Osterlind

Richard's first appearance at Penguin LIVE was a three-and-a-half hour, five-star, knockout performance with rave reviews and now he's back for more! As you already know, Richard is truly an encyclopedia of mentalism and you never know what he will do next. He has so much material, it's hard for him to narrow it down and pack it all into just one lecture. So we asked him to come up with a few of his favorite things that don’t require too much work and are not hard to make, yet still have incredible impact.

A major addition to the Alfred Schnittke discography. First ever digital release devoted to his music for cello and piano played by two of the leading Danish artists. After their success with the Brahms Cello Sonatas they are here showing their immense musicality in this progressive modern composer.

The Triumphant Return Of One Of Mentalism's Living Legends! Richard Osterlind's name has always been associated with strong and practical effects guaranteed to leave a powerful impression on an audience. In this new manuscript, The Very Modern Mindreader and Other Miracles, his first release of completely new material to the magic and mentalism fraternity in over ten years, Osterlind delivers three outstanding effects, ready to go right into your professional repertoire.

The power to read minds - any time, any place - is now in your hands. Richard Osterlind's Surrounded Slow-Motion Center Tear caused quite a stir in the mentalism and magic communities upon its release many years ago.

The future of blindfold work is here … again! Long unavailable, Richard Osterlind's Stainless Steel Blindfold revolutionized blindfold work when it was first introduced as it offered the magic and mentalism communities an almost perfect method for apparent Sightless Vision.

Danish cellist, Carl-Oscar Østerlind (b. 1984) is one of his generation´s most versatile musici-ans. He has been described by the Los Angeles Times as a “superb cellist” and was recently awarded the Danish Arts Council´s career grant “Den Unge Elite”. In 2010 he won the Danish String Competition and was a top prize winner of the “Ljunggrenska Competition” in Sweden. Carl-Oscar Østerlind appeared as a soloist and chamber musician at festivals such as Ravinia Festival’s Steans Music Institute, Piatigorsky Cello Festival, Verbier Festival, Ipalpiti Festival, Prussia Cove´s “Open Chamber Music” and Bergen Festspillene. As a concerto soloist, he performed in front of orchestras in Denmark, Sweden, USA and Mexico. Carl-Oscar Østerlind received many prizes and awards, among others the Jacob Gade Award, Sonning Music Foundation Fellowship, Van Hauen Scholarship and awards from the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. As a chamber musician, he won the Danish Broadcasting Chamber Music Competition, The Netherlands “Charles Hennen Competition” and “Trondheim String Quartet Competition” in Norway. Østerlind worked as a solo cellist in the Danish Chamber Players, Ensemble MidtVest and Esbjerg Ensemble, and as a guest principal cellist in Copenhagen Philharmonic, Aalborg, Odense, Helsingborg, and Iceland Symphony Orchestras. He is a member of Messiaen Quartet Copenhagen and was foun-ding member of the award winning ensembles the Sheridan Piano Trio and the Danish String Quartet.

Why can two performers do the same piece of material yet one consistently gets much more enthusiastic audience responses? Is it possible that some of magic's most sacred axioms such as "never repeat a trick" and "never tell an audience what you're going to do" may ultimately be responsible for the huge amount of mediocre magic that abounds?