Jazz Finland Live

Open rehearsal!

UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra opens the doors of its rehearsal space for the audience to celebrate Helsinki Design Week´s theme “We are open”. The orchestra will rehearse new program with conductor Nikki Iles and jazz guitarist Mike Walker for the first time on 6th September. The rehearsals are open for visitors from 13.30 to 15.00.

At UMO Helsinki´s open rehearsals you will witness how the program gets crystallised and the orchestra’s sound unified. As the rehearsals are kept as authentic as possible, certain parts and passages may be honed a number of times. A conductor will also be present at the rehearsals, directing the orchestra toward the desired sound.

Free admission. In order to participate you must enrol by sending an email to henriika(at)umohelsinki.fi. Please mention the number of participants (max. 2 persons). The places are filled in the order of enrolment. We recommend to use earplugs at rehearsals.

The event is part of Helsinki Design Week’s programme. The largest design festival in the Nordic countries is held 1.–11. September 2022.

Info & tickets for the G Livelab concert on Thursday 8th September

Open event

Tickets at the door 15/8 € (discount for students/members, cash/card)

Polish mysticism, the echoes of Norwegian fjords and Finnish romanticism. Case Kämäräinen, who draws their music from these starting points, will tour in Finland in September performing their new album, Mystique From The North.

Case Kämäräinen is an international jazz quartet that presents the music of drummer Tomi Kämäräinen. Kämäräinen was last heard on tour in the United States with artist Janet Evra in the autumn of 2021. The melodies of Kämäräinen's compositions are interpreted by e.g. Kathrine Windfeld Sextet and Tim Hagans Quintet and well-known saxophonist Marek Konarski. The piano features virtuoso improviser Tuomo Uusitalo, who plays the traditions of jazz and the influences of free improvisation. Petter Asbjørnsen is familiar with several solo productions with double bass.

The music for the new album Mystique From The North (Eclipse Music) is composed mostly with vibraphone. That's why Severi Pyysalo is a wonderful addition to the concert.

"Very pleasant jazz, especially thanks to the smooth and colorful playing of the quartet's key soloist, saxophonist Konarski." -Erik Ahonen / Kulttuuritoimitus.fi

"With their latest album Joyride 2021, Case Kämäräinen solves the key dilemmas of contemporary jazz: how it sounds modern while maintaining a connection to the jazz tradition, how to compose ambitiously without sounding difficult to approach" Tommi Autio / Salon Seudun Sanomat, album review

Open event