Friday 8th July 10 pm
Viitasaari Arena
Tickets 25/18€
Ulysses Percussion Ensemble performs new percussion works with premieres by Mioko Yokoyama and James A.-McEwan, along with a modern percussion classic by Iannis Xenakis, who is celebrating his 100th anniversary.
Ulysses Percussion Ensemble
Rémi Schwartz (Percussions de Strasbourg)
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Malika Kishino: Sange
Per Nørgård: Square and Round
Iannis Xenakis: Metaux (Pléiades)
Mioko Yokoyama: Talking Metals, Talking Drums (Finnish premiere)*
James A.-McEwan: a/mi(d)st a/noise_and, -[d]is_interference/// (world premiere)*
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The Finnish Broadcasting Company broadcasts the concert.
* Commissioned by Time of Music, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, and Warsaw Autumn, with support by Ulysses Network, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.