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1994 San Marino Grand Prix is a high-octane tragedy. Through the focal point of Ayrton Senna’s deadly F1 crash, concepts of sainthood, speed and spectacle are put into play.

Niki Main, composer

Mimmi Ahonen & Kasimir Koski, librettists

Barcsai Bálint & Antti Silvennoinen, directors

Kristīne Tukre, sound design

Vera Kotkaniemi, costume and set design

Jaakko Hutchings, pre-recorded actor

Niki Main, Ayrton Senna (countertenor)

Wille Enckell, Sid Watkins (tenor)

Mateusz Gwizdałła, conductor

Jānis Vītols, flute & piccolo

Sangyeon Kim, clarinets

Jaime Estévez Moreira, saxophones

Oda Tarheim, horn

Maissi Uusitalo, percussion

Kristīne Tukre, kokle & kanteles

Ärla Hillerud, cello

Tuomo Matero, contrabass

1994 San Marino Grand Prix is a high-octane tragedy. Through the focal point of Ayrton Senna’s deadly F1 crash, concepts of sainthood, speed and spectacle are put into play.

Niki Main, composer

Mimmi Ahonen & Kasimir Koski, librettists

Barcsai Bálint & Antti Silvennoinen, directors

Kristīne Tukre, sound design

Vera Kotkaniemi, costume and set design

Jaakko Hutchings, pre-recorded actor

Niki Main, Ayrton Senna (countertenor)

Wille Enckell, Sid Watkins (tenor)

Mateusz Gwizdałła, conductor

Jānis Vītols, flute & piccolo

Sangyeon Kim, clarinets

Jaime Estévez Moreira, saxophones

Oda Tarheim, horn

Maissi Uusitalo, percussion

Kristīne Tukre, kokle & kanteles

Ärla Hillerud, cello

Tuomo Matero, contrabass

1994 San Marino Grand Prix is a high-octane tragedy. Through the focal point of Ayrton Senna’s deadly F1 crash, concepts of sainthood, speed and spectacle are put into play.

Niki Main, composer

Mimmi Ahonen & Kasimir Koski, librettists

Barcsai Bálint & Antti Silvennoinen, directors

Kristīne Tukre, sound design

Vera Kotkaniemi, costume and set design

Jaakko Hutchings, pre-recorded actor

Niki Main, Ayrton Senna (countertenor)

Wille Enckell, Sid Watkins (tenor)

Mateusz Gwizdałła, conductor

Jānis Vītols, flute & piccolo

Sangyeon Kim, clarinets

Jaime Estévez Moreira, saxophones

Oda Tarheim, horn

Maissi Uusitalo, percussion

Kristīne Tukre, kokle & kanteles

Ärla Hillerud, cello

Tuomo Matero, contrabass

Music composed by students from the Sibelius Academy under the baton of young talent Mikael Loponen.

Niki Main
• Ea was of water but could not cry
Auri-Helena Nikkinen
• Sumun syvimmästä sopukasta
Lauri Marjakangas
• Kuolema kiertää kehää
Shenran Wang
• Celesterra
Preben Antonsen
• Vine-Lattice
The project is led by Prof. Veli-Matti Puumala

* all pieces are being premiered

La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina by Francesca Caccini

Opera performance

Neskirkja

Reykjavík, Iceland

Students from Iceland University of the Arts (Reykjavik, Iceland), Sibelius Academy (Helsinki, Finland), Royal College of Music (Stockholm, Sweden), Royal Conservatoire (The Hague, The Netherlands), Music Universities ( Oslo and Trondheim, Norway and Basel, Switzerland)

Project coordinator and music director: Sigurður Halldórsson 

La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina by Francesca Caccini

Opera performance

Neskirkja

Reykjavík, Iceland

Students from Iceland University of the Arts (Reykjavik, Iceland), Sibelius Academy (Helsinki, Finland), Royal College of Music (Stockholm, Sweden), Royal Conservatoire (The Hague, The Netherlands), Music Universities ( Oslo and Trondheim, Norway and Basel, Switzerland)

Project coordinator and music director: Sigurður Halldórsson 

The Opera as a Multidisciplinary Collaboration course is being held for the second time this academic year at the University of the Arts Helsinki. Students of composition, singing, directing, dramaturgy and playwriting will create 20-minute operas in the course, which will be performed to the audience in April at the Music Hall. There will be an intermediate stage of the course at Musica nova, where the working groups will talk about the stages of their work and present musical drafts of their future works. The course participants have been divided into three working groups, which will present their work-in-progress operas at the event together with the supervising teachers Riikka Talvitie , Martina Roos and Saana Lavastie . 

