Illustration by Charlotte Karetak
Alianait Arts Festival ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᑦ ᑕᐅᑐᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᖅ
Iqaluit, Nunavut
Presented by
Alianait Arts Festival
ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᑦ ᑕᐅᑐᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᖅ
The Alianait Arts Festival, now in its 18th year, will feature artists from across Inuit Nunungat and the Nordic world.
This year’s festival includes children’s activities, book reading and a food tent; free day time shows and workshops, curated art exhibits as well as stacked evening concerts. It’s an annual event not to be missed.
See list of Nordic participants below.
ᓯᓯᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᑲᓛᑦᓖᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ Sisimiut, Kalaallit Nunaat
ᐋᓐᑕᓵᓐ ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᖅ, ᑯᑭᒃᐸᓗᒃᑎᐅᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᐱᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᓯᓯᒥᐅᑕᖅ. ᓴᕿᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥᒃ EDM/Dubstep ᓂᐱᒃᓴᒻᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ 2019. ᒪᓐᓇ 7 ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᔪᓐᓂᒃ ᓂᐱᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ 2 EP ᓂᐱᒃᓴᖏᓂᒃ. ᐃᒻᖏᖃᑎᖃᖅᐸᒃᑐᖅ ᐅᑎᖃᖅᑐᓐᓂᒃ FINNi, ᓴᑭᑎᑕᐅᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑰᑕ ᑐᓂᔪᑎᖓᓐᓂᒃ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᓂᐱᒻᒥᒃ ᐊᑎᖃᖅᑐᖅ FINNi -Qanormita Ippa !?
Andachan is a Greenlandic musician, guitarist, DJ/producer from Sisimiut. He released his first EDM/Dubstep album in 2019. Now he has seven singles, two albums and two EP Albums. He has a band called FINNi, and produced a Koda award winning album called FINNi -Qanormita Ippa !?
ᓅᒃ, ᑲᓛᑦᓖᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ Nuuk, Kalaallit Nunaat
ᐊᖓᑯᓴᖅ (Angakkussaq), ᐃᒻᖏᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᑐᓕᑦᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᒪᕐᑯᒃᑐᓐᓄᑦ ᕿᒥᕈᐊᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥ, Those Who Run In The Sky, ᑎᑎᕋᒐᐅᓐᓂᑯ ᐊᕕᐊᖅ ᔭᐋᓐᔅᑕᓐᒧᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᒻᒧᑦ, ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎ, ᓇᓂᓯᓂᓗᖕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᓕᒃ ᑕᒃᑐᕐᒥᒃ, ᐊᓯᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᖓᑯᖅ, ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒥᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᑰᔪᒪᑉᓗᓐᓂ. ᑕᒻᓇ ᑐᑭᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑐᕋᖓᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᐊᕕᐊᑉ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖓᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᖏᔪᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᓂᑉᑲᖅᑐᐊᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᖁᓯᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᑉᓗᓯᒃ.
Angakkussaq is a theatrical adaptation of the award-winning teen novel, Those Who Run In The Sky, written by Aviaq Johnston from Igloolik, Nunavut. This is the story of Piturniq, a young hunter, who journeys through the spirit world to find Taktuq, a lost shaman, from whom he must learn to be a great shaman for his people.
This interpretation aims to reflect Aviaq’s intention to create a powerful story for Inuit youth, steeped in Inuit traditional knowledge, worldview and mythology.
