There is power in cooperation and Avanti! wants to show this autumn. We will kick off the autumn with a wide range of co-productions with a variety of cultural actors. The versatility of Avanti’s musicians will allow us to participate in opera and theatre productions as well as concerts combining jazz, rap and gospel music.
AUF: Bach as jazz – variations on Uri Caine’s Golberg
Avanti, UMO and FiBO, or AUF, will boldly take on Uri Caine’s Bach-Goldberg variations in their traditional joint concert in September. Paleface and the gospel choir Sounds of Mercy, conducted by Jepa Lambert, will perform as soloists. The concert will feature selected gems from the 70-part variations, rearranged for this unique ensemble. Wild, free and demanding interpretations tastefully collide baroque, arias, classical, jazz, disco and hip-hop. It’s an exhilarating and surprising genre pop!
AUF: Bach as jazz – Uri Caine Goldberg Variations
Tuesday 12.9.2023 at 19:00
Music House
In transit
As part of the Helsinki Opera Festival, we are involved in Opera Box’s production In transit. The opera is about people on the move. It’s about what it’s like to always be a stranger, what it’s like to feel like you belong everywhere. Above all, it is a story about desire, and the courage to surrender to desire. The opera is composed by Stefan Lindgren and based on the novel by Hannele Mikaela Taivassalon.The language of performance is Swedish, with subtitles in Finnish. Avant will be conducted for the first time by conductor Jonas Rannila.
In transit
31.8. at 19, 2.9. at 14 & 3.9. at 16
Alexander Theatre
the proximity of four days
We are collaborating with the WAUHAUS collective and Espoo City Theatre on Pipsa Longa’s play Four Days of Intimacy. The play explores the coexistence of humans and seagulls on a southern sunny beach over four days. The end result is a strangely comic, audiovisual performance about mortality, based on the coexistence of seagulls and humans on a beach resort.
The stage does not see a human being in the leading role, but brings the reality of seagulls alongside the human experience. A central theme of the performance is also the mortality we share with other species. As part of the performance, Avant will perform a composition by Kaija Saariaho, Cloud Trio.
Performances in the Revontulihall of Espoo City Theatre 12.9.-10.10.2023.
The language of the performance is Finnish, subtitles in Finnish and English with a mobile app.
four-day proximity
12.9.-10.10.2023
Revontulihalli, Espoo City Theatre
The meaning of zero
The premiere of The Meaning of Zero, a work for five dancers and two musicians, will take place in the Pannuhall of the House of Dance on 27 October. The work is a frenetic scientific and artistic exploration into the essence of zero. The concept of zero is of fundamental importance to human development, on which all modern technology rests. The performance connects mathematical thinking to the sprawling and surging energy of motion.
The work is the first collaboration between choreographer Petri Kekon and composer Ville Aslak Raasakka. The music is performed in collaboration with Avant. In addition to the choreographic content, we also search for the meaning of zero sonically and think of the whole as a synthesis of music and movement.
The meaning of zero
27.10. at 19, 28.10. at 19 & 31.10. at 19
Pannuhalli, Dance House
For more details and ticketing locations, see the Concerts tab.
