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La Passion de Simone by Kaija Saariaho in Helsinki 2020
/in News /by avantiadminThe theatrical ensemble version of Kaija Saariaho’s La Passion de Simone will have its Helsinki premiere in The Helsinki Music Centre in Easter 2020. La Passion de Simone offers a new kind of Easter experience, even for those with long Easter traditions.Through its philosophical perspective the oratorio appeals also to the younger audience.
A Paris-based music theatre company, La Chambre aux échos commissioned the chamber orchestra version of the oratorio … Lue lisää »
ZENG – Lotta Wennäkoski 50th Anniversary Concert
/in News /by avantiadminSAT 8.2.2020 19.00
Juhlasali G18 (Yrjönkatu 18, Helsinki)
Avanti! celebrates the 50th anniversary of the composer Lotta Wennäkoski in a concert, performing four of her most significant chamber orchestra works. Among the orchestral pieces, Wennäkoski will be seen on stage as well, performing Hungarian folk songs.
Jósef Hárs, conductor
Virpi Räisänen, mezzo-soprano
Eero Saunamäki, recorders
Heikki Nikula, bass clarinet
Ville Syrjäläinen, percussion
Avanti! Chamber Orchestra
Lotta Wennäkoski:
I … Lue lisää »
AUF: Ilolla Avanti! – Feeling Free
/in News /by avantiadminSAT 28.3.2020 13.00
The Helsinki Music Centre
Marzi Nyman (quitar), Arttu Takalo (vibraphone) and Tero Toivonen (French horn) are back together with string quartet from Avanti! Chamber Orchestra. The repertoire of the concert, a rich fusion of jazz, classical and popular music, is composed mainly by the soloists. Nothing is what it seems, but everything is exactly what it sounds like!
The concert is part of AUF concert series, produced … Lue lisää »
Avanti! Summer Sounds XXXIV – programme published
/in News /by avantiadminAvanti! Summer Sounds XXXIV will arrive in Porvoo on 26 – 30 June 2019. This year the programme has been created by Swiss Baldur Brönnimann. As the theme for 2019 is City of Music, the music will enter the streets and cafés of Porvoo to paint a multitude of thoughts and feelings on the streets and walls of Porvoo with an imaginary paintbrush.
Finland’s premiere of Teoton composed by … Lue lisää »
SUMMER SOUNDS 27.6.-1.7.2018
/in News /by avantiadminXXXIII SUVISOITTO – SOMMARMUSIK – SUMMER SOUNDS 27.6.-1.7.2018
Tickets: Lippupiste
KESKIVIIKKO/ Onsdag/Wednesday 27.6.
19.00 Pernajan kirkko/Pernå kyrka/Pernaja Church
Agricolan kotikonnuilla
Tuuli Lindeberg, sopraano/sopran/soprano
Jukka Rautasalo, diskanttigamba ja musiikinjohto/diskantgamba och musikledning/Treble viol and leading
Anthony Marini, tenorigamba/tenorgamba/Tenor viol
Louna Hosia, bassogamba ja jouhikko/basgamba och stråkharpa/Bass Viol and Karelian bowed lyre
Ilkka Heinonen, jouhikko ja violone/stråkharpa och violone/Karelian bowed lyre and violone
Matias Häkkinen, cembalo ja … Lue lisää »
Free urban concerts at Summer Sounds Festival in Porvoo
/in News /by avantiadminThis year’s Summer Sounds will see Avanti! hosting free concerts in the Porvoo city centre again. Launched last year to great success, the concerts are intimate and accessible titbits from the festival programme. 100 % Avanti!-quality easily accessible to all Porvoo city-dwellers! Some picks from this year’s free programme include Polish sung poetry by duo Agata Zubel-Joonas Ahonen, the energetic and intensive trio Süle-Lahti-Nikula, and the fruits of young composers’ … Lue lisää »
32nd Edition of Avanti’s Summer Sounds festival program released!
/in News /by avantiadminXXXII Edition of Avanti’s Summer Sounds: “Chantefables – Songs and Sagas” Wed 28 Jun – Sun 2 Jul, Porvoo and Loviisa
Sonatas, juggling, free concerts and criticism of consumerism – Avanti’s Summer Sounds 2017 offer all this and a lot more!
Avanti’s 32nd Summer Sounds Festival will be spanning five days in late June and early July. An already-traditional head start on the festival will be made on 28 June … Lue lisää »
Avanti!’s spring season spotlights Karita Mattila
/in News /by avantiadminIn spring 2017, Chamber Orchestra Avanti! treats the audience to a colourful selection of classical and contemporary music – without forgetting choice Baroque-era hits. The highlight of the season will be concert Kevään lumous (The Spell of Spring), with the dramatic soprano Karita Mattila dazzling in the lead. A premiere of a new orchestral piece by Lauri Kilpiö will open the concert.
Avanti!’s spring season comprises three concerts: in February … Lue lisää »
Avanti! performs “In the Spirit of Ligeti” at the final concert of Musica Nova 2017 festival
/in News /by avantiadminMusica Nova Helsinki 2017 festival program has been published. The final concert of the festival in Music Centre on Sun Feb 12th by Avanti! presents the legacy of György Ligeti through the works of his pupils and son, Lukas Ligeti.
The whole program for Avanti’s spring season will be published soon!… Lue lisää »
The Sound of Welfare at the Cable Factory on Tue 20.9.2016
/in News /by avantiadminAvanti!’s concert The sound of Welfare continues the orchestra’s series of concerts with a political theme. This performance tackles the relation between art and the welfare state seriously, but with humor.
Jaakko Kuusisto conducts the concert with guest soloist e.g. Johanna Rusanen, Petri Bäckström and Jaakko Kortekangas. The welfare state has taken ill as the commonplace goes. Can art provide the remedy? Simultaneously with cuts being introduced, arts are … Lue lisää »