Jazz Finland Live

Aurora Borealis - Northern Sounds is a concert that introduces the double bass player and composer Mikko Kujanpää. The concert belongs to Tapiola Sinfonietta's concert series Artists in Close-ups, which zooms in on one artist at a time. This time the programme consists of Kujanpää's original compositions and arrangements for a string quartet and a jazz band, along with some material by Verneri Pohjola and Antti Kujanpää.

Mikko Kujanpää, kontrabasso

Eriikka Maalismaa, viulu

Sari Deshayes, viulu

Olga Reskalenko, alttoviulu

Jukka Kaukola, sello

Verneri Pohjola, trumpetti

Antti Kujanpää, piano

Ville Pynssi, rummut

Tickets (including service fees): 14,50 € / 7,50 € at Lippupiste and at the door 1 hour prior to the concert.

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The by now traditional Christmas concert tour of UMO will this year be headlining leading Finnish artist Erin. The Christmas tour will span two weeks in December, with concerts at Temppeliaukio Church in Helsinki and the Cathedral of Espoo, and further afield in Porvoo, Hämeenlinna and Kotka.

The repertoire will feature some of the traditional and most beloved Christmas songs and also a few of Erin’s own Christmas favourites will be heard. The arrangements are written with church acoustics and atmosphere in mind. Conductor Kari Heinilä. 

Erin (b. 1977) became known as a member of the band Nylon Beat in the 1990’s. She released her very successful solo albums in 2011 and 2013 and is today one of the most popular Finnish singer-songwriters. Erin took part in tv-series Vain Elämää, Finnish version of The Best Singers, which brought her to the footlights of masses.

Tickets available at Lippupalvelu from 32,50 € / 27,50 € / 17,50 € (Normal 30 €, pensioners 25 €, unemployed, students and children 15 € + Lippupalvelu service fee 2 €). 

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Mika Tourunen - Ensemble plays mainly the eponymous guitarist's original compositions that draw from modern jazz, world music and minimalism. Moods shift between hectic swing to ethereal melodies in the hands of this able quintet.

Mika Tourunen – guitar

Ilkka Arola – trumpet

Aleksis Liukko – piano

Teemu Åkerblom – bass

Nuutti Hannula – drums

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Here we find two completely different approaches to the concept of a piano trio. The
KARI IKONEN TRIO ranks among the top groups in Finnish jazz right now and this
is the release concert for their new album. We expect it to be an excellent showcase
of compositional modernism in jazz. Ikonen was awarded as the jazz musician of the
year in Finland in 2013. DAWN OF MIDI from Brooklyn show us their unique
perspective on what contemporary minimalistic music can sound like. Their latest
album “Dysnomia” is a result of 70 years of evolution in minimal music and can best
be described as “post jazz” or “minimal jazz”. Their live show is a blissful one-hour hypnosis which never fails to stun.

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Jukka Perko Avara and Johanna Iivanainen bring us a unique Christmas concert, "Martta and Rudolf's Christmas", in which the best-loved Christmas carols and hyms meet the traditional holiday imagery by Martta Wendelin and Rudolf Koivu. Arrangements are by Mikko Hassinen, Marzi Nyman and Jukka Perko Avara.

Johanna Iivanainen, vocals

Jukka Perko, sax

Teemu Viinikainen, guitar

Jarmo Saari, guitar

Jenni Valorinta, visuals

Pori Sinfonietta

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