Summer Concerts 2021

Turning 33 and feeling genuinely happy about life!

So much fun just around the corner, so here is a update of upcoming events the next two weeks:

🎻 29.7 “Sydänlaulu” for viola at @meidanfestivaali 

🐭31.7 “Vickan&Väinö” children opera at @leminmusiikkijuhlat produced by @operaboxhelsinki 

🎹4.8 “Characters” for piano at @manttamusicfestival 

❄️6.8 video premiere of “ICE” by @sinfonialahti and @daliastasevskaofficial on the screen of @musiikkitalo 

🌊7.8 world premiere of “Fretus” for string orchestra at Styrsö Kammarmusikdagar in Sweden

🌈 10.8 world premiere of my new trio “Vibrations” for Rosetta Ensemble at @brqvantaafestival at Tikkurila Church @tiksinsrk 

❄️12.8 Panel discussion about climate change with other artists in Nastola

Hope to see You in Helsinki/ Kallionkuninkala / Styrsö / Tikkurila / Nastola or where ever our might paths meet! 😅

Photo: Villa Concordia // Maria Svidryk @svidryk_ 

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FFF12: EcoEgg

I would like to contribute to FFF (Fridays for Future) in my own way: by sharing one concrete action per week that YOU can do, and which I have done, for combating climate change. 

FFF week 12: EcoEgg

WHY: Laundry detergents are full of chemicals that aren’t foot for our nature. The detergents are often packed in plastic, which is a shame.

WHAT CAN I DO: Switch to the EcoEgg! One egg lasts 140 washes, is free of chemicals and allergens! And you save loads of plastic composed if you would buy liquid detergents. And yes, I’m very happy with my EcoEgg and the end result of laundry. Such a easy thing to do for our planet. ❤️

(Just for being clear: this is not an add😂I haven’t been paid nor given the product. I’m just honestly enthusiastic about washing more eco friendly! 😍)

Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia Bamberg

So it was finally officially announced today: I’m super happy to be chosen to be one of the 15 artists in residence at the Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia in Bamberg! We are 7 artists from Germany and 8 artists from Finland who were able to choose from receiving a 5 or 11 month stipend from the Freestate of Bavaria and are invited by the Bavarian State Minister for Science and Art Bernd Sibler, to stay at the Villa Concordia in Bamberg. Artists cannot apply for this scholarship themselves, because the scholarship holders are invited by a board of trustees and thus awarded by the Free State of Bavaria.

I am excited to share the upcoming year with my fellow scholarship holders! The scholarship holders for 2021-2022 are:

Visual art: Dieter Froelich (D), Lena von Goedeke (D), Emma Helle (FI), Heikki Marila (FI) and Tuukka Tammisaari (FI)

Literature: Benedikt Feiten (D), Lucy Fricke (D), Veera Kaski (FI), Arja Rinnekangas (FI), Johanna Sinisalo (FI) and Antje Rávik Strubel (D)

Music: Cecilia Damström (FI), Elina Lukijanova (D), Steffen Schleiermacher (D) and

Sauli Zinovjev (FI)

An ever so big THANK YOU to the Board of Trustees, to Minister Bernd Sibler and to the Free State of Bavaria for giving me this amazing opportunity I couldn’t even have dreamt of! I am truly humbled!

Villa Concordia Bamberg April 2021. Photo © Cecilia Damström