NOMEMUS – Nordic Medieval Music
NOMEMUS makes medieval music alive today for a broad audience of all ages. We want to create events for musical experiences and discoveries. Medieval music is presented at concerts and lectures. Most of the music is presented at an annual festival in Söderköping, Sweden. This is in three concerts in the churches, but also through courses and lectures. But we also want to present the music at other places and circumstances. For this year we will also have concerts in Linköping, Vreta kloster and Askeby. Our aim is to teach and inspire people around medieval music of both secular and profane tradition, and we hope to create meeting-places and a network for artists, historical specialists and an interested audience.
The festival started in 2008 and takes place every year in the end of August or early September. This is also during the town festival Söderköpings Gästabud, an event that focuses on medieval culture and the history of the town Söderköping . The music festival works mainly with professional artists from the Nordic countries but also with artists from countries around the Baltic sea.
The festival 2026 will take place between 26th of August until 30th of August. The start will be an evening concert, Wednesday at 19, in Linköping Cathedral. The day after we will for the first time visit Vreta kloster church, north of Linköping, with a concert at 19. 28th of August there will be an evening concert in S:t Laurentii church in Söderköping. And on Saturday the 29th, there will be two concerts. One at 15 in Drothem church, and one at 19 in S:t Laurentii church. On Sunday 30th at 11 there will be a service with medieaval music in S:t Laurentii church, and in the evening a concert at 18 in the church of the old monastery of Askeby (east of Linköping).
For the programme of earlier years, see Tidigare års festivaler. There you will find links to You Tube with extracts from concerts. On You Tube we also have short lectures on different aspects of medieval music and culture. They can be texted in English. (see social media below)
https://www.youtube.com/@Nomemus
We also plan for a workshop for singers and instrumentalists during two of the festival days. This will be on Friday 28th between 14.00 – 17.00 and on Saturday 29th betweeen 11.00 – 14.00 The theme for this years workshop will be the song-collection Piae Cantiones.
Lars Jonsson – Artistic leader