ᓅᒃ, ᑲᓛᑦᓖᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ Nuuk, Kalaallit Nunaat
ᑕᐊ ᐸᐋᑎᓐ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᖏᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᖏᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᒻᖏᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ, ᐅᑉᓗᒥᒻᒧᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖑᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒻᖏᖃᑎᖃᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᐃᒻᖏᖅᑎᓐᓂᒃ, ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᓗᒃᑖᖅ. ᐃᒻᖏᕐᓂᖓᑦ ᐋᒃᕿᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ ᐃᒻᖏᒐᐅᕙᒃᖢᓂᓗ ᑐᓵᔭᖅᑐᖅᑐᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᓗᐊᖏᑐᒻᒥᒃ ᐃᖏᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ. ᐃᒻᖏᖅᑕᖓᑦ ᐊᑎᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᑉᓗᓐᓂ Live Electro, ᓱᑲᓗᐊᖏᑐᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᕐᓈᖅᑕᐅᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓛᓐᓂᑯᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᖅᑐᓐᓂᒃ, ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑎᑦᓯᓂᖅᑎᑐᑦ, ᓇᑭᖅᑑᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᓂᐱᖓᑦ. DBC ᐃᖏᖅᐸᖕᒥᔪᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᓐᓂᒃ, ᐊᕙᑎᑦᓯᐊᕆᒃᑐᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᔨᒌᒃᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓐᓂᒃ ᓂᐱᓐᓂᒃ ᑰᒃᐸᓗᒃᑐᖑᐊᖑᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᓪᓘᕙ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᑕᐅᑐᖓ ᒪᓕᒐᐅᑉᓗᓐᓂ. ᒥᖑᐊᖑᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᒻᖏᕐᓂᖓᑦ ᑕᐅᑦᑐᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᖏᔪᓐᓂᒃ ᒥᖑᐊᕈᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓚᖓᓂᓗ ᐃᒻᖏᕐᓂᖓᑦ ᐃᓕᖁᓯᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓅᑉ ᐃᒻᖏᕈᓯᖓᑎᑐᑦ ᑐᓵᓂᖓᑎᑐᓪᓗ.
Da Bartali Crew is a dynamic live band, adapting themselves to their current environment and interacting with local musicians, singers and rappers wherever they go in the world. Their music is shaped and performed together with the guests on the stage, with a fine light show. They call their musical style Live Electro, which consists of everything from casual ambient listening music to electro house dance music and sometimes playful, circus-like, off-beat rhythms. DBC also play large, atmospheric, ambient pieces that call forth visions of giant waterfalls or the earth from a bird’s-eye view. Their music is colourfully painted with both large brush strokes and fine lines, and the rhythm section seeks anything other than what could be perceived as normal, yet remains in line with human rhythms.
ᓅᒃ, ᑲᓛᑦᓖᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ Nuuk, Kalaallit Nunaat
HH Suersaq ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᒐᓂᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᓛᑦᓖᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᑕᕆᔭᐅᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᔨᓕᐅᒐᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᕋᒍᒻᒥ 2014. ᓂᐱᖓᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᒥᖓ ᐃᒻᖏᐅᓐᓂ ᐊᔨᒌᓕᖅᑎᓂᖓ ᐱᐅᓪᓚᕆᒃᑐᖅ. ᑕᒻᓇ ᐱᔪᑕᐅᑉᓗᓐᓂ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᖏᑐᒻᒥᒃ ᓂᑉᑕᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐃᓚᖃᕐᓗᓐᓂ Jappa (Jeppe on the Mountain), Karius & Baktus, Homo Sapienne, Angutivik, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᑕᖃᑦ ᓂᑉᑕᑎᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ A-I-U, Juulimaaq – Nannullu Anersaava, ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᓗ ᐃᓚᐅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᐅᑯᓇᓐᓂ Sofus Siggusmund. ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᓕ, ᑲᔾᔭᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᔪᖏᑎᐊᓕᕐᓗᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒻᖏᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒻᒥ ᕿᑎᕕᒡᔪᐊᖅᑐᓐᓂ ᓅᒃᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ 2016.
HH Suersaq was one of the first to graduate from the National Acting School of Greenland in 2014. The way he gets in tune with his voice and body makes him a marvelous actor. For this reason, he has been in numerous theater plays, such as Jappa (Jeppe on the Mountain), Karius & Baktus, Homo Sapienne, Angutivik, and children’s theater plays A-I-U, Juulimaaq – Nannullu Anersaava, and among others Sofus Siggusmund. In addition, he mastered the art of throat singing and has performed at events such as the Arctic Winter Games held in Nuuk in 2016.
