Lecture Series on Music of Our Time
Lecture series on music of our time consist of visits of composers and other artists discussing their practice, works, and questions related to these.
Five public lectures are held in the auditorium of Helsinki Music Centre on Thursdays at 1:15 to 2:45 PM. Lectures will be held in English.
Tampere Biennale -composer Leevi Räsänen, Thursday 8th January
Processes and intuition.
Composer Leevi Räsänen explains on his lecture what he means by approaching composition as a process. He also discusses his relationship to microtonality and multidisciplinary working togehter with other artist. Themes are observed in relation to the string quartet maisema, muistuma, enne (’landscape, reminescence, omen’) and other recent works.
Studied at Sibelius Academy and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Räsänen’s oeuvre consisting of more than 30 works has been performed across Europe, Asia and United States. His most performed work is the string quartet the two childhoods, most recently heard in World New Music Days, Lisbon, and in the Chamber Music Festival of Finnish RSO, Helsinki. Besides emotional microtonal expression, Räsänen is know of his playful and curious way of incorporating performative elements into his works. In recent years, he has especially focused on iterative and process-based compositional methods and the role of intuition in creative work.
The lecture is held in English.
Tampere Biennale Composer Markku Klami, Thursday 29th January
Towards the violin concerto ’Requiem’.
The lecture is held in English.
Composer Lauri Supponen, Thursday 12th March
Tracing the precarious sound.
The lecture is held in English.
Composer-director Heta Aho, Thursday 9th April
Can an opera fit in a pocket?
The lecture is held in English.
Composer Luca Antignani, Thursday 16th April
Creating harmonic syntax in a non-tonal context.
The lecture is held in English.
Changes are possible.
Further information: Niilo Tarnanen, niilo.tarnanen@uniarts.fi
Lecture Series on Music of Our Time
Lecture series on the Music of Our Time is a study module of the Study Programme of Composition and Music Theory at the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, that gathers interesting domestic and international composers and other artists reflect their new works and their practice.
The Thursday afternoon lecture series was already launched in the 1960s under the name composition seminar. New compositions were talked publically and there was polemic discussion concerning them. The current name ’Aikamme musiikin luentosarja’ was established in the 1980s.
Several composers from Finland and abroad have gave visiting lecture in the series, such as Aulis Sallinen, Magnus Lindberg, Kaija Saariaho, Kalevi Aho, Jukka Tiensuu, Olli Mustonen, DJ Orkidea etc. Among international guests, there have been i.a. Krzysztof Penderecki, John Adams, Steve Reich, Chaya Czernowin, Per Nørgård, Louis Andriessen, Mark Andre, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Phill Niblock, Brett Dean, Sunleif Rasmussen and Tom Johnson.
Alongside composers, many other professionals of contemporary music and art, musicians, writers, visual artist, directors and choreographers have discussed their work. Among these are writer Veijo Meri, neurologist Matti Bergström, violinist Pekka Kuusisto, and docent in Japanese esthetics Minna Eväsoja.
During all these years the lecture series has been hosted i.a. professors Einojuhani Rautavaara and Paavo Heininen, lecturers Tapani Länsiö, Juhani Nuorvala and Riikka Talvitie, and composers Pasi Lyytikäinen and Matthew Whittall. Currently it is curated by composer, permanent part time teacher in music theory Niilo Tarnanen.
Welcome to discuss recent topics of contemporary music!
Five public lectures are held in the auditorium of Helsinki Music Centre on Thursdays at 1:15 to 2:45 PM. Lectures will be held in English.
Tampere Biennale -composer Leevi Räsänen, Thursday 8th January
Processes and intuition.
Composer Leevi Räsänen explains on his lecture what he means by approaching composition as a process. He also discusses his relationship to microtonality and multidisciplinary working togehter with other artist. Themes are observed in relation to the string quartet maisema, muistuma, enne (’landscape, reminescence, omen’) and other recent works.
Studied at Sibelius Academy and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Räsänen’s oeuvre consisting of more than 30 works has been performed across Europe, Asia and United States. His most performed work is the string quartet the two childhoods, most recently heard in World New Music Days, Lisbon, and in the Chamber Music Festival of Finnish RSO, Helsinki. Besides emotional microtonal expression, Räsänen is know of his playful and curious way of incorporating performative elements into his works. In recent years, he has especially focused on iterative and process-based compositional methods and the role of intuition in creative work.
The lecture is held in English.
Tampere Biennale Composer Markku Klami, Thursday 29th January
Towards the violin concerto ’Requiem’.
The lecture is held in English.
Composer Lauri Supponen, Thursday 12th March
Tracing the precarious sound.
The lecture is held in English.
Composer-director Heta Aho, Thursday 9th April
Can an opera fit in a pocket?
The lecture is held in English.
Composer Luca Antignani, Thursday 16th April
Creating harmonic syntax in a non-tonal context.
The lecture is held in English.
Changes are possible.
Further information: Niilo Tarnanen, niilo.tarnanen@uniarts.fi
Lecture Series on Music of Our Time
Lecture series on the Music of Our Time is a study module of the Study Programme of Composition and Music Theory at the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, that gathers interesting domestic and international composers and other artists reflect their new works and their practice.
The Thursday afternoon lecture series was already launched in the 1960s under the name composition seminar. New compositions were talked publically and there was polemic discussion concerning them. The current name ’Aikamme musiikin luentosarja’ was established in the 1980s.
Several composers from Finland and abroad have gave visiting lecture in the series, such as Aulis Sallinen, Magnus Lindberg, Kaija Saariaho, Kalevi Aho, Jukka Tiensuu, Olli Mustonen, DJ Orkidea etc. Among international guests, there have been i.a. Krzysztof Penderecki, John Adams, Steve Reich, Chaya Czernowin, Per Nørgård, Louis Andriessen, Mark Andre, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Phill Niblock, Brett Dean, Sunleif Rasmussen and Tom Johnson.
Alongside composers, many other professionals of contemporary music and art, musicians, writers, visual artist, directors and choreographers have discussed their work. Among these are writer Veijo Meri, neurologist Matti Bergström, violinist Pekka Kuusisto, and docent in Japanese esthetics Minna Eväsoja.
During all these years the lecture series has been hosted i.a. professors Einojuhani Rautavaara and Paavo Heininen, lecturers Tapani Länsiö, Juhani Nuorvala and Riikka Talvitie, and composers Pasi Lyytikäinen and Matthew Whittall. Currently it is curated by composer, permanent part time teacher in music theory Niilo Tarnanen.
Welcome to discuss recent topics of contemporary music!