”We feature music by many fearless artists who challenge limits and question borders, music that can be equally thought-provoking, playful, and stimulating. Our wish was to present a glimpse of the great variety of the music of our time, with composers originating from no less than nineteen countries, including some of the most acclaimed figures of our time’s music and new rising composers. The music chosen reflects the visionary potential of music in times of uncertainty, featuring equally dreamworlds and dystopic fears. The concerts’ titles speak for themselves: ‘Dark Mirror’, ‘Musical Toys’, ‘Mimodramas and Horror Clowns’, ‘False Memories’, ‘Twisted Pearls and Four Headed-Nightingales’, and ‘Strange Rituals’.”



– The Artistic Directors Unsuk Chin ja Maris Gothoni

Tickets: lippu.fi

SUMMER SOUNDS 2023 PROGRAM:
DREAMLANDS AND DYSTOPIAS

28.6. TWISTED PEARLS AND FOUR-HEADED NIGHTINGALES
Porvoo cathedral, Loviisa. 7:00pm.
Tickets 30 € / 25 € / 15 € (Any costs of the ticket agent are added to the price)

Carlo Farina: Capriccio stravagante

Jukka Tiensuu: Rack for string quartet 

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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)

29.6. OPENING CONCERT: FALSE MEMORIES
Avanti Hall, The Art Factory, Porvoo. 7:00pm.
Tickets 40 € / 35 € / 15 € (Any costs of the ticket agent are added to the price)

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)

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Silvestre Revueltas: Colorines (Finnish premiere)

Unsuk Chin: Gougalon – Scenes from a street theater for ensemble (Finnish premiere)

Faustine de Monès, soprano
Emilia Hoving, conductor

30.6. Sävellyspaja –  International Composition Masterclass Concert
The Factory Hall, The Art Factory. 1pm.
Tickets 20 € / 15 € / 5 € (Any costs of the ticket agent are added to the price)

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 2023 masterclass are:
Paulo Brito
Gordon M. Green
Minzuo Lu
Riccardo Perugini
Robert Ruohola
Tetsuya Yamamoto
Arthur Yuen. 

Masterclass teachers are composers Jukka Tiensuu and Tomi Räisänen

30.6. STRANGE RITUALS
Avanti Hall, The Art Factory. 7:00pm
Tickets 30 € / 25 € / 15 € (Any costs of the ticket agent are added to the price)

Sunghyun Lee: Suite geometrica for 16 players (Finnish premiere)  

Antti Auvinen: Flute Concerto (World premiere)

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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, conductor

1.7. MUSICAL TOYS
Avanti Hall, The Art Factory.  2:00pm
Tickets 25 € / 20 € / 10 € (Any costs of the ticket agent are added to the price)

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 Norman: Gran Turismo for eight violins (Finnish premiere)

Mei Yi Foo, piano
Emilia Hoving, conductor

1.7. Red Nose Company: The Empero’s New Clothes feat. Avanti!
The Factory Hall, The Art Factory. 5pm.
Tickets 20 € / 15 € (Any costs of the ticket agent are added to the price)

Avanti is co-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 and Elvis. Arranged for Avanti’s duo, these new versions of rock classics are made by guitarist Marzi Nyman.

On stage are actors Timo Ruuskanen and Tuukka Vasama with Avanti’s duo. The performance is bilingual in Finnish and Swedish and suitable for anyone from six to 106 years old.

Manuscript / directed by / on stage – Timo Ruuskanen and Tuukka Vasama
Music and arrangements – Marzi Nyman
Musicians – The Avanti! Chamber Orchestra
Production – Red Nose Company and The Avanti! Chamber Orchestra
Languages – Finnish and Swedish
Age guidance 6+

1.7. AVANTI-CLUB: DARK MIRROR k-18
The Factory Hall, The Art Factory. 9pm.
Tickets 20 € / 15 € / 10 € (Any costs of the ticket agent are added to the price)

2.7. Red Nose Company: The Emperor’s New Clothes feat. Avanti!
The Factory Hall, The Art Factory.  2pm.
Tickets 20 € / 15 € (Any costs of the ticket agent are added to the price)

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 and Elvis. Arranged for Avanti’s duo, these new versions of rock classics are made by guitarist Marzi Nyman.

On stage are seen actors Timo Ruuskanen and Tuukka Vasama with Avanti’s duo.
The performance is bilingual in Finnish and Swedish and suitable for anyone from six to 106 years old.

Manuscript / directed by / on stage – Timo Ruuskanen and Tuukka Vasama
Music and arrangements – Marzi Nyman
Musicians – The Avanti! Chamber Orchestra
Production – Red Nose Company and The Avanti! Chamber Orchestra
Languages – Finnish and Swedish
Age guidance 6+

2.7. FINAL CONCERT: MIMODRAMAS AND HORROR CLOWNS
Avanti Hall, The Art Factory. 6pm.
Tickets 40 € / 35 € / 10 € (Any costs of the ticket agent are added to the price)

Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 38 ”echo”

Dieter Ammann: Le reseau des réprises (Finnish premiere)

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Heinrich Ignaz Biber: Battalia 

Vito Žuraj: Ubuquity – Farces for soprano and ensemble (Finnish premiere)

Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano
Bas Wiegers, conductor