ᓄᐊᕖᒻᒥᐅᑕᖅ Norway
ᐃᓴᒃ ᐊᑯᓐᓂ ᐃᒻᖏᖅᑎᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᐋᒻᒥᑯᑦ ᐃᒻᖏᐅᑎᖏᓐᓂᕐ, ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑎᑦᓯᕙᖕᓂᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᑕᖃᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓐᓄᒃ. ᑕᐃᒪᖓᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᑦᒪ 2017 ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᐃᒻᖏᖅᑎᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᒻᒥᒃ ᑐᓴᕐᓂᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᓄᐊᕖᒻᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᓴᕐᓂᕆᔭᐅᕐᔪᐊᓕᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓴᐋᑉᒥ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᑦᑕᕆᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ. ᐃᓴᒃ ᑭᖑᓂᖓᓐᓂ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᒪᕇ ᐳᐃᓐ ᓴᓇᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᔪᐃᒃ ᓴᐋᒻᒥᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᓐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᓐᓂᒃ. ᐃᓕᖁᓯᑐᖃᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᔪᐃᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᑕᖑᖅᑎᕆᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᓴᐋᒻᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓᓐᓂᒃ, ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᓗ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᐋᒻᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓᓐᓂᒃ, ᐃᓴᒃ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᐋᒻᒥᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒻᖏᐅᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᓐᓂ. ᐅᑯᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᐃᒻᖏᖅᑎᑦ ᐃᓚ ᒪᕇ ᕼᐃᑕ ᐃᓵᒃᓯᓐ, ᓴᓇᔨᖓᑦ ᑕᐊᓐᓂᐅᓪ ᐃᐊᕆᒃᓴᓐ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕿᓚᐅᔭᖅᑎᖓᑦ ᐊᓕᒃᓵᓐᑕ ᑲᐊᔅᑐᐳᓚᔅ.
ISÁK has been a hype in Sámi music for a long time, renowned for their energetic live shows and intense presence. Since their debut in 2017 the trio has experienced an overwhelming response in Norway, and now the “sensation from Sápmi” is finally ready to explore the rest of the world. ISÁK are considered to be a natural successor after Mari Boine, who has been known for developing yoik and modernizing Sámi music for decades. With a new and exciting fusion of traditional yoik, urban synths and a text universe that combines both English and Sámi, ISÁK continues to push the limits of Sami music. The trio consists of vocalist Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen, producer Daniel Eriksen and drummer Aleksander Kostopoulos.
ᐋᔅᓯᐊᑦ, ᑲᓛᑦᓖᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ Aasiaat, Kalaallit Nunaat
ᐃᕚᓐᓇ (Ivaana) ᐃᒻᖏᐅᓯᐅᖅᑎ. ᐃᓅᓯᓗᒃᑖᒥᓐᓂ ᐃᒻᖏᖅᑎᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓗᓂᓗ ᐆᓴᓐ ᓄᑕᕋᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐃᕚᓐᓇ ᓱᑲᐃᑐᒻᒥᒃ ᐃᒻᖏᐅᓯᐅᖅᐸᓕᐊᔪᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓗᓐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᐅᓕᖅᑐᑦ, ᐃᒻᖏᐅᑎᖏᑦ ᓇᑮᑦᑑᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐆᒻᒪᑎᒥᓂᓪᓗ ᐱᑉᓗᑎᒃ. ᓂᐱᖓ ᓂᐱᖁᖅᑐᓗᐊᖏᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᕐᒧᓕᓯᒪᑉᓗᑎᓐᓂ ᑐᓵᔪᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᐊᓇᑎᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᒻᖏᓕᕌᖓᒻᒥ. ᐃᕚᓐᓇ ᓯᕗᓕᕐᒥᒃ ᓂᐱᒃᓴᒻᒥ ᓴᕿᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᔪᖏᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᕌᒍᒋᔭᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, 2022, ᑯᐆᑕ ᐱᑖᖅᑎᑦᓯᔨᖏᓐᓂᑦ.
