Jazz Finland Live

SOUNDSCAPES & SOUNDPORTRAITS FESTIVAL 8.-9.9.2018 
Balderin Sali. Aleksanterinkatu 12, Helsinki.
Showtime sat 19:45 / sun 19:00

European Avantgarde Music Platform - 
”straight spontaneous surprising seductive shining : 
Cooking at it’s Best!”

Soundscapes & Soundportraits – Festival 2018 is a two-night-celebration that units noted top-level musicians of the international avantgarde-music-scene from England / Italy and Berlin / Helsinki in the genuine Balder-Sali in the center of Helsinki. It focuses on the tantalizing and thrilling world of free improvisation & present-time-composition and introduces the element of live drawing & painting as a visual part of present-time-composing for the first time.

Performers 8 & 9 September 2018
o Matthias Bauer/ double bass (Berlin)
o Lena Czerniawska/ Live Drawing (Poland
o Emilio Gordoa/ vibraphone (Mexico / Berlin)
o Teppo Hauta-Aho/ double bass (Finland)
o Veli Kujala/ microtone accordion (Finland)
o Paul Lovens/ drums & selected cymbals (Germany)
o Libero Mureddu/ piano (Finland)
o Dag Magnus Narvesen/ drums (Norway / Berlin)
o Evan Parker/ saxophone (UK)
o Harri Sjöström/ soprano & sopranino saxophone (FI / Berlin)
o Sebastiano Tramontana/ trombone (IT)
o Phil Wachsmann/ violin & live electronics (UK)


Supporting:
Taiteen edistämiskeskus TAIKE
Musiikin edistämissäätiö MES

In one of UMO’s most interesting concerts this season we will plunge into the world of film music – be prepared for iconic tunes that will make you cry, laugh and be stirred inside!

Concert Blue Notes on Silver Screen comprises well-known and beloved score themes and nostalgic big band music from the 50s to today. The dazzling jazz singer Aili Ikonen will join UMO as a soloist and the concert will be conducted by Kirmo Lintinen.

The programme will be composed of music from many film genres – animation to horror and hardboiled action – including numbers from such films as Anatomy of A Murder, Touch of Evil, The Pink Panther and The Incredibles. The concert will feature pieces from the repertories of Duke Ellington, Raymond Scott, Henry Mancini and Monty Norman, among others.

Tickets from Lippupiste including service fee at 28 € / 25 € / 15 € + possible delivery fee. 

Duration approx. 2 hours with intermission.

Open event