Piggy Sparkle is an anarchist and posthumanist fable about motherhood and homesickness.  

The 1994 San Marino Grand Prix is ​​a high-octane tragedy. Through the F1 accident that killed Ayrton Senna, we examine the concepts of speed, spectacle and sainthood. 

Margaritifera, margaritifera!! is a beautiful and dark fairy tale about mussels and people. 

The event is in English.

Composition students: Ján Števuliak, Niki Main and Yuto Obata Librettist students: Peppi Toivola and Sara Koiranen, Mimmi Ahonen and Kasimir Koski, Minne Mäki and Fabian Silén Direction students: Bálint Barcsai, Ikenna Anyabuike, Kirmo Komulainen, Antti Silvennoinen, Gua Khee Chong and Ismael Peura

Student singers: Adelia Spångberg, Maja Burggraaff, Wille Enckell, Gabriel Kivivuori Sereno, Kharissa Newbill Adames, Niki Main 

The course's responsible teachers are Riikka Talvitie, Martina Roos and Saana Lavaste.

Time:

• Thu 6.2.2025 11:00–13:00

• Organizer:

  Sibelius Academy

• Address:

  Music Hall Auditorium
  Töölönlahdenkatu
  00100 Helsinki

• Bunting:

  The event is free of charge.

Soi­koon! Aa­ve­pat­sai­ta

Konsertissa kantaesitetään aivan uusia kuoroteoksia, jotka ovat syntyneet Sibelius-Akatemian sävellysopiskelijoiden ja Teatterikorkeakoulun kirjoittaja- ja dramaturgiopiskelijoiden yhteistyönä tätä konserttia varten. Syksyllä 2023 opiskelijat osallistuivat teksti- ja runoanalyysikurssille, jonka päätteeksi muodostettiin yhteistyöparit. Keväällä ja alkusyksystä 2024 teoksia työstettiin yhdessä Pasi Hyökin johtaman EMO Ensemblen kanssa, joka on Espoon musiikkiopiston yhteydessä toimiva noin kolmenkymmenen nuoren mutta kokeneen kuorolaulajan muodostama ja uuden musiikin esittämiseen erikoistunut kamarikuoro.

Esiintyjät

• EMO Ensemble

• Pasi Hyökki, kuoronjohtaja

Ohjelma

• Nino Hellberg Håkansson & Tuuli Teelahti: Uusi teos

• Jaakko Kilpeläinen & Anna Englund: Uusi teos

• Otto Nuoranne, Krista Lehtonen & Heta Kaisto: Uusi teos

• Tommi Paavilainen, Hanna Päivärinta & Maria Hakkarainen: Uusi teos

• Ali Hosseini & Pia Korhonen: Uusi teos

• Niki Main, Haiyun Yu, Ruka Toivonen & Manu Penttilä: Uusi teos

Kesken­eräi­nen

Performance by the Sibelius Academy Freshers’ orchestra

New students of orchestral instruments form the Freshers’ orchestra at the beginning of the academic year and work together to deepen the principles of playing in an orchestra. The communal work period culminates in a workshop concert. In addition to Schubert’s famous Unfinished Symphony, the programme also includes music from Dvořák, Sibelius and Talvitie. 

Further information: Anna Rombach, anna.rombach@uniarts.fi 

FUTURE IS NOW

SU 6.10.2024 klo 14.00

Sävellyksen kansainvälisen mestarikurssin loppukonsertti.

