Jazz Finland Live

Tickets: €20, advance tickets will be available on the NetTicket website and at sales points.

In the final concert of ELive Jazz Lounge vol 2., you will enjoy beautiful melodies and compelling improvisations. Expect a powerful experience of living in the moment led by the acclaimed Dutch bass clarinetist, Joris Roelofs.

Dutch clarinetist, flutist, and saxophonist Joris Roelofs (b. 1984) is known above all as a versatile musician but also as an educator and composer investigating the relationship between Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy and music. He has composed works based on Nietzsche's philosophy, lectured, and written about the connection between music and philosophy, freedom, and improvisation. He is a member of the international Nietzsche research group based in Germany. Roelofs has played as a member of the Concertgebouw Jazz Orchestra and the Vienna Art Orchestra, and he leads the jazz clarinet department at the Amsterdam Conservatory.

Musicians:
Joris Roelofs – bass clarinet
Martin Söderbacka – guitar
Eevalotta Matikainen – double bass

The visit is part of the international jazz residency initiated in Helsinki by the Finnish Jazz Federation, the Sibelius Academy Jazz Music Department, UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra, and the Musicians' Union. Jazz Finland Residency is a high-level invitation-only residency for musicians, composers, and conductors. Coordinated and managed by the Finnish Jazz Federation, the residency annually invites two international guest artists to Finland for a 1–2 month period. The residency is also supported by Music Finland, Jazzmusikot ry, and HIAP Helsinki International Artist Programme.