Composer Lotta Wennäkoski is planning the XXXII Avanti! Summer Concert. The 2016 Summer Play attracted around 3000 people to a total of fourteen concerts or events in Porvoo and Pernaja.
Lotta Wennäkoski was the artistic designer of the Tampere Biennale in 2008-2010 and the seasonal composer of the Tapiola Sinfonietta in 2010-2011. Her compositions have been widely performed in Finnish and international concert halls and festivals, including Helsinki Festival, Musica Nova, Märzmusik Berlin, Warsaw Syksy, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Other Minds. Wennäkoski has also composed commissioned works for the Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.“The invitation to be the artistic designer of Suvisoito came as a flattering surprise. It is a great opportunity for me to design a festival that will feature chamber, orchestral, contemporary and classical music. What a lot you can invent!” says Wennäkoski.
The Suvisoito, which ended on Sunday 3 July, was designed by Dima Slobodeniouk, a Finnish conductor born in Moscow. Over the five days, a total of 14 concerts or events were organised in Porvoo and Pernaja, including six free events around Porvoo. In total, the festival attracted around 3000 people. The festival buses again transported the audience from Helsinki to Taidetehta and back.
The main sponsors of the festival were the City of Porvoo, Aktiasäätiö Porvoo, Neste, Porvoo Art Factory and Svenska kulturfonden.
Avanti! thanks its audience and supporters, and wishes a happy summer to all its friends!
