The artistic director of next summer’s festival, Suvisoito XXIX, is soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan. Hannigan is one of the hottest singers on the international scene today.
Hannigan has been working with the Avant Chamber Orchestra for almost ten years. In these years, Hannigan has built an exceptionally distinguished career as a soloist with some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras. He has performed in Suvisoito in 2006 and 2007.
Avanti! Chamber Orchestra’s concert with Esa-Pekka Salonen on 8 March 2014 has to be postponed until next autumn due to scheduling reasons.
The concert planned with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen for Avant’s anniversary season will be postponed from spring to autumn due to Salonen’s schedule changes. The new concert date is 5 October 2014 and will take place at the Old Student House. The concert programme will be published during spring 2014.
Tickets already purchased with the original date of 8 March 2014 are valid for the concert on 5 October 2014 or can be returned to the full-service ticket outlet where they were purchased. Any return must be made by 8 March 2014. If it is not possible to return the tickets at the point of sale, they can be returned by post. Tickets purchased from the online shop and tickets purchased from R-kiosks can be returned by post with name, contact details and bank account information:
Lippupiste / Return
Kalevantie 2, B-house
33100 Tampere.
The ticket price will be refunded in full, the Lippupiste service fee will not be refunded.
14.2. Avanti! is a guest of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra’s concert series in the Helsinki Music Centre concert hall. The commission from Benedict Mason was delayed and the concert programme has been changed. It will be a surprising evening, with Avanti! presenting its multifaceted face. There will be contemporary music, tango, baroque, hops and a bit of romanticism. Join us for an evening of surprises!
Avanti! quartet
Kari Kriikku, clarinet
Emil Holmström, piano
Ilari Kaila: Bowing of the bells
Jean Sibelius: Malinconia
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Pelimannit
Toshi Ichiyanagi: Clarinetto Sextets
Per Henrik Nordgren: Sunrise at the Fuji mountain
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
Kaija Saariaho: Scent
Magnus Lindberg: Acequia Madre
Kyoko Hirai: Waning moon
Jukka Tiensuu: Rack
Yuji Takahashi: The house of Yugao
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Pelimannit
Kaija Saariaho: Petals
Toshi Ichiyanagi: Clarinetto Sextets
Jean Sibelius: Malinconia
Jukka Tiensuu: Rack
Toshi Ichiyanagi: Clarinetto Sextets
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Pelimannit
Per Henrik Nordgren: Sunrise at the Fuji mountain
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
Toshi Ichiyanagi, the 2010 Summer Music theme composer, has invited Avant to perform three concerts in Japan. The concerts will feature a combination of Finnish and Japanese contemporary music framed by classics by Mozart and Sibelius. The concerts will include the premiere of Ichiyanagi’s clarinet suite. The tour is supported by LUSES.
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Avanti! Chamber Orchestra
Ville Matvejeff, conductor
Kimmo Hakola, composer
Pekka Hako, libretto
Vilppu Kiljunen, director
Kimmo Viskari, visual design
Jani-Matti Salo, lighting design
Mirva Koivukangas, Assistant Director
Risto Hirvonen, producer
In collaboration with: the Finnish Chamber Opera / Helsinki City Opera
Akseli is a new monologue-opera about the life of Akseli Gallen-Kallella, composed by Kimmo Hakola for Jorma Hynninen. Jorma Hynninen will bid farewell to the opera stage with the role. The libretto by Pekka Hako is partly based on Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s own writings. The monologue opera takes place in seven moments of his life.
Avant’s guests are composer Magnus Lindberg, conductors Jukka-Pekka Saraste and John Storgårds, cellist Anssi Karttunen and surprise guests
In the opening concert of Avant’s 30th anniversary season, Magnus Lindberg will conduct his latest works, the juggler will perform as the orchestra’s soloist and the orchestra’s founding member Jukka-Pekka Saraste will also participate. The history show reveals what has happened in music and politics over the past thirty years.
The opening will be accompanied by a full programme for the whole festive period! Welcome!
Programme includes
Lindberg: Counter phrases, dir. Magnus Lindberg
Lindberg: Bubo bubo, dir. Magnus Lindberg
Lindberg: Red house, dir. Magnus Lindberg
Lindberg: Aventures, ke., Avant commissioned, cond. Magnus Lindberg
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Wennäkoski: Jong, dir. John Storgårds, sol. juggler Sakari Männistö
Lutoslawski: Grave, sol. cellist Anssi Karttunen
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1, cond. Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Tickets from Lippupiste 32,5/17,5 € (incl. Lippupiste service charge)
Avanti! chamber orchestra can be heard on two continents on 6 October, when a six-piece chamber music group performs in Japan and a slightly larger group in Joensuu at the Akseli Opera, produced by the Finnish Chamber Opera.
Avanti equipped with swinging masters! and Heikki Nikula premiere Timo Hietala’ s bass clarinet concerto HIP, which uninhibitedly reworks rhythm and concert music. The second musical gem of the evening is the Jimi Tenor Impostor Orchestra’s Heliopause album, with 23 tracks played acoustically in numerical order.
Politician and former MP Esko-Juhani Tennilä sings “Merciless Going” by Sepi Kumpulainen at the opening event of Avant’s 30th anniversary celebrations. The song is part of a history show that explores the last thirty years through music and social phenomena.
The opening event will take place at the Old Student House on 28.9.2013. The impressive line-up includes conductors Jukka-Pekka Saraste and John Storgårds, composer Magnus Lindberg, cellist Anssi Karttunen and guitarist Marzi Nyman. The opening ceremony will be accompanied by a full programme for the whole season.
Avanti! Chamber Orchestra’s 30th anniversary opening event will take place at the Old Student House on 28 September 2013. The impressive line-up includes conductors Jukka-Pekka Saraste and John Storgårds, composer Magnus Lindberg and cellist Anssi Karttunen.
The opening ceremony will be accompanied by the publication of the full programme for the whole period.