© Marco Borggreve
Avanti!
Jaime Estévez Moreira, saxophone
Petri Kumela, electric guitar
Markus Ketola, percussion
Emil Holmström, keyboards
Other performers:
Joonas Ahonen, piano
Lambis Pavlou, piano
Anders Pohjola, electronics
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. The evening culminates in Brigitta Muntendorf’s monumental Trilogie für zwei Flügel. Adding to the sonic palette is the self-playing Yamaha Disklavier.
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 Friday–Sunday:
Tuomo Rainio & Jouni Hirvelä: Imaginary Bodies and Computer Visions (allegory of the cave) – Installation (AITIO)
Friday, September 26 (subject to change):
16:30 | John Cage: Work for Toy Piano (ARTE POVERA) – Lambis Pavlou, toy piano
16:45 | Raphaël Languillat: flagellatio ii (torso) (AITIO) – Joonas Ahonen, piano
17:15 | Riikka Talvitie: Imitation III, for toy piano and bass drum (ARTE POVERA) – Mirka Viitala, toy piano
17:30 | Jouni Hirvelä: Music for Four Hands – World premiere (AITIO) – Emil Holmström & Lambis Pavlou, piano
17:50 | John Cage: Work for Toy Piano (ARTE POVERA) – Emil Holmström, toy piano
18:00 | Bernhard Lang: DW 16 Songbook 1.4. (SAASTAMOINEN) – Meeri Pulakka, soprano; Jaime Estévez Moreira, saxophone; Petri Kumela, electric guitar; Markus Ketola, percussion; Emil Holmström, keyboards
18:40 | Enno Poppe: Fleish (SAASTAMOINEN) – Jaime Estévez Moreira, saxophone; Petri Kumela, electric guitar; Markus Ketola, percussion; Emil Holmström, keyboards
19:00 | Brigitta Muntendorf: Trilogie für Zwei Flügel (AITIO) – Lambis Pavlou, piano; Mirka Viitala, piano; Anders Pohjola, electronics