PROGRAMME
Wed / Nov 7th
OPENING CONCERT
7:00 PM // Helsinki Music Centre (Mannerheimintie 13 A)
Daníel Bjarnason (IS): Over Light Earth
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928–2016): Cello Concerto nr 2, ”Through the Horizon”
Britta Byström (SE): Segelnde Stadt
Jimmy López (FI): Perú Negro
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Mäkelä (conductor), Marko Ylönen (cello)
TICKETS (6–34€)
Liberty Ship on free waters / Liberty ship vapailla vesillä
10 PM // G Livelab (Yrjönkatu 3)
Liberty Ship: Esa Pietilä (sax), Olavi Louhivuori (dr), Håvard Wiik (p), Torbjörn Zetterberg (bs)
TICKETS (23/15€)
Sound installation
10 AM to 8.30 PM (opening hours) // Kiasma museum of contemporary art (Kiasma Theatre's foyer)
Guttorm Kittelsen (NO): Elegy – In Remembrance Utøya 22.07.2011
Thu / Nov 8th
Looking for lost boys / kadonneita poikia etsimässä
6 PM // Amos Rex (Lasipalatsi square, Bio Rex)
Kaj Duncan David (DK): Relay (performed by composer)
Maija Hynninen (FI): Freedom from Fear (Anni Haapaniemi, oboe, Maija Hynninen, electronics)
Fredrik Gran (SE): Vox Terminus (Siljamari Heikinheimo, violin, Iida Sinivalo, cello, Ville Herrala, double bass, Niko Kumpuvaara, accordion)
Perttu Haapanen (FI): Lost Boys (Maria Puusaari, violin, Perttu Haapanen, electronics)
TICKETS (20/12€ + service fee 2,50€) / BIO REX EVENTS COMBINED (25/15€ + service fee 2,50€)
in the japanese gardens / japanilaisessa puutarhassa
7:30 PM // Amos Rex (Lasipalatsi square, Bio Rex)
Olli Moilanen (FI): Ruskan värjäämät lehdet
Ørjan Matre (NO): Orphic Songs
Hans Gefors (SE): Umi sono mono
Karin Rehnqvist (SE): When I Close My Eyes I Dream of Peace
Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek (conductor), Petri Kumela (electric guitar), Antti Suoranta (percussion)
TICKETS (20/12€ + service fee 2,50€) / BIO REX EVENTS COMBINED (25/15€ + service fee 2,50€)
Hazardous tones / vaarallisia ääniä
10 PM // G Livelab (Yrjönkatu 3)
Asta Hyvärinen (FI): Tone Hazard
Rebecka Sofia Ahvenniemi (NO): An Ode to a Tree
Jan Martin Smørdal (NO): All Play
Christian Winther Christensen (DK): Four Hyper-Realistic Songs for Quintet
Joakim Sandgren (SE): objets saisis
Itzam Zapata (FI): Glitch or the Aesthetics of Failure
defunensemble
TICKETS (23/15€)
Sound installation
10 AM to 8.30 PM (opening hours) // Kiasma museum of contemporary art (Kiasma Theatre's foyer)
Rikhardur H. Fridriksson (IS): Postcards from North and South
SEMINAR: Pedagogy and Equity in Teaching Composition for Young Students (Day 1)
10 AM // Central Helsinki Music School (Helsinginkatu 3–5)
See the detailed schedule HERE.
Free admission (N.B. registration in advance is obligatory, please contact nordicmusicdays2018@gmail.com)
Fri / Nov 9th
Talk session: "Nordic Music - Punching Above its Weight?"
2 PM // Helsinki Music Centre (Mannerheimintie 13 A, Terrace Foyer, fourth floor)
Trine Boje Mortensen (DK), Promotion Manager at Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Kate Molleson (SCO), Music Journalist (The Guardian, The Herald, BBC Radio 3)
John Storgårds (FI), Conductor & Violinist
Aleksi Malmberg (FI), General Manager at Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
In the shades of silence / hiljaisuuden varjossa
5 PM // Temppeliaukio church (Lutherinkatu 3)
Albert Schnelzer (SE): Aqua Songs
Helen Grime (SCO): Three Whistler Miniatures
Timothy Page (FI): Hypha
Rune Glerup (DK): Six Movements for Piano Trio
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (IS): Shades of Silence
Zagros Ensemble
TICKETS (20/12€ + service fee 2,50€) / TEMPPELIAUKIO EVENTS COMBINED (25/15€ + service fee 2,50€)
Eteenpäin! / avanti goes forward
7 PM // Temppeliaukio church (Lutherinkatu 3)
Farangis Nurulla-Khoja (SE): Ni d'ici-ni d'ailleurs
Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred (NO): Wave-Chains (Liquid Reconstruction 1)
Helen Grime (SCO): Clarinet Concerto
Lars Klit (DK): Furui obakeyashi
Magnus Bunnskog (SE): Traum
Eivind Buene (NO): Sea Change
Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, Anna-Maria Helsing (conductor), Lauri Sallinen (clarinet), Mia Heikkinen (soprano), Joonas Asikainen (baritone)
TICKETS (20/12€ + service fee 2,50€) / TEMPPELIAUKIO EVENTS COMBINED (25/15€ + service fee 2,50€)
FREAKY FRIDAY
10 PM // G Livelab (Yrjönkatu 3)
Ville Raasakka (FI): Everyday etudes No. 1: garden (Kaisa Kortelainen, objects, Heikki Nikula, bass clarinet, Ville Raasakka, electronics)
Thomas Bjelkeborn (SE) & Koray Tahiroglu (FI): KET conversations (composers = duo KET)
Tyler Futrell (NO): Pas de deux (Mirka Malmi, violin, Elisa Rusi-Matero, puppet master)
Kristine Tjøgersen (NO): GLAM (Eriikka Maalismaa, violin, Iida Sinivalo, cello)
TICKETS (23/15€)
Sound installation
10 AM to 8.30 PM (opening hours) // Kiasma museum of contemporary art (Kiasma Theatre's foyer)
Lars Lundehave Hansen (DK): Sinecity
SEMINAR: Pedagogy and Equity in Teaching Composition for Young Students (Day 2)
10 AM // Central Helsinki Music School (Helsinginkatu 3–5)
See the detailed schedule HERE.
Free admission (N.B. registration in advance is obligatory, please contact nordicmusicdays2018@gmail.com)
Sat / Nov 10th
Uusinta uutta / The newest & replay
6 PM // Tiivistämö (= Suvilahti district building no. 5, Kaasutehtaankatu 1)
Loïc Destremau (DK): COM unTIME
Kari Beate Tandberg (NO): Porphyry Imitations
Sami Klemola (FI): Concrete
Adam Vilagi (FI): Hunger
Jouni Hirvelä (FI): Fracture Mechanics
Ida Lundén (SE): Tyskamossarnas sugluft
Uusinta Ensemble
TICKETS (20/12€ + service fee 2,50€) / TIIVISTÄMÖ EVENTS COMBINED (30/20€ + service fee 3,50/2,50€)
eldorado of prog / progen eldorado
9 PM // Tiivistämö (= Suvilahti district building no. 5, Kaasutehtaankatu 1)
Jeavestone (FI)
10:30 PM
Anekdoten (SE)
TICKETS (25/17€ + service fee 2,50€) / TIIVISTÄMÖ EVENTS COMBINED (30/20€ + service fee 3,50/2,50€)
Sound installation
10 AM to 6 PM (opening hours) // Kiasma museum of contemporary art (Kiasma Theatre's foyer)
Tine Surel Lange (DK): Works For Listening