Tuiran kirkko, Seurakuntasali
Myllytie 5, Oulu

Yhteistyössä Tuiran seurakunta

Vapaa pääsy

Jousitrio Havina
Heidi Ilmolahti, viulu
Johanna Tuikka, alttoviulu
Oliver Erlich, sello

• Nino Håkansson: Uusi teos (2024) (Kantaesitys) 5’

• Siyeol Ju: Uusi teos (2024) (Kantaesitys) 5’

• Sofia Kiviniemi: Uusi teos (2024) (Kantaesitys) 5’

• Alan Mackwell: Uusi teos (2024) (Kantaesitys) 5’

• Niki Main: Uusi teos (2024) (Kantaesitys) 5’

• Itzam Zapata: Uusi teos (2024) (Kantaesitys) 5’

• Ayşe Pınar Özaslan: Uusi teos (2024) (Kantaesitys) 5’

Kansainvälisen sävellyksen mestarikurssin opiskelijoiden uudet teokset soivat näkökulmia, joiden ytimessä on eri puolilta maailmaa saapuvien nuorten tekijöiden oivalluksia säveltämisen globaalista kulttuurista. Samalla ne soivat tulevaisuutta lupauksineen. Mestarikurssin opettaja on Andrew Norman (Yhdysvallat).

The 2024 traditional Kitara Nova! concert will once again serve a delightful selection of contemporary guitar music on Sunday, September 22nd, at 2:00 PM at the Hietsun Paviljonki. Tickets are available for purchase at the door before the concert begins and on our website. Ticket prices are €10 / €15.

Address: Hiekkarannantie 9, 00100 Helsinki

Ohjelma / Programme:

Niki Main: Solitude & Synthesis

• Teuvo Taimioja

Touko Niemi: Auringonsumua, KE

• Teuvo Taimioja & Joona Lintunen

Kalle Autio: Prune. A Favorite Ninja Treat

• Ilkka Turta

Ilkka Hammo: Sateisen päivän elegia (2020)

Osmo Palmu: Syksyn viestintuoja (2012/2024)

Kimmo Kuokkala: Muinaismelankolia (2023)

Osmo Palmu: Traces of time (2021/2023)

• Osmo Palmu

Bachelor’s graduation composition recital of Marcus Hu, Niki Main, Sauli Niemi and Helena Nikkinen.

Performers

• Marcus Hu, composer & cellist

• Sauli Niemi, composer & pianist

• Niki Main, composer & performer

• Tuule-Helin Krigul, flute

• Aaro Lehtovaara, bassoon

• Nuutti Tossavainen, trumpet

• Kristīne Tukre, kokle

• Teuvo Taimioja, guitar

• Minna Ristamäki, accordion

• Elina Rautiainen, piano

• Olli Mikkonen, piano

• Alex Martin Augustin, percussion

• Matilda Nikkinen, soprano

• Heidi Hämälainen, performer

• Venla Saavalainen, violin

• Adele Xiang, cello

• Otto Nuoranne, cello 

Program

See the program leaflet

• Niki Main: Fleeting Miniverse for kokle

• Sauli Niemi: Two Pieces for piano

• Auri-Helena Nikkinen: Two Pieces for soprano and piano

• Marcus Hu: Towards Alienation of Memory for solo cello

• Marcus Hu: Reminiscence for cello and piano

• Niki Main: Loomis for accordion

• Auri-Helena Nikkinen: Tyhjiä hönkäyksiä – Hohe for soprano and paper accordion

• Auri-Helena Nikkinen: An Urban Tiger for piano

Intermission

• Niki Main: Sonata for solo violin

• Auri-Helena Nikkinen: Hunnuton for soprano and piano

• Sauli Niemi: Cycles for piano

• Niki Main: Solitude & Synthesis for guitar

• Auri-Helena Nikkinen: Regards from Montes de Toledo for flute, guitar, and cello

• Niki Main: Laulaen for cello

• Auri-Helena Nikkinen: Humoresque pour Maxim – Memoir of a Drunken Toucan for bassoon and piano

• Marcus Hu: Tawdry Ives: Arrangement based on Yankee Doodle and Star-Spangled Banner, for the 4th of July for trumpet, snare drum, performer, piano, violin, and cello 

A new monologue opera It Takes a Child’s Imagination – The Hunting of the Snark, is at the same time Yolanda Harding’s master recital in vocal music.

