© Marco Borggreve

Avanti!
Jaime Estévez Moreira, saxophone
Petri Kumela, electric guitar
Markus Ketola & Fabian Paul, percussion
Emil Holmström, keyboards
Anders Pohjola, electronics

Other performers:
Joonas Ahonen, piano
Lambis Pavlou, piano
Meeri Pulakka, soprano
Mirka Viitala, piano

PianoEspoo once again spreads throughout EMMA – this time with piano duos, synthesizers, toy pianos, and the fearless musicians of Avanti! Alongside soprano Meeri Pulakka and pianists Joonas Ahonen, Emil Holmström, Lambis Pavlou, and Mirka Viitala, the program features works by Enno Poppe, Bernhard Lang, John Cage, and others.

We will also hear the world premiere of Jouni Hirvelä’s piece for two pianists. The evening will culminate in Brigitta Muntendorf’s monumental Trilogie für zwei Flügel. Adding to the sonic palette is the self-playing Yamaha Disklavier as part of the installation by Jouni Hirvelä and Tuomo Rainio.

NOTE: Audiences may move freely between and during performances. Events take place in different spaces throughout the museum. Please arrive before 19:00 if you wish to hear the final performance before the museum closes.

Programme

On view Fri-Sun 26-28 September:
Tuomo Rainio & Jouni Hirvelä: Imaginary Bodies and Computer Visions (allegory of the cave) – Installation (AITIO)

The installation is available from 3 pm until the live music begins at 4.30 pm. See the programme below for more information!

PROGRAMME 26.9.
(Approximate performance times)

16.30 Raphaël Languillat: flagellatio ii (torso) (AITIO)

Joonas Ahonen, piano

17.00 Riikka Talvitie: Imitation III, for toy piano and bass drum (ARTE POVERA)

Mirka Viitala, toy piano

17.15  Jouni Hirvelä: Music for Four Hands, world premiere (AITIO)

1. Waves

2. Particles

3. Spectrum

4. Glow

5. Light Within

6. Diffractions

Emil Holmström ja Lambis Pavlou, piano

17.45 Jashiin: Acacia Variations for toy piano and whistling (ARTE POVERA)

Lambis Pavlou, lelupiano

18.00 Enno Poppe: Fleish (SAASTAMOINEN)

Movement I
Movement II
Movement III

Jaime Estévez Moreira, saxophone
Petri Kumela, electric guitar
Markus Ketola, percussion
Emil Holmström, keyboards

18.15 Bernhard Lang: DW 16 Songbook 1.4. (SAASTAMOINEN)

1. The Watchtower – retexture

2. Ophelia – retexture

3. Count  2  4

4. Burning sister – retexture

5. Another door … For Jenny – retexture

Meeri Pulakka, soprano
Jaime Estévez Moreira, saxophone
Petri Kumela, electric guitar
Markus Ketola, percussion
Emil Holmström, keyboards

18.55 John Cage: Work for Toy Piano (ARTE POVERA)

Joonas Ahonen, toy piano

19.00 Brigitta Muntendorf: Trilogie für Zwei Flügel (AITIO)

1. Key of Presence

2. KreisIncrease

3. Key of Absence

Lambis Pavlou, piano
Mirka Viitala, piano
Anders Pohjola, electronics