Sydney Improvised Music Association SIMA has invited musician Iro Haarla as a guest to several projects in October 2022. Haarla will perform at three festivals in Melbourne, Wangaratta and Sydney.
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL (MIJF)
Suite Suomi Featuring Iro Haarla
18.10.2022 21:30, The JazzLab
Brunswick, Australia
Sweeping concert harp sets the stage for this world premiere from ARIA Award-winning bassist and composer Jonathan Zwartz, commissioned by the Sydney Improvised Music Association. Exploring Nordic minimalism, Suite Suomi features distinguished and long-standing ECM recording artist Iro Haarla, whose sound has been described by All About Jazz as “fluid and deeply melodic, while retaining a certain melancholy that is reflective of her environment”.
Subtle and expansive, listeners are taken on a journey through remote landscapes of light and shade reflecting Haarla’s northern roots, echoed by Zwartz’s love of evoking environment and mood through music.
The full line-up for this incredible performance includes Iro Haarla (concert harp), Jonathan Zwartz (bass), Phil Slater (trumpet), Julien Wilson (tenor sax), Ben Hauptmann (guitar), and Hamish Stuart (drums).
WANGARATTA FESTIVAL OF JAZZ AND BLUES
Iro Haarla Trio
28.10.2022 20:00, WPACC Theatre
Wangaratta, Australia
A festival-curated world-premiere collaboration between Finnish pianist and harpist, Iro Haarla, and Melbourne musicians, Tamara Murphy (double bass), and James McLean (drums). Haarla is a multi-award winning pianist and composer.
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S JAZZ FESTIVAL (SIWJF)
Suite Suomi Featuring Iro Haarla
29.10.2022 19:30, York Theatre
Sydney, Australia
To celebrate the extraordinary ECM recording artist, Iro Haarla (Finland), SIMA invited composer Jonathan Zwartz (Australia) to write a new suite of music. His Suite Suomi is an exploration of their diverse and vast landscapes, while finding commonality through elemental language.
From the enormity of the Northern Lights to the sound of wind through the eucalypts, Suite Suomi is sure to be a beautiful and evocative musical journey.
The full line-up for the performance includes Iro Haarla (concert harp), Jonathan Zwartz (bass), Phil Slater (trumpet), Julien Wilson (tenor sax), Ben Hauptmann (guitar), and Hamish Stuart (drums).