Sibafest: Let’s change the rules – Choirs for Ecocide Law
Main purpose of this project is to spread awareness about an international law on natural destruction
Choirs for Ecocide Law is an artistic choral project, whose main purpose is to spread awareness about the need to add an international law on natural destruction (Ecocide Law) to the Rome Statute, alongside the international criminal laws that came into force earlier.
The music of the concert forms a dramaturgic curve of 15 songs composed in the style of popular music just for this work. At the SibaFest concert, you will hear several choirs connected to the Sibelius Academy and its students. The groups will perform both together and separately. On the stage will be also solo-artists, vocal ensemble and an accompanying band.
Choirs For Ecocide Law project was published at the World Symposium on Choral Music, Istanbul, April 2023 by the core group Merzi Rajala, Kirsi Kaunismäki-Suhonen and Peder Karlsson.
The entire work has been created as a non-profit, free volunteer work by the participating artists and the working team. The project is not politically committed. The European Choral Association (ECA), Stop Ecocide International and several choral organizations from different countries support the project. The patron of the project is the former president of Finland, Tarja Halonen.
Performers
- Sibelius Academy choir & Global Choir together, conducting Merzi Rajala
- Global Choir Leadership student choir, conducting Jennifer Moir
- GCL Vocal Group, conducting Miia Luoma
- Coctail cats, conducting Enni-Maria Lämsä
- Helsingin Queer-feministinen kuoro, conducting Kirsi Marttinen
- Open Voice, conducting Jennifer Moir
- Partita, conducting Merzi Rajala, Johan Halmén
- Puro Paju, bass
- Hannu Risku, drumms
- Laura Kaartinen, piano
Programme
- Merzi Rajala
- Kevin Fox
- Moira Smiley
- Peder Karlsson
- Federico Trindade
- Astrid Vang Pedersen
The doors will open 15 minutes before the event starts.
Free admission. Please get your own free ticket from the Ala-lämpiö (1st floor) invitation desk starting at 1pm.
More information: Susanna Brandt, susanna.brandt@uniarts.fi
Sibafest 26–27 Jan 2024
On 26–27 Jan, the main event of Sibelius Academy’s Sibafest will fill out the Helsinki Music Centre. The festival kicks off a year packed with a thousand concerts. At Sibafest, you can follow the rehearsals for the Marriage of Figaro, try out the organ, peek behind the scenes of the symphony orchestra and participate in a techno concert and panel discussions.
Now taking place for the tenth time, Sibafest is the biennial main event of the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki. The event presents the Academy’s internationally top-quality concert activities. The main parts are played by the Sibelius Academy’s own students and teachers and well as the audience themselves – both together and separately.
Mannerheimintie renovation project
Access to the Musiikkitalo from the direction of Mannerheimintie will be difficult. We recommend that you allow enough time for your arrival and use the entrance on the side of Kansalaistori if possible. According to current information, the entrance to Mannerheimintie will also remain in use throughout the renovation, but pedestrian routes can be challenging at times.
Choirs for Ecocide Law is an artistic choral project, whose main purpose is to spread awareness about the need to add an international law on natural destruction (Ecocide Law) to the Rome Statute, alongside the international criminal laws that came into force earlier.
The music of the concert forms a dramaturgic curve of 15 songs composed in the style of popular music just for this work. At the SibaFest concert, you will hear several choirs connected to the Sibelius Academy and its students. The groups will perform both together and separately. On the stage will be also solo-artists, vocal ensemble and an accompanying band.
Choirs For Ecocide Law project was published at the World Symposium on Choral Music, Istanbul, April 2023 by the core group Merzi Rajala, Kirsi Kaunismäki-Suhonen and Peder Karlsson.
The entire work has been created as a non-profit, free volunteer work by the participating artists and the working team. The project is not politically committed. The European Choral Association (ECA), Stop Ecocide International and several choral organizations from different countries support the project. The patron of the project is the former president of Finland, Tarja Halonen.
Performers
- Sibelius Academy choir & Global Choir together, conducting Merzi Rajala
- Global Choir Leadership student choir, conducting Jennifer Moir
- GCL Vocal Group, conducting Miia Luoma
- Coctail cats, conducting Enni-Maria Lämsä
- Helsingin Queer-feministinen kuoro, conducting Kirsi Marttinen
- Open Voice, conducting Jennifer Moir
- Partita, conducting Merzi Rajala, Johan Halmén
- Puro Paju, bass
- Hannu Risku, drumms
- Laura Kaartinen, piano
Programme
- Merzi Rajala
- Kevin Fox
- Moira Smiley
- Peder Karlsson
- Federico Trindade
- Astrid Vang Pedersen
The doors will open 15 minutes before the event starts.
Free admission. Please get your own free ticket from the Ala-lämpiö (1st floor) invitation desk starting at 1pm.
More information: Susanna Brandt, susanna.brandt@uniarts.fi
Sibafest 26–27 Jan 2024
On 26–27 Jan, the main event of Sibelius Academy’s Sibafest will fill out the Helsinki Music Centre. The festival kicks off a year packed with a thousand concerts. At Sibafest, you can follow the rehearsals for the Marriage of Figaro, try out the organ, peek behind the scenes of the symphony orchestra and participate in a techno concert and panel discussions.
Now taking place for the tenth time, Sibafest is the biennial main event of the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki. The event presents the Academy’s internationally top-quality concert activities. The main parts are played by the Sibelius Academy’s own students and teachers and well as the audience themselves – both together and separately.
Mannerheimintie renovation project
Access to the Musiikkitalo from the direction of Mannerheimintie will be difficult. We recommend that you allow enough time for your arrival and use the entrance on the side of Kansalaistori if possible. According to current information, the entrance to Mannerheimintie will also remain in use throughout the renovation, but pedestrian routes can be challenging at times.