Ivaana is a singer-songwriter. She’s been singing her whole life, and is originally a member of the Olsen Kids. Ivaana slowly started writing her own songs about five years ago, where the songs are calm and come from the heart. With a soft voice and down-to-earth melody it is easy for the audience to connect with the songs she is playing. Ivaana released her very first EP in November 2021, and recently was awarded as the Talent of the Year, 2022, from the Koda Awards.
ᐋᔅᓯᐊᑦ, ᑲᓛᑦᓖᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ Aasiaat, Kalaallit Nunaat
ᑭᒻᒥᕐᓇᖅ ᑲᔪᐊᑦᓴᓐ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᐃᒻᖏᖅᑎᑦ ᑕᕆᔭᐅᑎᓂᓗ ᓄᐃᑕᓱᖅᓗᓂ ᐋᓯᐊᑦ ᐊᑯᑭᑐᒻᒥ. ᑭᖑᓪᓕᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᐃᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑎᑦᓯᓂᖓᓐᓂ 2014 ᑐᒡᓕᐊᓂᒃ ᓂᐱᖓᓂᒃ ᐅᐊᓐᓂ, ᐃᓚᐅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᓴᓇᓂᖓᓐᓂᒃ ᓯᑯᒻᒥ ᓵᑦᑐᒻᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᐃᑕᓯᒪᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᑕᕆᔭᐅᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᒥᖃᖃᑎᖃᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᑕᐊ ᐸᐋᑦᑕᓕ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᖏᓐᓂᒃ.
Kimmernaq Kjeldsen is a renowed singer and actress from Aasiaat, Greenland. She last performed at the Alianait Arts Festival in 2014 with her second album Uani. In the following years she has be involved with the production of On Thin Ice, as well as appearing frequently on television and sharing the stage with Da Bartali Crew.
ᓅᒃ, ᑲᓛᑦᓖᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ Nuuk, Kalaallit Nunaat
ᔨᓯᐊᕋᐋᖅ X ᐆᒻᒪᑎᑦ ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᑉ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂᑦ ᐱᔪᖅ ᓅᒃᒥᑦ. ᑲᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᕿᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓗᐊᖏᑐᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 ᐱᒋᐊᖏᓂᖓᓐᓂ, 2019. ᐃᒻᖏᖅᑎᑦ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐃᒻᖏᖅᐸᒃᑐᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᐸᓗᓂᓗ ᔨᐊᓐᓯᐊᕋᖅ ᐆᓴᓐ, ᓄᐃᑎᑦᓯᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᖓᓱᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᓂᑯᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᕈᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᖃᕐᓗᓐᓂ ᐆᒻᒪᑎᓐᓂᒃ, ᓵᓚᒃᓯᒪᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᒪᕈᖕᓂᒃ ᑰᑕ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᓯᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃ; “2011 ᐊᔪᖏᒎᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᑖᒃᓴᒻᒥᒃ” ᐊᒻᒪ “2012 ᐃᒻᖏᖅᑎᑦᓴᐅᓛᖑᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓐᓂ”. ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᒥᒃᑭ ᕕᓖᔅᓴ, ᑯᑭᒃᐸᓗᒃᑎ ᕿᓚᖅ ᔪᕼᒡᐊᓐᓴᓐ, ᓯᑕᒪᓕᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᒃ ᑯᑭᒃᐸᓗᒃᑎ ᒪᓕᒃ ᐋᓐᑕᓴᓐ. ᓴᕿᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓂᐱᒻᒥᒃ ᐊᑎᖃᖅᑐᒻᒥᒃ ᔨᓐᓯᐊᕋᖅ X ᐆᒻᒪᑏᑦ. ᐃᓗᐊᓐᓂ ᓄᑕᖑᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᕿᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᒻᖏᐅᑎᑦ ᑲᑐᔨᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᓴᓇᔭᖏᑦ. ᔨᓐᓯᐊᕋᖅ X ᐆᒻᒪᑏᑦ ᑎᑕᒃᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᓱᑲᔪᓐᓂᒃ ᓱᑲᓗᐊᖏᑐᓐᓂᒃ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᓕᖁᓯᖃᖅᑐᓐᓂᒃ. ᐱᖑᐊᕐᓗᓐᓂ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᑦ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑎᑦᓯᓂᖓᓐᓂ ᐅᑯᐊᖑᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᔨᓐᓯᐊᕋᖅ X ᐆᒻᒪᑏᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᖏᕋᓂᖓᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒻᖏᕐᓂᖓᑦ ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᑉ ᓯᓚᑖᓐᓂ.
