Hietsu is Happening! autumn program offers performances by top European contemporary jazz artists, from Kaja Draksler to Han Bennink, experiments with electro-acoustic music, fresh contemporary music and premiere performances, e.g. from Mioko Yokoyama. HiH! autumn concerts are organized on 25.10., 30.11. and 13.12. at Hietsun paviljoki in Helsinki.
Led by saxophonist Mikko Innanen, guitarist Petri Kumela and bassist Antti Lötjönen, Hietsu is Happening! (HiH!) will continue in autumn 2022 with new encounters and visits by international virtuosos.
HiH! No. 32: Continental contemporary jazz evening, Tue 25.10. at 19:00
Susana Santos Silva & Kaja Draksler (PT/SI)
Susana Santos Silva, trumpet / Kaja Draksler, piano
Bruun/Kjærgaard/Westergaard (DK)
Jonas Westergaard, bass / Soren Kjargaard, piano / Peter Bruun, drums
Hietsu improv orchestra
Performers of the evening + Mikko Innanen, saxophones / Petri Kumela, guitar / Antti Lötjönen, bass
HiH! Nro 33: Bennink 80 + Xenakis 100, Wed 30.11. at 19:00
Bennink 80
Han Bennink. drums (NL) / Mikko Innanen, saxophones / Antti Lotiönen, bass
Xenakis 100
Comp. Xenakis, Crumb, Weinberg and El-Dabh.
Jerry Piipponen, percussions / Lauri Pekkarinen, percussions / Anna-Sofia Anttonen,
saxophone / Petri Kumela, guitar
HiH! No. 34: Hietsu's Traditional Christmas Concert, Tue 13.12. at 19:00
Mioko Yokoyama: Song of the Shirt (Wed.)
Tuuli Lindeberg, vocals / Petri Kumela, guitar
Aaseri Buch: Lucia oratorio (Wed., tune 1022)
Vesa Vierikko, voice / Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano / Marianna Henriksson, harpsichord / Abdissa Assefa, percussion / Mikko Innanen, wind instruments / Antti Lötjönen, bass / Petri Kumela, guitar
Hietsu Christmas potpourri
Tickets 10/20 € from the Hietsu is Happening! online shop.
Photo of Han Bennink © Jelmer de Haas