Johanna Telander’s work spans music, theatre, film, and television, with her debut musical, Kalevala the Musical, marking a major milestone in her career as a composer and writer. Her latest concept album, Tales of Les Dames Blanches, released on August 27, 2026, brings music and folklore together in a theatrical exploration of womanhood, psychology, and the mysterious women whose stories have lingered across cultures and generations.
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From France’s La Dame Blanche to Finland’s Valkoinen Rouva, tales of women who return from the dead have taken different forms across cultures. Tales of Les Dames Blanches looks beyond these haunting legends to the women behind them, following twelve spectral figures carrying fragments of a woman’s soul towards a shoreline in search of salvation. The concept album blends classical orchestration, folk, and ethereal pop-jazz.
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Rich piano, strings and airy vocals create a cinematic, dreamlike atmosphere. Drawing on legends from France, Finland, Latin America, and the Philippines, it looks beyond the fear surrounding these women to uncover the hidden stories, inner lives, and forgotten histories beneath the haunting.
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Figuring out my path while actively plotting ten others. Serious about my dreams with somewhat chaotic ambition. Will do anything for cats.