Jenseeraq X Uummatit hails from Greenland’s capital city, Nuuk. They were formed a few months before the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2019. The band consists of singer and songwriter Jenseeraq Olsen, who has released three solo albums and two albums with the band Uummat, and has received two Koda awards; “2011 Talent Award” and “2012 Artist of the Year”. Other members include Miki Fleischer, guitarist Qillaq Johansen, and bass player Malik Andersen. They released a self-titled album called Jenseeraq X Uummatit. This album consists of a more advanced arrangement of songs that the band has been working on together. Jenseeraq X Uummatit plays rock and pop rock influenced music but add their own flair to it. Playing at the Alianait Arts Festival will be Jenseeraq X Uummatit’s first travel and first performance outside of Greenland.
ᓅᒃ, ᑲᓛᑦᓖᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ Nuuk, Kalaallit Nunaat
ᓇᔭ ᐱ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ 22 ᐃᖏᖅᑎᐅᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᓄᒃ ᐊᑯᑭᑐᒻᒥ. ᑕᐃᒪᖓᑦ ᐅᖃᐸᓕᐊᓂᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᒻᖏᐅᓯᐅᖅᑕᕆᐊᑐᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᐸᒃᓗᓂᓗ ᐃᒻᖏᐅᑎᒥᓂᒃ. ᓂᐱᒻᒥᒃ ᓴᕿᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ (ᓴᓇᔭᐅᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᑐᑐᒻᒧᑦ) 26 ᒪᐃᒻᒥ 2022 − ᐊᑎᖓ ᑕᑉᓱᒻᒪ :ᓈᓱᖑᓱᖓ” ᑐᑭᖓ “ᐱᕈᖅᓯᐊᖑᑎᓪᓗᖓ.” ᓇᔭ ᐱ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᓴᕿᑎᑦᓯᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑐᑐᒃᓗ, ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒡᕕᒃᓯᐅᒻᒥᒃ ᐊᑎᖃᖅᑐᒻᒥᒃ “ᐅᐊᐱᒃ ᐃᑭᒋᑦ.”
Naja P is a 22 year-old artist from Nuuk, Greenland. Ever since she began to talk, she has been making her own melodies and lyrics. She released her debut EP (produced by Tûtu) on May 26, 2022 – the EP is titled Naasunnguusung which means “When I was a little flower”. Naja P has also released a single with Tûtu, a Christmas song called Orpik Ikigit.
ᓯᓯᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᑲᓛᑦᓖᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ Sisimiut, Kalaallit Nunaat
ᓄᑲ ᐋᓕᔅ ᓚᐊᓐᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒧᒥᕐᓂᑯᑦ ᐃᒻᖏᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑯᑭᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ. ᐃᒻᖏᖅᑎᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᕙᒃᑐᖅ ᒧᒥᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᒻᖏᕐᓗᓐᓂ. ᐃᓕᓂᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᕿᓚᐅᑎᖕᓄᑦ ᒧᒥᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐹᓖᓐ ᓚᒻᕼᐅᑦᒥᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᒻᒥ 2009 ᑕᐃᑲᓐᓂ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᕿᓚᐅᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᒻᖏᐅᑎᓕᐅᕐᓗᓐᓂ. ᐅᑭᐅᓐᓂ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᓴᓇᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᒻᖏᖅᐸᒃᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᓂᑉᑲᖅᑐᐊᕐᓗᓐᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ. ᐅᑉᓗᒻᒥ ᒧᒥᕐᐸᒃᑐᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᑉᓗᓂᐅᑉ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᐃᒻᖏᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᕿᓚᐅᑎᖏᓄᑦ ᓄᑕᐅᖏᑐᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᕐᒥᐅᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᖏᑕ ᒧᒥᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᒻᖏᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃᓗ. ᐊᑐᒐᐅᔪᑐᖃᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᒐᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ UNESCO ᑭᒐᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᖁᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖁᔭᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ 2021. ᓄᑲ ᐋᓚᔅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᕙᒃᑐᖅ ᒧᒥᕈᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᓇᐊᑦ ᕌᔅᒥᐅᓯᓂᑉ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᓴᕋᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᕙᒃᑐᖅ ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᓗᒃᑖᒻᒥ ᐃᒻᖏᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒧᒥᕐᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ.
