Jazz Finland Live

18/15 € + service fee (from 1.50 €)

18:00 DJ Palmu (in the foyer)
19:00 Juha Kujanpää Ensemble
Duration 2 h

Juha Kujanpää Ensemble is led by composer and pianist Juha Kujanpää. The group performs instrumental music in the unnamed zone between folk music, rock and jazz.

With his band, Kujanpää has released three critically acclaimed albums in 2013–2017 and will now release his fourth album. With the new record, the line-up of the group has been reformed; violins have been replaced with wind instruments. But has the music changed?

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Vocal chameleon and composer Theo Bleckmann has successfully balanced styles from classical to jazz, inventing his own distinct voice along the way. Bleckmann will be the soloist in concerts with the Oulu Symphony Orchestra and the UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra in November both in Oulu and Helsinki. Conductor for this special ensemble is Ed Partyka, the chief conductor and artistic director of UMO.

The concerts feature jazz standards and beloved pop and musical classics with strings from Frank Sinatra to Glenn Miller and Cole Porter and from Kate Bush to the Bee Gees. One of the most celebrated composers and arrangers of the moment, Grammy nominee Miho Hazama, is writing re-orchestrations for these special concerts.

Ed Partyka conductor

Theo Bleckmann vocals

Oulu Symphony Orchestra 

UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra

Duration 2 hours with intermission.

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Pekka Toivonen Ensemble's next studio album Pacemaker is released 9.11. @ Kalliosali, Helsinki, starting @ 19:00. Free entry! The event is part of Pekka Toivonen Piano Week 2022.

Pekka Toivonen, compositions, piano, glockenspiel
Okko Saastamoinen, drums
Eero Tikkanen, double bass
Johannes Sarjasto, alto saxophone, recorder
Saku Mattila, oboe
Miia Reko, trumpet, flugelhorn
Tatu Ahola, cello

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Tickets 20/11/8 €
RioLive cloak room fee: €3
The duration of the concert is about 2 hours (incl. intermission)

Founded in 2013, Katu Kaiku is part of the European crossover jazz continuum represented by bands such as The Cinematic Orchestra, Portico Quartet and Jaga Jazzist. The band's third album Broken Piece was released in November 2022 via Eclipse Music. The album continues the style formed on the previous Luna album, which combines lyrical saxophone melodies, guitar-like electric bass playing and strong communication in improvisation.

Adele Sauros | tenor saxophone and soprano saxophone
Mikael Saastamoinen | electric bass
Erik Fräki | drums

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