THE SOCIETY MIL
MIL (The Society Music in Linköping) is the organization that awards to promising young Swedish conductors the Crusell Scholarship.
MIL is a non-profit organization with no political or religious commitments. MIL works for the good of musical life and to represent the interest of the public.
MIL arranges every year The Music Days of Östergötland.
History:
In 1970 several SAAB employed engineers decided to improve the musical life of Linköping and vicinity. In order to assemble people interested in music they formed an interest group called Musik i Linköping (MIL). The society started with great ambitions and with many items on its programme.
Soon, however, the problem of the lack of a concert hall took all its energy, and a great manifestation was the exhibition The House of Music in Linköping in 1974, motored by MIL. In it there were several suggestions for a location as well as for the actual concert hall. It resulted in the community of Linköping announcing a competition for architects which ended in a city council decision in 1976 to build the winning suggestion “Aulin” in Trädgårdsföreningen (=Garden Society) Park. Owing to a change of the political majority in the city council, the decision was unfortunately not put into effect.
During these years several members of MIL travelled around to study new concert halls both in Sweden and the rest of Europe. In 1983 MIL started its collection of funds for a concert hall in order to emphasize the demands and the interest of the public. By 1984 MIL was ready to present its own suggestion: The Crusell Hall blasted into the rock in Trädgårdsföreningen Park with The Berwaldhallen in Stockholm as a model. Not even this suggestion from MIL was put into effect.
In 1987 the concert hall fund was changed into the Foundation of MIL-fund. With the aid of energetic and completely non-profit administration, starting with a capital of only ca. 60,000 SEK, it has been possible to award Crusell scholarships totalling 262,000 SEK.
In 1998 the board of MIL decided to form a “Section of Music Days” in order to arrange The Music Days of Östergötland. Members of MIL help in planning, administering, marketing and the selling of tickets etc. at these concerts.
Your support is needed!
Become a member by paying 100 SEK into PlusGiro account 79 24 40-0, The Society of Music in Linköping.
For additional family members, the price is 60 SEK.
Kontakt:
Secretary Bo Geidne: +46 13-15 14 06
MIL, c/o Geidne, Dukatgatan 2, SE-587 39 Linköping,
e-mail: bo.geidne@telia.com
