Apr
17
7:00 PM19:00

Tapiola Sinfonietta

Taavi Oramo, tenor and conductor

Meriheini Luoto, violin

Heta Aho: Södergran Songs

Juhani Nuorvala: Variationes ex Bene Quondam

Meriheini Luoto: Metsänpeitto (orch. Kalle Vainio)

In his second profile concert of the season, Taavi Oramo presents young Finnish composers. In three songs to poems by Edith Södergran by Heta Aho, Oramo takes on a second role as he also sings the solo. Juhani Nuorvala transports the listener through periods and styles of music with admirable facility. Meriheini Luoto’s music is like sounds in the forest: intriguing and image-provoking.

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Apr
3
7:00 PM19:00

Tampere Philharmonic

Tampere Biennale

Taavi Oramo, conductor
Ismo Eskelinen, guitar

Ville Raasakka (b. 1977): Black cloud, under ground
Usko Meriläinen (1930–2004): Concerto for Guitar
Sanna Ahvenjärvi (1972): New piece, commissioned by TF, premiere / Tapio Lappalainen
Uuno Klami (1900–1961): Sea Pictures for Orchestra Op. 22

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Jan
23
7:30 PM19:30

BIT 20

This visit by Bergen’s contemporary music ensemble BIT20 Ensemble opens with a string quartet from Norway’s great maverick serialist, Fartein Valen. 

When he wrote his String Quartet No 0, Valen was sounding more like Bruch than Berg, studying with the former composer in Berlin.

After Valen’s warm, late-Romantic styled quartet Taavi Oramo conducts the premiere of a new Haydn-inspired work by Bergen-born composer Ketil Hvoslef, and works by Kristine Tjøgersen and Eivind Buene, including the latter’s Lessons on Darkness.

‘We are not interested in darkness itself,’ Buene says of his piece, which explores the friction between old and new, complex and simple, ‘but what it hides. That is what scares us. What is it that we don't know about ourselves?’

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Dec
5
to Dec 8

Waiting for Earthquake & The Trial

Humans and the human condition. This double-bill of powerful premieres takes on big questions and touches the audience. Both productions offer recognisable visions of the essential absurdity of our world. They are stories about the haphazardness of life, of disconnectedness, the uses and abuses of power, of sexuality, and love. We are led to explore our stores of compassion for the protagonists, struggling against senseless odds. 

The Trial (Oikeusjuttu) is based on Franz Kafka’s famous novel and Waiting for Earthquake (I väntan på en jordbävning) on Zinaida Lindén’s Runeberg Prize–winning book. The two mini-operas are conducted by Taavi Oramo, who was recently appointed Artist–in–Residence by Tapiola Sinfonietta and Artistic Director by Vocal Espoo. 

The Trial (Oikeusjuttu)

Music Paavo Korpijaakko
Libretto Jussi Moila (adapted from Franz Kafka’s The Trial)

Waiting for Eartquake (I väntän på en jordbävning)

Music Uljas Pulkkis
Libretto Seppo Parkkinen (adapted from Zinaida Lindén’s I väntän på en jordbävning)

Conductor Taavi Oramo
Director Vilppu Kiljunen
Costume Designer Marja Uusitalo
Set Designer Sampo Pyhälä
Lighting Designer Jarkko Lievonen 

Gabriel Suovanen – baritone
Annami Hylkilä – soprano
Reetta Ristimäki – soprano
Ann-Marie Heino – mezzosoprano
Sampo Haapaniemi – baritone
Jussi Vänttinen – baritone
Janne Marja-Aho – actor, dancer

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Oct
27
5:00 PM17:00

Kauniainen Music Festival: American Life

Tölöläb, music

VJ Sellekhanks, visuals

Juha Itkonen, text

”You drive to the movies influenced by America.” American popular culture influences people in distant Finland through its stories. In a concert combining sound and vision, Tölöläb and VJ Sellekhanks try to find out what originates in you, and what originates in America.

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