Nuka Alice Lund is one of the pioneers in the revitalization of the Inuit drum dancing and singing in Greenland. Not only is she a keeper of songs that she passes along when she teaches, she also creates her own drum songs. She learned drum dancing from Pauline Lumholt in 2009 and that same year she also created the first of her own drum songs. Over the years, she has grown her repertoire and now performs a full set with her own songs and songs she has co-written with others that she interweaves with storytelling. Today she focuses on drum dancing full-time and dedicates this part of her life to performing, creating and teaching drum dance songs in order to keep the tradition of the Greenlandic Inuit drum dancing and singing alive – a tradition which has been inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2021. Nuka Alice teaches Inuit drum dance at Knud Rasmussenip højskolea, the music school Serravik and also as a guest teacher at the National Theatre School of Greenland.
ᓴᐋᑉᒥ Sápmi
ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᒍᕌᒻᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᐅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᓯᐊᕋ ᐊᔾᓇᐋᒃ ᓴᐋᑉᒥᐅᑕᖅ (ᓱᕖᑕᓐᒥ) ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᖕᒥᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᖅᑐᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᒻᖏᐅᑎᓐᓂᒃ, ᓄᑕᐅᖏᑑᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᔪᐃᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑯᑭᒃᐸᓘᑕᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᓐᓂ, ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᓂᒃᓗ ᐅᑉᓗᒥᒻᒧᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᔪᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒻᒧᑦ. ᓴᖏᓂᖓ ᐃᒻᖏᖅᑎᐅᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑦᓯᕙᒃᖢᓐᓂ ᓂᐱᒥᒍᑦ. ᐃᒻᖏᕐᕕᒋᓱᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᖕᒪᑕ ᐃᖏᕋᓱᕐᒪᑦ ᐃᓂᖃᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᐊᐅᓛᕐᓂᖓᓐᓂᒃ. ᓯᐊᕋ ᐊᔾᓇᐊᒃ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᐊᑎᑦᓯᓱᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᔨᖏᖏᑑᓐᓂᒃ ᓂᐱᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒪ ᐃᓕᖁᓯᕐᓂᒃ. ᓯᐊᕋ ᐃᒻᖏᐅᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᐸᒃᑐᖅ ᐆᒻᒥ ᓴᐋᒻᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑭᓯᐊᓐᓂ ᐱᑕᖃᓗᐊᕈᖕᓇᐃᖅᑐᑦ ᓴᐋᒻᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᑦ. ᐃᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᐊᕋ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᑦᓯᕙᓕᐊᔪᖅ, ᓂᐱᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒻᒥᒃ.
Grammy-nominated artist Sara Ajnnak from Sápmi (Sweden) creates something very personal, the traditional yoik mixed with oriental strings, electronic influences in a contemporary and updated soundscape of the north. Her strength as a performer is the way in which she communicates emotions through her voice. Concerts are described as a journey through time and space. Sara Ajnnak takes a hold of feelings with a wide range of different sounds and moods. Sara writes her lyrics in Ume Sámi language which is one of the endangered Sámi languages. Step by step, Sara has reclaimed her language, and in in her debut album Suojggat she showcases the beauty of the language for her first time.
