Saturday April
26th. Today was the second ‘traditional’ Korvat Auki (Open Ears) concert in
Tampere, but this time in Pirkanmaanmusiikkiopisto. (Read about the first one here). What I mean by traditional is a concert where all the music
is only composed by Korvat Auki members and then performed by students. The very first
Korvat Auki concert in Tampere was a concert with the German new music group
Neophon ensemble in September 2013. In the concert Neophon ensemble played a contemporary
programme including three pieces by Korvat Auki composers, and the same
programme was played in both Helsinki and Tampere (as well as in Riga, Tallinn
and Rostock!). But like I said, today we had a “typical” Korvat Auki concert
containing 100% new music by young Korvat Auki composers.
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| Cellist Aino Palosaari. © Cecilia Damström |
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| Korvat Auki composer Lauri Supponen having a laugh with his musicians, clarinetist Andreas Heino and violinist Heidi-Annina Nikkilä. © Cecilia Damström |
The
programme of today was:
violin: Heidi-Anniina Nikkilä, cello: Taina Raittila, flute: Jenni
Halonen, clarinet: Andreas Heino
flute: Anu Miikkulainen, cello: Juho Nissi
Kalle Autio: Kolme laulua Santōkan teksteihin (first performance)
soprano: Piia Rytkönen, piano: Tuomas Salokangas
violin: Elias Koivisto, cello: Aino Palosaari, piano: Tuomas Salokangas
-intermission-
Sebastian Dumitrescu: Autoportret
-intermission-
Sebastian Dumitrescu: Autoportret
electric-bass: Sebastian Dumitrescu
soprano: Anna Ranki, piano: Tuomas Turriago
Dante Thelestam: Baba panda (first performance)
percussion: Henri Sakki ja Mauri Myllys
soprano: Hannele Taipale, piano: Jasper Koekoek
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| Pianist Tuomas Salokangas and soprano Piia Rytkönen before the first performance of Kalle Autios three songs, where the soprano gets to hit a gong! © Cecilia Damström |
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| All the musicians and composer of the Korvat Soi! -concert (part 1). © Cecilia Damström |
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| All the musicians and composer of the Korvat Soi! -concert (part 2). © Cecilia Damström |
We had good
luck with the weather today, the building suited the occasion really well and
generally everything went very well today! Everyone was in a calm but good
mood. Originally I was supposed to be the concert producer, but I had to back out
and luckily Matilda took over the task! In my defence I have already produced
two Korvat Auki concerts in Tampere this year. Matilda was a superb concert
producer! She had to coordinate 17 musicians but she was as calm as a summer breeze
all the time, I admired her serenity greatly!
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| Musicians already feeling releaved in the intermission. Pianist Tuomas Salokangas, violinist Elias Koivisto and flutist Jenni Halonen. © Cecilia Damström |
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| Korvat Auki composers Saper Shabaz, Charles van Hemelryck and Matei Gheorghiu. © Cecilia Damström |
I really
enjoyed the concert today! Maybe it was because I had sufficiently ‘little’ to
do considering arrangements in this concert (only flowers and sparking wine
were my responsibility), so I could fully enjoy the music. Moreover I was in a
really good listening mood this afternoon. I liked all the pieces in the
concert but my two favourite composers of today where Supponen and Autio. Have
a listen to Supponens DaCamera here! And for more pictures of the concert click here.
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| Concert producer and composer Matilda Seppälä and me. © Lauri Supponen |
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| Composer Lauri Supponen, composer Sebastian Dumitresctu and soprano Piia Rytkönen. © Cecilia Damström |
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| Korvat Auki composers: Me, Sebastian Dumistrescu and Charles van Hemelryck |
After the
concert most of us headed to the ‘Egyptian restautant’ JallaJalla (more like a
Kebab-Pizzeria) for getting some food, and after we spent the rest of the
evening in our stamping ground Bar K.
We were all
quite exhausted, so already at 2 AM I headed home with my guests Dante, Lauri
and Matei. I was very happy to hear Matei say that he thought this was the best
Korvat Auki concert ever!
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