Avanti! is participating for the second time in Art Testers, Finland’s largest cultural education programme. The concert “Avanti!” by an orchestra that adapts to many styles and forms. meets the Art Testers” starts its 10 concert tour on 5 April from Seinäjoki. Next week, the art testers will meet in Kouvola, Mikkeli and Lappeenranta. With a total of 10 concerts, Avanti will enable more than 4800 eighth-graders and their teachers to experience art.
Among the unlimited range of styles in the concert, the latest music is right at home. In the new arrangements and compositions, the sound of Avant’s string quartet merges with Marzi Nyman’s electric guitar, Arttu Takalo’s vibraphone and Tero Toivonen’ s French horn. The compositions of the concert are largely the work of the soloist trio. The string quartet includes violinists Maija Linkola and Mikaela Palmu, violist Tuula Riisalo and cellist Iida-Vilhelmiina Sinivalo.
In addition to the concert, the art experience is deepened through pre- and post-concert activities. After the visit, young people will also evaluate their art experience using an app created especially for them.
What are the Art Testers?
Taidetestaajat is Finland’s largest cultural education programme, which every year takes all eighth-graders in Finland to visit one or two high-quality art sites around Finland. The core objective of the activity is to provide young people with art experiences and tools to form an informed opinion about their experience, and to develop the Finnish art scene’s expertise in designing and implementing content for young people.
The project is funded by the Finnish Cultural Foundation, Svenska kulturfonden and the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. Taidetestaajat is coordinated by the Finnish Association of Children’s Cultural Centres.
