEitt d\u00fdpi av d\u00fdrari t\u00ed\u00f0\u201d for the choir \u2013 a particularly beautiful arrangement, which can be heard here:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0mMqt0tHS7NKjkIz56Kcnc?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At their album release concert in H\u00e1t\u00fan on Tuesday 5 March 2024, the highly accomplished choir Xperiment performed a wonderful and deeply moving version of the song by Elin Brimheim Heinesen and Jens Pauli Heinesen, \u201cEitt d\u00fdpi av d\u00fdrari t\u00ed\u00f0\u201d (if the video does not appear, click \u201cVideo on Facebook\u201d).<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F899421858598746%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>GERMAN REVIEW GAVE 8.5 OUT OF 10 STARS<\/h3>\n<p>In March 2024, for the first time ever, one of Elin\u2019s music releases was reviewed in a foreign music magazine \u2013 and it even received 8.5 stars out of 10!<\/p>\n<p>The release in question is the full album \u201cEitt d\u00fdpi av d\u00fdrari t\u00ed\u00f0\u201d with symphonic pieces that Elin has composed to poems by her father, Jens Pauli Heinesen, and which Enzo De Rosa helped her arrange for orchestra and choir.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cELIN BRIMHEIM HEINESEN has succeeded in creating a really fantastic album here that could also convince people who are usually not so much into classical music. Because although it is classical orchestral music, it is still contemporary. A really beautiful piece of music, but you have to take your time to listen, because this is something that can\u2019t be listened to in a rush.\u201d (Loosely translated with Google Translate.)<\/p>\n<p>The review is otherwise in German and can be read<span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/neckbreaker.de\/de\/reviews\/cd-reviews\/13883-elin-brimheim-heinesen-eitt-dypi-av-dyrari-tidh\">HERE<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>STOVET\u00d3NAR IN N\u00d3LSOY<\/h3>\n<p>Elin performed at StOVEt\u00f3nar in N\u00f3lsoy on 30 March 2024 at the home of Maud Wang Hansen Fr\u00ed\u00e5rik SIvertsen.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F784334787%2Fvideos%2F787859439917677%2F&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"591\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>THEME RECORD OF THE WEEK: &#8216;NALJA&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>In connection with NALJA playing at 15:30 on Saturday 6 July 2024 at the GN\u00cdST Festival in N\u00f3lsoy, it is interesting to listen to this programme by J\u00e1kup Magnussen about the NALJA release by Elin &amp; K\u00e1ri from 1988. J\u00e1kup Magnussen talked with Elin about the work, and the programme was broadcast on 9 March 2024. This is how it was presented on the website of Kringvarp F\u00f8roya:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNALJA, the album, was very popular among people in the Faroe Islands at the end of the 80s \u2013 not only because it was a release with good, singable pop songs that people could dance to, but also because the album hit right into the spirit of the times back then. In those years, some revolutionary shifts were happening in the attitudes of young people \u2013 shifts that laid the foundation for the society as it is today, where people have more freedom to stand out from the crowd and can live more alternative lifestyles.<\/p>\n<p>The NALJA album clearly had both a feminist and a \u2018gay rights\u2019 element in it, even though Elin and K\u00e1ri said they did not have any political intentions with the release. But it can be stated that they stood completely alone and unique on the Faroese cultural scene as a woman and a gay man, where Elin was also a composer and producer on an equal footing with K\u00e1ri and \u00d3li Poulsen, who mixed the music and, for example, did the drum programming.<\/p>\n<p>Both K\u00e1ri and Elin themselves programmed and arranged most of the music before they went into the studio. It was definitely not common to see in the Faroe Islands at that time that women used computers to compose and arrange music, as Elin did.<\/p>\n<p>The time and environment in the Faroe Islands back then was \u2013 seen through today\u2019s lens \u2013 very male\u2011dominated and homophobic. So, without that necessarily being the intention, we cannot ignore that the NALJA album was also quite special in that respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elin Brimheim Heinesen and K\u00e1ri Linderoth Jacobsen make up the Nalja duo, who in the late eighties created the concept album that was the most popular Faroese youth\u2011pop release of that decade. For example, K\u00e1ri himself called another of the hits, \u201cAnsa eftir\u201d, \u201ca disco track in an urban style\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Among other things, there was influence from the English acts Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure, Howard Jones, and others, just as other styles such as rock, bossa nova, and jazz also influenced the work. The two of them wanted to make quality pop, as they have said later. The contemporary synthesizer sound marked the release \u2013 a lot, one might say \u2013 but at the same time it is very melodic communal singing, so it still lives on well today \u2013 and it also has something distinctly Faroese about it.<\/p>\n<p>It was a cassette release, and the release date was 20 July 1988. Ten years later, Nalja was also available on CD with the bonus track \u201cHeimlongsul\u201d, which describes the situation of Faroese people abroad, who always feel a pull back towards the Faroe Islands, its people, culture, and nature.<\/p>\n<p>Nine years ago, the album was the featured \u201cConcept Album\u201d in the programme Pl\u00e1tubarrin. Back then there was no guest interview, whereas this time the programme is a journey through the work and the era together with Elin Brimheim Heinesen. Pl\u00e1tubarrin, 9 March 2024.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FElinBrimheimHeinesen%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02w737XS9MQKExmkuNjU5QR5VpB8di7L3q1FEtpRzfaTmo495unqCsoHNfo6d6GXRzl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"609\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>NALJA AT THE MUSIC FESTVAL GN\u00cdST \u00cd N\u00d3LSOY<\/h3>\n<p>6 July 2025, NALJA played at GN\u00cdST in N\u00f3lsoy. Here the band is rehearsing before the performance:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FElinBrimheimHeinesen%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0BVqjBqVptGQ8nyiJqE1uHJhSEJT6frm2i2y2yfgS7RzH648sRyo9zJfq3K9p7PPJl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"978\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And here NALJA are playing at GN\u00cdST:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Felinbheinesen%2Fvideos%2F1193123318363847%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=380&amp;t=0\" width=\"380\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELIN LAUNCHES A CROWDFUNDING PROJECT During the corona lockdown many musicians were stuck in their homes. 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