DUO LAJUNEN Y CASTRILLÓN

I met Sergio Castrillón in the autumn of 2011 in Helsinki. Our mutual friend Argentinian film director Gabriela Aparici asked me to present the musical life of Helsinki for Sergio. We visited Sibelius-Academy, Musiikkitalo in Helsinki and I introduced my musical friends to him. We also arranged to have a concert in Gallery Forum Box in Helsinki. The name of the concert was In the Foreign Land. We both have strong experiences relating to that theme and we found it to be a very interesting and fascinating subject to explore. Music for the show was written by Sergio. I sang one song and devised a dance to accompany his music. Working together was so easy and fruitful that we decided to form a music theatre duo combining acting and music.

Sergio is Columbian composer and musician and his instrument is the cello. In September 2012, we continued working with the piece In the Foreign Land in Jyväskylä. Forthcoming  gigs will take place in the new music festival Tsonami in Buenos Aires in November 2012 and Musica Nova festival in Helsinki 2013.

Sergio Castrillón: http://www.myspace.com/sergiocastrillon