Programme

From the world of “Alice in Wonderland” we give you a new story based around Lewis Carroll’s unusual children’s poem, “The Hunting of the Snark”. Set in a child’s bedroom, this fantastical story takes the audience on a ride through a child’s imaginary adventure overseas in pursuit of finding the allusive creature: the Snark. Yet, ‘Fear’ is always watching and takes every opportunity to disrupt their journey. Will the child escape Fear’s grasp? An opera the whole family can enjoy!

This wacky monologue opera has been composed this year for Yolanda Harding’s master’s concert by composer, singer, and poet Niki Main and it will have its premiere on June 5th, 2024. The piece is a commentary on how most fears we have as adults are placed upon us during childhood through society and during this process, we lose our ability to create and play without judgement. This is an ongoing project by Main and Harding; the performance is a minimalist demonstration of the larger opera currently in the works.

Performers

Artistic Team

• Libretto & Composition: Niki Main

• Director: Yolanda Harding

• Directing consultant: Martina Roos

• Conductor: Elisar Riddelin

• Lighting designer: Jukka Kolimaa

• Set Design: Yolanda Harding

Ensemble

• Soprano: Yolanda Harding

• Narrator: Niki Main

• Accordian: Sabina Aftyka

• Clarinet: Gracia Ortega Navarro

• Bassoon: Aaro Lehtovaara

• Double Bass: Tuomo Matero

• Percussion: Teo de la Cruz

Soikoon! – sävellysopiskelijoiden uusia teoksia Kamariorkesteri Avantille

Taideyliopiston ja Kamariorkesterin Avantin Soikoon!-yhteisprojektissa viisi Sibelius-Akatemian orastavaa sävellyksen opiskelijaa pääsee uusissa teoksissaan pöhisemään lyömäsoitinten äveriään sointien kirjon maailmaan. Yhteisprojektissa 13-henkistä kamariorkesteria ympäröi koko konserttilavan valtaavat yli 30 erilaista lyömäsoitinta, joita kaikkia vuorollaan kaksi solistisessa asemassa olevaa lyömäsoittajaa operoivat. Rumpujen vuolautta, mallettien mehukkuutta, metalli-instrumenttien kakofonisuutta sekä spatiaalisesti sijoiteltujen lyömäsoitinten sokkeloa tullaan koettelemaan projektin jokaisen eri kansallisuuden omaavan sävellysopiskelijan toimesta sekä perinteisillä konsteilla että mitä epäperinteisimmillä metkuilla.

Ohjelma:

Jaakko Kilpeläinen: Ajan murtuma
Marcus Hu: Two movements
Nicholas Main: Summer dances rice
Ján Stevuliak: we choose
Yuto Obata: Scrim

Esiintyjät:

Kamariorkesteri Avanti!
Jukka Rantamäki, kapellimestari

Liput 6,50 € – 18 €

Soikoon! – sävellysopiskelijoiden uusia teoksia Kamariorkesteri Avantille
12.12.2023 klo 19
Sonore, Musiikkitalo

9.7. Sunday 17.00 

Theater

Free entry

John Cage's Song Books, consisting of 90 songs , is a colorful whole, where different styles and moods meet, from old to new and from subtle to jubilant. The piece will be performed by the students of the Music Age course under the direction of composer-sound artist Joan La Barbara .

Performers:

Kirsty Ferguson-Lewis
Johanna Westersund
Hanna Chorell
Nicholas Main
Émilie Fortin
Elena Perales
Julia Andersson
Kalle Hakosalo

Contemporary chamber music for period instruments

Mark Reid Bulatovič and I will perform Two Motets by Michael Finnissy.

Mark Reid Bulatovič and I will perform four songs from Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George arranged for voice and guitar by Michael and David Starobin in Musiikkitalo’s Camerata Hall.

https://www.uniarts.fi/tapahtumat/kitarafestivaali-avec-guitare-kamarimusiikkia-kitaran-kanssa/

I will be featured on KALW’s Revolutions Per Minute with Sarah Cahill.

Featuring Karla Sorčić with the premiere of my piece for solo accordion, Loomis.