Jazz Finland Live

Liikemiehet (The Businessmen in English) are a brand new group that dresses impeccably and conveys a general feeling of up-tightness. In addition to playing musical instruments, this concert concept will also take them out of their comfort zone, to the realm of dance, however. How will they pull off playing music andHanna Brotherus’s choreography – will this bunch of professional musicians turn out to be pro at dancing, too? The people on the stage and behind the production are:

Jukka Perko - saxophone and play
Felix Zenger - beatbox and play
Esko Järvelä - violin and play
Jouko Kyhälä - harmonica and play
Oskari Mänttäri - hosting, play and production
Hanna Brotherus - choreography

The show came into being when cultural designer Oskari Mänttäri of Adult Learning Centre Sivis tackled the concept of play and playing and how it could be adapted to adult life. To play is to approach everyday phenomena creatively and to throw oneself into something new without the fear of failure or embarrassment.

“Liikemiehet is a physical concert about disciplined playfulness. From breathing comes singing, which evokes laughter, which will be channelled into dancing and playing music. In this concert, life is movement and being a businessman is being grim – thus, being grim is funny. Acting unconventional and weird is a sort of a game, to which everyone, both children and adults, have a right,” Hanna Brotherus sums up.

The show will see musicians Esko Järvelä, Felix Zenger, Jukka Perko and Jouko Kyhälä playing for us alongside Oskari Mänttäri.

Free entry!

Il Mondo di Karri, the touring concert series hosted by Finnish pianist Karri Luhtala, presents Finno-Italian jazz!

Franco Capone - vocals
Karri Luhtala - keys
Paolo Cozzolino - bass
Pasquale De Paola - drums

Open event