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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.

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 »

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 »

Time of Music begins tomorrow

IEMA Ensemble, NEKO3, Laura Bowler, Hanna Hohti, and other top artists invite you to enjoy the best contemporary music of our time in Viitasaari, Finland, from July 2nd to 7th. Under the theme Games of Participation, the festival offers unique concerts, many of which include theatricality and other performing arts. Now it’s time to head… Read more »