OBS! A new concert place is Porvoo cathedral! TWISTED PEARLS AND FOUR-HEADED NIGHTINGALES Porvoo cathedral 7:00pm Carlo Farina: Capriccio stravagante Jukka Tiensuu: Rack for string quartet  *** Luke Bedford: Wonderful Four-Headed Nightingale for string quartet (Finnish premiere) Wolfgang von Schweinitz: Plainsound Passacaglia in extended 3-limit just intonation for harpsichord and string trio op.34b (World premiere) Tickets […]

OPENING CONCERT: FALSE MEMORIES Avanti Hall, The Art Factory, Porvoo 7:00pm Unsuk Chin: Subito con forza Claude Vivier: Lonely Child for soprano and chamber orchestra (Finnish premiere) Alberto Ginastera: Glosses sobre temes de Pau Casals op. 46 for string orchestra and string quintet ’in lontano’ (Finnish premiere) *** Silvestre Revueltas: Colorines (Finnish premiere) Unsuk Chin: […]

Sävellyspaja -  International Composition Masterclass Concert The Factory Hall, The Art Factory 1 pm The final concert of the International Composition Masterclass organized in connection with Avanti’s Summer Sounds and Sävellyspaja-yhdistys ry. The concert will feature new works for wind and string quintets by the composers participating in the master class. The composers of the […]

STRANGE RITUALS Avanti Hall, The Art Factory 7:00 pm Sunghyun Lee: Suite geometrica for 16 players (Finnish premiere)   Antti Auvinen: Ventilation Beat (World premiere) *** Mikel Urquiza: Oiseaux gazouillants et hibou qui se retourne (Finnish premiere) Hans Abrahamsen: Concerto for solo piano and ensemble (Finnish premiere) Bjørnar Habbestad, flute Mei Yi Foo, piano Bas Wiegers, […]

MUSICAL TOYS Avanti Hall, The Art Factory 2:00 pm Musical toys for solo piano by Sofia Gubaidulina, Helmut Lachenmann, George Benjamin, Peter Eötvös, Frederick Rzewski and others  Gérard Pesson: Transformations du Menuet K. 355 de Mozart‘ (Finnish premiere)  Marko Nikodijevic: music box / self-portrait with ligeti and stravinsky (messiaen is also present) (Finnish premiere) Andrew […]

Avanti is producing this year’s concert for the whole family with the Red Nose Company, the first professional Finnish theater group specialized  in clownery. This collaboration generates a whole new version of the beloved folktale The Emperor's New Clothes, which comes to life in a new way with songs by such names as Abba, Beatles […]

Programme: Philippe Grammaticopoulos: Le Processus (animation movie)  John Zorn: Cat O’Nine Tails for string quartet  Philippe Grammaticopoulos: Le Régulateur (animation movie) *** Unsuk Chin: Allegro ma non troppo Philippe Grammaticopoulos: Les Ventres (animation movie)  Michael Daugherty: Sing Sing J. Edgard Hoover for string quartet and tape

Final concert: Mimodramas and Horror Clowns Avanti Hall, The Art Factory 6 pm Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 38, ”Echo” Dieter Ammann: Le reseau des réprises (Finnish premiere) *** Heinrich Ignaz Biber: Battalia  Vito Žuraj: Ubuquity – Farces for soprano and ensemble (Finnish premiere) Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano Bas Wiegers, conductor Tickets 17,50 € - 43,50 €