An evening of two premieres as part of the PianoEspoo festival

10/16/2017

Ultracromatics – Avanti! At the Knights’ Hall

Mon 6.11.2017 at 18:00
Ritarihuone, Ritarikatu 1, Helsinki

Avanti! has been a pioneer of new trends in Finnish music for more than three decades. In their PianoEspoo concert, the orchestra will premiere Sampo Haapamäki’s new concerto for quarter piano and Jukka Tiensuu’s recorder concerto. The soloists will be Eero Saunamäki, a keyboardist, and Elisa Järvi, a pianist who has been working with Haapamäki for years to develop the four-part piano to provide a way for the composer’s increasingly varied chordal visions on keyboard.

Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor

Elisa Järvi, 1/4 string piano
EeroSaunamäki, recorder

SOURCE:
Charles De Lusse: Air à la Grecque (1760)
Jukka Tiensuu: Concerto for recorder n.s.
Sampo Haapamäki: Piano concerto for four movements n.s.

The concert is part of the PianoEspoo programme from 3 to 19 November 2017.

Tickets from Lippupiste, prices include delivery charges:
Normal price 33,50 €
Pensioners 27,50 €
Students, unemployed, conscripts, children 17,50 €
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Avanti! received a grant from the Finnish Composers “Sibelius Foundation, supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation, to commission a composition by Sampo Haapamäki. The Sibelius Followers grants were awarded to member orchestras of the Finnish Symphony Orchestras Association who commissioned works from members of the Finnish Composers” Association. All works will be premiered during the 100th anniversary of Finland’s independence.