Timo Lassy Band and actress Minttu Mustakallio are to collaborate on tuOKio concert tour, produced by the OK Study Centre, a nationwide institute of adult education. The tour combines music with social commentary, visiting a number of cities around Finland in the latter half of September.
Oskari Mänttäri, the man behind the tour, approached each of the parties represented in the Finnish Parliament with a challenge of sharing their thoughts on the topic of “quality of life”. Social Democratic Party, the Left Alliance and the Green Party responded. OK Study Centre threw the ball to its member organisations too, for an everyman’s view of the same theme. What was emphasised in the responses was the significance of small decisions that make up every individual’s everyday life.
The music of the performance was commissioned from saxophonist Timo Lassy who shows yet a new side of himself as a composer: we are talking about a seamless union of words and music here. One of the hottest names of Finnish jazz, Lassy brought out his newest album last spring and has recently expanded to the sphere of film music, too. Naturally, his crew – keyboardist Henri Mäntylä, bassist Antti Lötjönen, drummer Teppo Mäkynen and percussionist Abdissa Assefa –comes from the top of Finnish jazz. They are joined by actress Minttu Mustakallio who is known especially as a comedienne.
tuOKio club series
tuOKio is a concept that combines concert tour and socially engaged speech – music and talk with a message, that is. The OK Study Centre plans and produces tuOKio tours around themes that are relevant to its member associations. The key philosophy behind the tours is to spark discussion on topical, universal themes through the means of art.
OK Study Centre
OK Study Centre is a nationwide institute of adult education. It is supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture and the majority of its activity consists of providing education and various activities for its member organisations. Annually more than 160 000 people take part in events organised by the Study Centre.
The Centre plans and produces arts and cultural events also on a smaller scale, involving some of Finland’s best artists. Themes for these events are selected from those presented by the member organisations with the aim of engaging people in public debate through the means of arts.
Wed 16 Sep at 7:00PM Vaasa City Theatre Julia Stage
Thu 17 Sep at 7:00PM Oulu, Valvesali
Fri 18 Sep at 7:00PM Kuopio, Sotku
Wed 23 Sep at 7:00PM Turku, Manilla Theatre
Thu 24 Sep at 7:00PM Tampere, Hällä Stage
Fri 25 Sep at 7:00PM Helsinki, Savoy Theatre
Free tickets available at the door an hour prior to the show.
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