ᓅᒃ, ᑲᓛᑦᓖᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ Nuuk, Kalaallit Nunaat
ᐊᖃᓪᓗ ᐳᐊᑎᓱᓐ, ᐊᑎᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᔭᕋᒃ, ᐃᓅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓅᒃ ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᕿᑎᐊᓐᓂ 1980. ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᔪᕈᖕᓇᕐᓗᓐᓂ ᐃᒻᖏᖅᑎᖑᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎᐅᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᐃᒻᖏᐅᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᓱᑲᔪᓂᒃ ᒪᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᑐᕋᖓᔪᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᔪᖏᑕᖃᕐᓗᓐᓂ. ᐱᕈᖅᓴᓂᑯ ᐆᒻᒪᓇᕐᒥ ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᑉ ᑲᓇᖕᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓅᒃᒥ ᐃᒻᖏᖅᑎᐅᓂᖅ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑦ ᓅᐸᓕᐊᑎᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓ ᒪᕈᖕᓄᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᖕᓄᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᖏᔪᒻᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᓯᒪᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᕼᐃ ᕼᐊᑉ ᑐᓴᕐᓈᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᕕᒃᓯᒪᔪᓐᓂ ᒪᕈᖕᓂᒃ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ, ᓄᐊᑦ ᐊᒥᐊᕆᑲᒻᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᔪᕈᑉᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓐᓂ. ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᔪᖏᓂᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᓯᐊᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᓯᐊᖓᓐᓂᒃ 2015 ᐊᑕᐅᓯᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᐃᒻᖏᖅᑕᐅᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᑎᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᐱᓕᐊᖓ Raatiu Nukik (2014) ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᓄᐊᑎᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᑦ ᓂᔭᐅᓯᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᓂᔪᑎᖓᓐᓄᑦ 2016 ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᑯᖏᓲᕕᒃ (2015) ᐃᖏᖅᖃᑎᖃᕐᓗᓐᓂ ᒪᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᖏᖅᑎᖓᓐᓂᒃ Peand-eL. ᓄᓇᖃᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᕆ, ᕕᓐᓛᓐ ᑲᓇᖕᓇᖓᓂᔭ ᓴᐋᑉᒥ.
Aqqalu Berthelsen, also known as Uyarakq, was born in Nuuk, Greenland in the mid-80s. He is a self-taught music producer/composer and DJ with a background in metal music.
Growing up in Uummannaq, Northern Greenland and Nuuk, the capital, has played a large role in shaping him to be a versatile musician between two worlds. He is currently doing a lot of work in the Indigenous circumpolar hip hop and rap scene with a foot in two continents, the North American arctic and the European arctic. He won a Greenlandic Koda Award in 2015 for his solo album Raatiu Nukik (2014) and was nominated for Nordic Councils Music Prize in 2016 for the collaborative work Kunngiitsuuffik (2015) alongside the Greenlandic rapper Peand-eL. He is now living in Inari, Northern Finland/Sápmi.
ᑲᓛᑦᓖᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ, Kalaallit Nunaat
ᑲᓚᑦᓕᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐃᒻᖏᖅᑎ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎ, ᑕᕆᔭᐅᒻᒥ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᔨ, ᐅᓂᑉᑲᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎ. ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᒧᒥᖅᑕᕐᓂᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᐊᔨᐊᕐᓂᖅ, ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᑦ ᒪᑐᐊᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᒧᒥᕈᓯᖓᓐᓂᒃ. ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒻᒥ ᓄᐃᑕᕙᒃᑐᖅ ᐊᓯᖏᓂᒃᓗ ᐃᓚᖃᕐᓗᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᒻᖏᖅᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᑉᓗᓐᓂ.
Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory is a Kalaaleq (Greenlandic Inuk) performance artist, poet, actor, curator, storyteller and writer. She is known for performing uaajeerneq, a Greenlandic mask dance. She performs internationally, collaborates with other artists and is a fierce advocate for Inuit artists.
Tûtu (Gustav Lynge Petrussen) is a Greenlandic Inuk singer, songwriter and producer.
