Time of Music festival will host several discussion sessions that delve deeper into the backgrounds of the works heard during the week and shed new light on their creators. All discussion events are free.
Didi vs The World Discussion
Wed 1st July – Theatre
About at 8 p.m. (after the 7 p.m. concert)
Didi vs. Maailma -teoksen työryhmä avaa teosta ja sen aiheita paneelikeskustelussa konsertin jälkeen. Paneelissa ovat mukana sopraano Annika Fuhrmann, kitaristi Jukka Kääriäinen, ohjaaja-kuvaaja Eetu Lipponen sekä Musiikin ajan taiteellinen johtaja Johan Tallgren. Keskusteluun vapaa pääsy.
The Creative team of Didi vs. World will open up about the work and its themes in a panel discussion after the concert. The panel will include soprano Annika Fuhrmann, guitarist Jukka Kääriäinen, director-cinematographer Eetu Lipponen, and Time of Music’s Artistic Director Johan Tallgren.
Lecture: Composing Situations – Thanasis Deligiannis
Thu 2nd July – City Hall
4:30–6.00 p.m.
Artist and composer Thanasis Deligiannis will give an open lecture on ”Composing Situations – A Transdisciplinary Artistic Practice”.
Starting from a background in composition Thanasis Deligiannis shares a practice that moves between sound, performance, installation, artistic research, and spatial thinking. Through recent works presented at the Venice Biennale and the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam, he explores how compositional thinking can extend across disciplines to shape environments, relationships, and experiences. Combining video excerpts and reflections on process, Deligiannis will offer an insight into his creative process, informed by long-term research, evolving collaborations, the design of working conditions, and attentive observation. The lecture is in English.
Discussion about Claire Chase’s Density 2036 project and Annea Lockwood’s music
Fri 3rd July – Theatre
About at 7:15 p.m. (after the 4:30 p.m. concert)
After the Sonic Rituals Concert, Claire Chase and composer Annea Lockwood will discuss Chase’s commissioning project Density 2036 and Lockwood’s music with Time of Music’s Artistic Director Johan Tallgren.
Welcome to Viitasaari for the most enchanting concerts and discussions of the summer, together with Finnish and international festival guests, from 3th June – to 5th July 2026!