Global Fest: Unwind.
Unwind; the space between sleep and wakefulness, order and entropy.
Revolving around trumpet, voice, and wind instruments made from bull kelp and birch. Spaces are created and interwoven. Now comes the algaes turn, which do not fit into any category, but embrace multiplicity, in a queer time and space. We zoom in on the micro and out on the macro. Here, the microalgae native to the Baltic Sea and creating the air we breathe give us energy from which to be musically inspired, we dance with them as they search for the light. The algae are the shepherds of the Baltic Sea.
We also explore frequencies that can be created with macro algae of bull kelp from South Africa and from the Oregon Coast. We enter the in-between of the water, the anthropomorphic, that which we try to understand but can never reach. Feelings, stories and shared webs of connection create constellations, chaos and sometimes moments of peacefulness. We invite you to be in the moment, and connect to what is around you.
Pieces in this concert are a combination of comprovisation, compositions by Devina Boughton and improvised and created collectively, and some folk music from archives of KA Gottlund from 1800’s shepherds music repertoire.
Performers
- Devina Boughton – trumpet, voice, algae horns, buckhorn, (OR, USA/FI)
Symbioosikuoro (FI) - Vilho Louhivuori – drums, percussions (FI)
- Veera Katila – shepherds wind instruments, algae horns (FI)
- Kirsi Ojala – shepherds wind instruments, algae horns (FI)
- JP Jyväsjärvi – piano (FI)
- Maria Häkkinen – acoustic guitar, voice, movement (FI)
- Davide Stefani – trumpet, algae horns, movement (IT)
- Orion Boughton- sound design (OR, USA)
- Baltic sea algae cultivated by Sonja Repetti (FI)
Additional Support
- Poster, photographs, English name: Magdalena Kłodnicka
- Concert Supervisor: Jussi Reijonen
- Algae Advisor and Marine Biologist: Sonja Repetti
- Finnish translation help: Veera Katila
Changes are possible.
Further information: Eeva Hohti, eeva.hohti@uniarts.fi
Global Fest
Global Fest 2025 is the 10th edition of an annual festival featuring students, teachers, alumni and special guests representing Sibelius Academy’s Global Music Department. Bringing together artists from many corners of the world, the Global Music Department focusses on intercultural dialogue and collaboration, creating new artistic work together, and fostering a sense of global artistic citizenship. Expect a feast of dynamic, innovative, inspiring concerts and pop-up events, featuring performers from around the world celebrating the diversity of our planet.
This year’s festival also includes a special symposium supported by the Pacius fund, within the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland. The theme of this year’s symposium is (Re)imagining diversity and difference as core strengths of a thriving cultural field in Finland. A special Pacius fund prize will be announced and awarded as part of the symposium.
Revolving around trumpet, voice, and wind instruments made from bull kelp and birch. Spaces are created and interwoven. Now comes the algaes turn, which do not fit into any category, but embrace multiplicity, in a queer time and space. We zoom in on the micro and out on the macro. Here, the microalgae native to the Baltic Sea and creating the air we breathe give us energy from which to be musically inspired, we dance with them as they search for the light. The algae are the shepherds of the Baltic Sea.
We also explore frequencies that can be created with macro algae of bull kelp from South Africa and from the Oregon Coast. We enter the in-between of the water, the anthropomorphic, that which we try to understand but can never reach. Feelings, stories and shared webs of connection create constellations, chaos and sometimes moments of peacefulness. We invite you to be in the moment, and connect to what is around you.
Pieces in this concert are a combination of comprovisation, compositions by Devina Boughton and improvised and created collectively, and some folk music from archives of KA Gottlund from 1800’s shepherds music repertoire.
Performers
- Devina Boughton – trumpet, voice, algae horns, buckhorn, (OR, USA/FI)
Symbioosikuoro (FI) - Vilho Louhivuori – drums, percussions (FI)
- Veera Katila – shepherds wind instruments, algae horns (FI)
- Kirsi Ojala – shepherds wind instruments, algae horns (FI)
- JP Jyväsjärvi – piano (FI)
- Maria Häkkinen – acoustic guitar, voice, movement (FI)
- Davide Stefani – trumpet, algae horns, movement (IT)
- Orion Boughton- sound design (OR, USA)
- Baltic sea algae cultivated by Sonja Repetti (FI)
Additional Support
- Poster, photographs, English name: Magdalena Kłodnicka
- Concert Supervisor: Jussi Reijonen
- Algae Advisor and Marine Biologist: Sonja Repetti
- Finnish translation help: Veera Katila
Changes are possible.
Further information: Eeva Hohti, eeva.hohti@uniarts.fi
Global Fest
Global Fest 2025 is the 10th edition of an annual festival featuring students, teachers, alumni and special guests representing Sibelius Academy’s Global Music Department. Bringing together artists from many corners of the world, the Global Music Department focusses on intercultural dialogue and collaboration, creating new artistic work together, and fostering a sense of global artistic citizenship. Expect a feast of dynamic, innovative, inspiring concerts and pop-up events, featuring performers from around the world celebrating the diversity of our planet.
This year’s festival also includes a special symposium supported by the Pacius fund, within the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland. The theme of this year’s symposium is (Re)imagining diversity and difference as core strengths of a thriving cultural field in Finland. A special Pacius fund prize will be announced and awarded as part of the symposium.