Exhibition | 5–11 July
Claudia Molitor: Listen to my World
Viitasaari Bus Station | Free entry
This project is part of the Sounds Now project, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, and co-commissioned by Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Wilde Westen, SPOR festival, Time of Music, Transit, and Onassis Stegi. With additional funding by Kone Foundation.
Exhibition | 5–29 July
Time of Music 40 years
Viitasaari Library | Free entry
Open Mon, Wed, Thu 12–6pm, Tue, Fri 12–4pm
Opening hours during weekends will be announced separately
This project has been funded by Keski-Suomen Liitto.
Other programme
Time of Music festival seminar (in Finnish)
This project has been funded by the City of Viitasaari.
Concerts
Tuesday 5th July | 7 pm
Venture Capital Punishment
Viitasaari Arena | Tickets 30/22€
Talea Ensemble
James Baker, conductor
Mark Applebaum: Venture Capital Punishment – Pre-Apocalyptic Etudes (a.k.a Rites of a Moribund Tribe) (world premiere)
Mark Applebaum’s Venture Capital Punishment was commissioned by the Talea Ensemble with support from a grant from New Music USA. The engagement is also supported by Mid Atlantic Arts through USArtists International in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Mellon Foundation. With additional funding by Kone Foundation, The Ernst Von Siemens Foundation, and Svenska Literatursällskapet.
Wednesday 6th July | 5 pm
Eupepsia Dyspepsia
Theatre | Tickets 25/18€
ICTUS
Anna Mendelssohn, narrator, projections
Eva Reiter, viola da gamba, recorder, additional instruments
Tom Pauwels, electric guitar, additional instruments
Gerrit Nulens, percussion, additional instruments
Alexandre Fostier, sound, light
Eva Reiter & Karin Harrasser: Eupepsia Dyspepsia – An Archive of Appropriations
Eva Reiter: Una boca para Don Januario Soriocó
Anonymus: Hanacpachap cussicuinin
Angelica Castello: Tarantella from Tres Texturas Arácnidas
Fredy Vallejos: Tres minicaturas
Marin Marais: Prélude a-moll
Angelica Castello: Pavana Onirica from Tres Texturas Arácnidas
Eva Reiter: Er tötet den Strauß mit einer Nadel
Robin Hoffmann: Birkhahn Studie
Eva Reiter: My iron-spurred lady
Angelica Castello: Canarie de Mercado from Tres Texturas Arácnidas
Jorge Sánchez-Chiong: NoPasaCalle – Primer Viaje
Diego Ortiz: Recercada segunda
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This event is part of the Sounds Now project, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, with co-commission and co-production by following partners: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Onassis Stegi, SPOR festival, Time of Music, Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival, and Wilde Westen.
Wednesday 6th July | 7 pm
Femenine
Viitasaari Church | Tickets 30/22€
Talea Ensemble
Julius Eastman: Femenine
This project has been funded by Kone Foundation and The Ernst von Siemens Foundation.
Thursday 7th July | 4.30 pm
Constant Interchange of the Most Various Kinds
Theatre | Tickets 25/18€
ICTUS
Eva Reiter, paetzold and viola da gamba*
Tom Pauwels, electric guitar
Gerrit Nulens, percussion
Andrea Mancianti, live-electronics
Alexandre Fostier, sound
Fausto Romitelli: Seascape*
Andrea Mancianti & Tom De Cock: Set I
Eva Reiter: Improvisation with pitch pipes
Bryn Harrison: Return
Andrea Mancianti & Tom De Cock: Set II
James Saunders: constant interchange of the most various kinds
Thursday 7th July | 7 pm
”Democracy Is an Illusion”
Viitasaari Arena | Tickets 25/18€
International Ensemble Modern Academy
James Baker, conductor
Quentin Nivromont, IRCAM electronics
Sebastian Hilli & Jenny Jokela: Hibernation (Finnish premiere)*
Tania Leon: Indigene
Samir Odeh-Tamimi: Ahinnu II
Philip Venables: Illusions
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* Commissioned by Time of Music, IRCAM, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, and International Ensemble Modern Academy, with support by Ulysses Network, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.
This concert has been funded by Kone Foundation, MES, Suomen säveltäjät ry, Svenska literatursällskapet i Finland, and Opetushallitus.
Thursday 7th July | 10 pm
Afraid of Nothing
Viitasaari Church | Tickets 18/13€
Jennifer Torrence, percussions
Yvette Janine Jackson: Deliberate (Afraid of Nothing)
Mark Applebaum: Aphasia
Celeste Oram: _ . . / . _ _ / . / . _ . . / . _ . . /
Trond Reinholdtsen: Solo from Institute for Post-Human Performance Practice
This concert has been funded by Nordic Culture Point.
Friday 8th July | 4.30 pm
Answer Machine Tape, 1987
Theatre | Tickets 18/13€
Zubin Kanga, piano
Philip Venables: Answer Machine Tape, 1987 (world premiere)
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Answer Machine Tape, 1987 was commissioned by Zubin Kanga with the support of a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship and Royal Holloway, University of London; Time of Music (Finland), November Music (Netherlands), and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK) with the support of Sounds Now project, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union; and Festival d’Automne à Paris (France). With additional funding by Kone Foundation, Svenska literatursällskapet i Finland, and Opetushallitus.
Friday 8th July | 7 pm
Sound Theatre
Viitasaari Church | Tickets 30/22€
Quartetto Maurice*
Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
Luigi Nono: Fragmente – Stille, An Diotima for string quartet*
Chaya Czernowin: Immaterial
This concert has received funding from The Ernst von Siemens Foundation.
