Spring news from the Time of Music
We are delighted to announce that we are this year among those happy arts organisations that were awarded funding from the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
Expanded practices of field recording
In this course, held on 1.-7.6. at Viitasaari Summer Academy, the tutors Claudia Molitor and Anna Koch will give the participants each morning an object, a word, an environment or a thought to feed their imagination. In small groups that will change every day, and alongside tutors, participants will develop responses to these propositions and spend the day following their ideas. In the afternoon gatherings, the processes of the day will be shared in the form of an experience.
Courses 2025
Come get inspired and learn the music of our time! Come get inspired and learn the music of our time! The annual Summer Academy of the Time of Music festival to be arranged this year 1–6th of July offers unique opportunities to study music of our time under the guidance of world-famous tutors in an… Read more »
Olde Skool: Calling all Duos, Pianists and Composers
This course on 1.-6.7.2025 at the Time of Music Festival invites emerging pianists, instrumental duos and composers (born after 1.7 1991) to come together to create new works and talk about music together. Performers should either be solo pianists or an established duo of any instrumental combination. The course will be led in English by Mark Knoop (piano) and Matthew Shlomowitz (composer).
Laboratory of Not-knowing
This course of co-creative processes, “laboratory of not-knowing”,1. – 6.7.2025 is open for composers, musicians, composer-performers, and other artists working with sound / silence / performance. The course language is English. Applicants should be born after 1.7.1990.
Time of Music 2024 Manifesto – Video
Musiikin aika 2024 Julistus – Time of Music 2024 Manifesto. Video by Kim Saarinen Modomo Films Oy
Kerttu Piirto named as the new Executive Director of Time of Music
On January 1, 2025, M.A. Kerttu Piirto will start as Executive Director of the Time of Music festival and its background association, Viitasaari Kesäakatemia ry. Time of Music is one of Finland’s oldest contemporary music festivals, renowned for its international profile and extensive partnerships within the EU’s Creative Europe networks. Kerttu Piirto has previously worked… Read more »
Time of Music 2024 After Movie
Musiikin aika – Time of Music 2024 After Movie by Kim Saarinen Modomo Films Oy
Changes in the personnel of Viitasaari Summer Academy
Executive Director Kristiina Penttinen is moving to new challenges from Viitasaaren Kesäakatemia ry. Her employment ends on September 27. The Viitasaaren Kesäakatemia ry’s (Viitasaari Summer Academy) mission is to promote contemporary music to leave a memory and feed curiosity and vision. The association organizes the Time of Music festival every year. As of September 30,… Read more »
Time of Music charmed its audience with inspiring concerts
The 2024 Time of Music festival offered stunning concerts, many of which challenged the traditional roles of the audience and performers. The week featured several top international contemporary music ensembles and musicians, including IEMA Ensemble, NEKO3, Decoder Ensemble and Hanna Hohti. The festival, organized under the theme Games of Participation, received an enthusiastic response from… Read more »