Program

Due to hardships caused by the weather conditions, the schedule of the symposium is running 15 minutes late. We apologize for any inconvenience. The concert is organized as originally intended.

 

SYMPOSIUM, Part 1, 9:30-12:00
Venue: Festive Hall of the Language Center (Fabianinkatu 26, 3rd Floor)

Opening words
9:30-9:45: Introduction and opening words (Lasse Lehtonen and Susanna Välimäki)

1. Finland, Japan, and Europe: viewpoints across cultures
9:45-10:10: Akira Kobayashi: Influences of Finnish Music and Japanese Music on My Music
10:10-10:35: Lotta Wennäkoski: Zeng – the Resonances of the Hungarian Tradition in My Music

10:35–10:50: Break

2. Japan in contemporary music
10:50-11:15: Paola Livorsi: Musicality of Language: A Journey Between Italian and Japanese Cultures of the 16th–19th Centuries
11:15-11:40: Rica Narimoto: A Focus on Traditional Japanese Music and Culture in My Music – A cross-genre viewpoint
11:40-12:05: Ari Romppanen (with piano performance by Sari Blå): Impressions on hanakotoba

 

* LUNCHBREAK*

 

SYMPOSIUM, Part 2, 13:00-15:30
Venue: University of Helsinki Main Building, Hall U4075 (Unioninkatu 34, 4th Floor)

3. Contemporary composition and cultural contexts: Japan–Sámi–Finland
13:00-13:25: Olli Moilanen: Autumn Colored Leaves: A ceremonial composition in Finnish and Japanese
13:25-13:50: Sola Teramoto: Japanese Perspectives of Buddhism and My Composition
13:50-14:15: Jaime Belmonte: Ráidu: A Face-to-face Encounter Between a Sámi yoik Artist and a Western Contemporary Composer

14:15-14:35: Break

4. Traditions, instruments, and theory: From Finland to the Asian mainland
14:35-15:00: Maria Kallionpää: From Kantele to Guzheng: Folklore Tradition and Instruments as Enrichment of Composers’ Toolkit
15:00-15:25: Matti Pakkanen: Silk and Horses: Weaving Pentatonic Inside a Harmonic/Subharmonic Series

Closing words
15:25–15:35: Closing words (Lasse Lehtonen)

 

CONCERT, 16:00–17:00
Venue: Festive Hall of the Language Center (Fabianinkatu 26, 3rd Floor). For the detailed program, see the Concert page.

 

SPEAKERS (in alphabetical order): Jaime Belmonte, Maria Kallionpää, Akira Kobayashi, Lasse Lehtonen, Paola Livorsi, Olli Moilanen, Rica Narimoto, Matti Pakkanen, Ari Romppanen, Sola Teramoto, Susanna Välimäki, Lotta Wennäkoski

(Program subject to change.)