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Year: 2023

London Sinfonietta opens Time of Music

One of the world’s leading contemporary music groups London Sinfonietta brings to Viitasaari Hans Werner Henze’s masterpiece Voices to be heard for the first time in Finland. The large song cycle will be performed as a set of two concerts on 4th-5th of July. The theme of the Time of Music festival 2023, “Voices &… Read more »

John Cage: Song Books, with Joan La Barbara, stage / music director

Course Description John Cage: Song Books is a performance-based course  for singers, instrumentalists, actors, composers, and those working with electronics. Song Books (composed in 1970) is a large-scale theater-work consisting of 90 “Solos” which is put together by the performers who choose which Solos they will perform and map them over an agreed-upon duration timeline.The… Read more »

Composition course, taught by Liza Lim

Composition Course The composer course consists of public lectures and private  student lessons. It is possible to apply for the course with an option to compose a new piece for a chamber ensemble formation  (available ensembles will be Quatuor Bozzini ,Riot Ensemble  and Norbotten Neo, 2-8 musicians) which will be premiered during the last days… Read more »

Courses 2023

Time of Music Festival and Summer Academy 2023 will take place on 4-9 of July 2023. Time of Music Summer Academy offers unique opportunities to study contemporary music with the world’s first and foremost composers, pedagogues and musicians in an inspiring environment with colleagues from all around the world. Application to the courses is now… Read more »