Wassard Elea Retreat Spaces

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Wassard Elea Retreat Spaces

Spaces for artists, creatives and scholars to work in the south of Italy. https://wassardelea.com

Hi, we are Leila Rasheed, a British author, and Rene Mogensen, a Danish musician and composer. For 16 years, Wassard Elea has rented affordable, self-catering apartments, in a small town in the south of Italy to artists, creatives and scholars of all kinds. We want to bring more creative people to the Cilento and the Cilento to more creative people. Please have a look at our website for more information: https://wassardelea.com/ .

13/07/2026

Floating Spaces: Henrik Larsen

Floating Spaces for vibraphone and computer: the sheer joy of the beauty of the sound of the vibraphone, and this in interaction with the sound capabilities of the computer! Misty, floating landscapes are conjured up consisting of crystalline order and calm gaseous envelopment, interrupted by fragments of twirling chaotic tension. The virtuoso Danish percussionist Henrik Larsen premiered René Mogensen's work…...

Floating Spaces for vibraphone and computer: the sheer joy of the beauty of the sound of the vibraphone, and this in interaction with the sound capabilities of the computer! Misty, floating landsca…

04/07/2026

New release of 1990s jazz for summer listening

Focus: The trio with René Mogensen on Tenor Saxophone, Jim Labita on piano and Terry Newman on bass was active in various venues in the New York City area in the mid- and late-1990s. This new release is a 2026 remastering of archived recordings from 1996. If you like Focus you may also like other RM World Jazz recordings…...

Focus: The trio with René Mogensen on Tenor Saxophone, Jim Labita on piano and Terry Newman on bass was active in various venues in the New York City area in the mid- and late-1990s. This new relea…

27/06/2026

Alain Roudier: historic pianos

Tom Yang (voice) and Alain Roudier (piano) are performing Franz Schubert's Le Voyage d'Hiver (Die Winterreise) in the upcoming concert presented by the association Le Temps Rentrouvé as part of the concert series in Villenueve L*z Avignon, France, on August 30, 2026....

Tom Yang (voice) and Alain Roudier (piano) are performing Franz Schubert’s Le Voyage d’Hiver (Die Winterreise) in the upcoming concert presented by the association Le Temps Rentrouvé as…

20/06/2026

Nicolas Deletaille: chamber music concert series

The Belgian virtuoso cellist Nicolas Deletaille enjoyed a residency at Wassard Elea most recently in 2023, and had previously had a residency and touring concert series together with pianist Alain Roudier and composer René Mogensen in the Cilento, Southern Italy during 2010. Nicolas Deletaille is an active performer, engaged in concert-touring around the world. Since 2012 he has also been directing the chamber music concert series…...

The Belgian virtuoso cellist Nicolas Deletaille enjoyed a residency at Wassard Elea most recently in 2023, and had previously had a residency and touring concert series together with pianist Alain …

13/06/2026

Augusta Atla: “art must remain a free space for all voices.”

Augusta Atla enjoyed a residency at Wassard Elea in 2014. She is an active visual artist, debater, poet and writer, based in Denmark. She recently participated in a public debate on the Danish Constitution Day (Grundlovsdag) entitled "ART, IDENTITY AND BOYCOTT: WHERE IS THE LINE FOR CULTURAL EXCLUSION?" She is giving a lecture entitled "The Great Erasure" on July 22 in Læsø, Denmark....

Augusta Atla enjoyed a residency at Wassard Elea in 2014. She is an active visual artist, debater, poet and writer, based in Denmark. She recently participated in a public debate on the Danish Cons…

30/05/2026

A Thousand Stories Conference July 2026

Megaphone Writers Community Interest Company is organising the Thousand Stories Conference in Birmingham, UK, on July 11, 2026. It is a day for people of colour who create books for children. Speakers include authors Serena Patel, Mayo Agard-Olubo, Abena Eyeson, Shireen Lalji, G M Linton, Ashley Thorpe, Anika Hussain, and Eva Wong Nava. Speakers also include editors Safae El-Ouahabi, Louise Lamont, Anjem Anwar, and Stephanie King....

Megaphone Writers Community Interest Company is organising the Thousand Stories Conference in Birmingham, UK, on July 11, 2026. It is a day for people of colour who create books for children. Speak…

08/05/2026

Diversity in the Arts

Public investment in more cultural diversity in the arts results in the development of cultural infrastructure which is a necessary condition for a humanely focused social development. Such cultural infrastructure is an important defence against the very destructive ‘us vs. them’ narrative that seems to be growing again in the West, and is echoing the 1930s. A diverse artistic culture makes it clear that we are actually all part of ‘us’, there is in reality no ‘them’....

Public investment in more cultural diversity in the arts results in the development of cultural infrastructure which is a necessary condition for a humanely focused social development. Such cultura…

02/05/2026

Featured guests: Esther Lamneck and Mara Helmuth

Musician Esther Lamneck (clarinet and tárogató) and Composer Mara Helmuth enjoyed a collaborative residency at Wassard Elea in the Spring of 2025, in the two apartments The Philosopher and The Poet. Here they worked on a new music project. One work resulting from this residency was Wind Blown Rain for computer and tárogató. The video part of the work was created by…...

Musician Esther Lamneck (clarinet and tárogató) and Composer Mara Helmuth enjoyed a collaborative residency at Wassard Elea in the Spring of 2025, in the two apartments The Philosopher and The Poet…

25/04/2026

Featured Guest: Prof. Thomas Kiørboe

Professor Thomas Kiørboe (Dr. Scient), of DTU (Technical University of Denmark), enjoyed a residency in 'The Philosopher' during the Spring of 2025 and here he worked on the research article 'Diatoms–copepods: An evolutionary arms race' now published and available at Kiørboe is the author of about 270 peer reviewed journal articles and 2 books (see his…...

Professor Thomas Kiørboe (Dr. Scient), of DTU (Technical University of Denmark), enjoyed a residency in ‘The Philosopher’ during the Spring of 2025 and here he worked on the research ar…

19/04/2026

Featured Guest: Owen Gray, visual artist

Image copyright 2025 Owen Gray, used by permission. My paintings are a slow journey into the what’s known yet unclear in our inner worlds. Just like a dream, all the elements can never fully be realized, yet with time, new discoveries are illuminated. Owen Gray Image copyright 2025 Owen Gray, used by permission. The distinguished visual artist Owen Gray, together with partner Jane Goldberg (see separate blog entry), has had several residencies at Wassard Elea, most recently in the Autumn of 2025....

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