Friday 8th July | 10 pm
Metals & Drums
Viitasaari Arena | Tickets 25/18€
Ulysses Percussion Ensemble
Rémi Schwartz (Percussions de Strasbourg)
Iannis Xenakis: Metaux (Pléiades)
James Alexandropoulos-McEwan: a/mi(d)st a/noise_and, -[d]is_interference/// (world premiere)*
Mioko Yokoyama: Talking Metals, Talking Drums (Finnish premiere)*
Per Nørgård: Square and Round
Malika Kishino: Sange
The Finnish Broadcasting Company broadcasts the concert.
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* 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.
This concert has been funded by Kone Foundation, MES, Suomen säveltäjät ry, and Opetushallitus.
Saturday 9th July | 2 pm
The Present Artist and the Absent Composer
Theatre | Tickets 25/18€
Andreas Borregaard, accordion*
Zubin Kanga, piano
Marcela Lucatelli: Drift*
Claudia Molitor: You touched the twinkle on the helix of my ear
Per Nørgård: Anatomic Safari*
Nicole Lizee: Scorsese Etudes
Alexander Schubert: WIKI-PIANO.NET
Zubin Kanga’s performance is supported by a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship. This concert has been funded by Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Nordic Culture Point, and Suomalais-tanskalainen kulttuurirahasto.
Saturday 9th July | 4.30 pm
Voice Affairs I
Viitasaari Arena | Tickets 25/18€
Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
Youmna Saba: I covered the planet with a dried leaf
Dániel Péter Biró: Asher Hotseti Etkhem*
Cynthia Zaven: Madrigal d’Essilio
Raed Yassin: A Short Biography of a Snake
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Part of the Sounds Now project, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. With additional funding by Ernst von Siemens Foundation and Opetushallitus.
Saturday 9th July | 7 pm
Shadows for the Future
Viitasaari Church | Tickets 25/18€
Quartetto Maurice
Fausto Romitelli: Natura morta con fiamme
Minna Leinonen: Three Point Eight (world premiere, commissioned by Time of Music)
Claudio Panariello: On the possibility of cultivating shadows
Mauro Lanza: The 1987 Max Headroom Broadcast Incident
The Finnish Broadcasting Company broadcasts the concert. This concert has been funded by MES and Suomen säveltäjät ry.
Saturday 9th July | 10 pm
Voice Affairs II
Viitasaari Areena | Tickets 18/13€
Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
Samir Odeh-Tamimi: Jarich
Youmna Saba: Soolo oudille, äänelle ja elektroniikalle
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Part of the Sounds Now project, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. With additional funding by Ernst von Siemens Foundation and Opetushallitus.
Sunday 10th July | 2 pm
Curating Diversity course outcomes
Viitasaari City Hall | Free entrance
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Part of the Sounds Now project, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. With additional funding by Kone Foundation, Goethe-Institut Finnland, Nordisk Culturfond, Islantilais-suomalainen kulttuurirahasto, MES, and Opetushallitus.
Sunday 10th July | 5 pm
Composer course final concert
Parish Hall | Free entrance
Schallfeld Ensemble
International Ensemble Modern Academy
Tímea Hvozdíková
Li He
Mathias Schmidhammer
Zhuosheng Jin
Matteo Gualandi
Þorkell Nordal
Jinwook Jung
(premieres)
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Part of the Ulysses project, co-funded by Creative Europe programme of the European Union. With additional funding by Alfred Kordelin Foundation, MES, Suomen säveltäjät ry, Svenska literatursällskapet i Finland, and Opetushallitus.
Sunday 10th July | 8 pm
Mothertongue
Viitasaari Church | Tickets 30/22€
KammarensembleN
Christian Karlsen, conductor
Isabel Pfefferkorn, mezzosoprano
Charles Uzor, tape
Andreas Borregaard, accordion*
Philip Venables: My favourite piece is the Goldberg Variations*
Charles Uzor: Mothertongue
This concert has been funded by Nordic Culture Point, Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Suomalais-ruotsalainenkulttuurirahasto, and Suomalais-tanskalainen kulttuurirahasto.
Monday 11th July | 2 pm
Composed theatre collaboratory course final concert & outcomes
Theatre / School Area | Free entrance
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Part of the Ulysses project, co-funded by Creative Europe programme of the European Union. With additional funding by Kone Foundation, Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Suomen säveltäjä ry, MES, Svenska literatursällskapet i Finland, and Opetushallitus.
Monday 11th July | 5 pm
Composer and accordion course, final concert
Parish Hall | Free entrance
Quartetto Maurice
Davide Wang
Robert Ruohola
(premieres)
The rest of the programme will be published later.
This project has been funded by Nordic Culture Point, Alfred Kordelin Foundation, MES, Suomalais-tanskalainen kulttuurirahasto, and Suomen säveltäjät ry.
Monday 11th July | 8 pm
The System of Nature
Viitasaari Arena | Tickets 30/22€
Schallfeld Ensemble
Mauro Lanza & Andrea Valle: Systema naturæ
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Part of the Ulysses project, co-funded by Creative Europe programme of the European Union. With additional funding by Opetushallitus.
The lower price is for students, retirees and members of Viitasaaren Kesäakatemia association.
Venues
Viitasaari Areena, Urheilutie 9
Church, Kirkkotie 9
Theatre, Koulukuja 8
Parish Hall, Pappilantie 6
School Centre, Koulukuja 2
City Hall, Keskitie 10
Music School, Koulukuja 8
Festival office during the festival: Digikeskus / Lennätin, Keskitie 4
The program will supplement and changes are possible.