#schlagertävling

[evscomposer]

SMASK 2024 is now over and I want to thank everyone for an awesome show in Arvika last week!

You can now watch the performance of my song "Soja, soja, ingefära" (as well as the entire contest) on Youtube:

Thank you everyone who watched the show and voted for our entry! Can't wait to experience next years SMASK, hope you'll join us then too! ✨️

[melodithoughts]

Melodifestivalen 1958

The very first Melodifestivalen occurred in 1958 and was then called Schlagertävling (Schlager contest). This year, there was no national selection. Instead, the winner was selected internally by Sveriges Radio (SR) - Swedish public service radio. It was done in collaboration with the composer union SKAP. This was not only the first, but also the only, time the Swedish Eurovision representant was selected this way.

The winner ended up being Alice Babs with the song Lilla stjärna (Little star). This is also the only song I've been able to find from this contest, so no ranking will be made.

Lilla stjärna is a song that is just about what you would expect from early days Eurovision. It's a dreamy song with lyrics about a 15-year-old girl musing about the boy she holds dear. The sound is very typical of the 50s, and though it's not my cup of tea it's undeniable that Alice Babs was a wonderful singer.

In Eurovision, which was held in Hilversum in The Netherlands this year, it ended up ranking 4th out of 10 participating countries.

[evscomposer]

It is now only 2 (!) days left until Riks-SMASK 2024 takes place at Musikhögskolan Ingesund 😍

The amazing singer Amanda Larsson (alias Gurk-Maja Lagerbladh) and the dancers Ida Hämäläinen, Alma Björkman, Pia Olofsson, Vera Hjorth and Alva Widell (collectively known as "The Catch-ups") are super excited to compete in this years finals!

We sincerely hope that you'll tune in on Youtube this saturday at 18.00 and cheer on/ vote for the two entries from SMASK Malmö; "Soja, soja, ingefära" and "Min Dröm"! 😁

[evscomposer]

Greetings!

It is now only 2 days left before SMASK Malmö, which is arranged by students at the Academy of Music in Malmö (MHM), takes place at Slagthuset, Malmö!

SMASK (Sveriges MusikAkademikers Sång Kåntest) is an annual song-contest that dates back to 1991, when a group of students at Kungliga musikhögskolan initiated their own local competition after having their submissions to Melodifestivalen repeatedly rejected.

SMASK soon spread to the other music academies in Sweden and a national competition called Riks-SMASK was also formed, in which the winners and runners-up of each local contest compete.

You can purchase tickets to the local Malmö-competition at this website:

https://slagthuset.se/events/smask/

Book your seat now before tickets run out, hope you'll join us for this show! We promise you a fun and fabulous evening filled with puns, keychanges, a live band, choir and orchestra, as well as tons of glitter/dresschanges in the spirit of old-school Eurovision!

[evscomposer]

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Here is a little clip from the rehearsal of "Jag vill ha Kaffe"! Be sure to get tickets to the show, I bet there are some left! https://malmolive.se/program/smask-2019 . . . #ErikValdemarSköld #composer #composers #composition #smaskmalmö2019 #smask2019 #smaskmalmö #smaskimalmö #schlager #schlagertävling #bättreänmelodifestivalen #rehearsal #band #orchestra #choirmusic #singer #singers #soloists #faboulous (på/i Musikhögskolan i Malmö) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuHoqXxh5Or/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3wfqj4s4rbvh