{"id":10685,"date":"2025-07-15T12:29:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elektronmusikstudion.se\/?page_id=10685"},"modified":"2025-12-01T10:42:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:42:06","slug":"mercedes-krapovickas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elektronmusikstudion.se\/en\/guest-composers\/guest-composers-2025\/mercedes-krapovickas\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes Krapovickas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"w-constrained richtext\"><external-link-icon>\n<p>At EMS August 11-30, 2025<\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"richtext w-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/elektronmusikstudion.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Mercedes-Krapovickas-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elektronmusikstudion.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Mercedes-Krapovickas-.jpeg 705w, https:\/\/elektronmusikstudion.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Mercedes-Krapovickas--300x201.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"w-constrained richtext\"><external-link-icon>\n<p>Mercedes Krapovickas is a bandoneonist, pianist, composer, and sound designer from Argentina, with Lithuanian roots, now based in Finland. Her artistic journey centers on the bandoneon, through which she explores movement, sound, and expression. <br><\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"w-constrained richtext\"><external-link-icon>\n<p>Mercedes has performed extensively as a tango soloist across Europe and Argentina, and has worked in dance and circus productions as a composer, sound designer, and performer. Her research also explores the avant-garde movement, specifically the compositions created for the bandoneon in the 1960s, with a focus on pushing the boundaries of the instrument&#8217;s performance techniques.<br><br>Mercedes completed her Master&#8217;s degree in Sound in New Media at Aalto University and is now pursuing a doctoral degree at the Music and Technology Department of the Sibelius Academy. Her previous studies include electro-acoustic music composition at Quilmes University in Argentina, Musicology at the University of Helsinki, and piano and composition at the Sibelius Academy.<\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"w-constrained richtext\"><external-link-icon>\n<p>Support from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nkk.org\/en\/funding-for-artist-residencies\/\">Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture<\/a> has made it possible for EMS to invite Mercedes for a residency.<\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"richtext w-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/elektronmusikstudion.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/nordic-baltic-logo-1-grey-rgb-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10693\" style=\"width:234px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elektronmusikstudion.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/nordic-baltic-logo-1-grey-rgb-1.png 622w, https:\/\/elektronmusikstudion.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/nordic-baltic-logo-1-grey-rgb-1-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"w-constrained richtext\"><external-link-icon>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At EMS August 11-30, 2025 Mercedes Krapovickas is a bandoneonist, pianist, composer, and sound designer from Argentina, with Lithuanian roots, now based in Finland. 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