Espoo Museum of Modern Art
PianoEspoo | Pulses Across the Museum
PianoEspoo once again spreads throughout EMMA – this time with the energy of a piano duo, synthesizers, a toy piano, and the fearless musicians of Avanti! Alongside soprano Meeri Pulakka and pianists Joonas Ahonen, Emil Holmström, Lambis Pavlou, and Mirka Viitala, the programme features works by Enno Poppe, Bernhard Lang, John Cage, and others. The evening culminates in a performance of Brigitta Muntendorf’s monumental Trilogie für zwei Flügel. In addition to the musicians, sound will also be produced by Yamaha’s self-playing Disklavier, featured in the installation Imaginary Bodies and Computer Visions (allegory of the cave) by Jouni Hirvelä and Tuomo Rainio.
The installation can be experienced from 3 to 4.30 pm and the live music starts at 4.30 pm. See the full programme below!
Note! The events take place in different spaces throughout the museum and the audience may move freely during performances. Please arrive before 7 pm if you wish to hear the final performance of the evening.
Free entry! EMMA offers free admission to all visitors on every Friday after 3 pm.
Performers
Avanti!
Jaime Estévez Moreira, saxophone
Petri Kumela, electric guitar
Markus Ketola & Fabian Paul, percussion
Emil Holmström, keyboards
Anders Pohjola, electronics
Joonas Ahonen, piano
Lambis Pavlou, piano
Meeri Pulakka, soprano
Mirka Viitala, piano
Programme
16.30 Raphaël Languillat: flagellatio ii (torso) (Aitio)
Joonas Ahonen, piano
17.00 Riikka Talvitie: Imitation III, for toy piano and bass drum (Arte Povera – A New Chapter)
Mirka Viitala, toy piano
17.15 Jouni Hirvelä: Music for Four Hands – World premiere (Aitio)
Emil Holmström & Lambis Pavlou, piano
17.45 Jashiin: Acacia Variations for toy piano and whistling (Arte Povera – A New Chapter)
Lambis Pavlou, toy piano
18.00 Enno Poppe: Fleish (Saastamoinen Foundation Collection Exhibition)
Jaime Estévez Moreira, saxophone; Petri Kumela, electric guitar; Markus Ketola, percussion; Emil Holmström, keyboards
18.15 Bernhard Lang: DW 16 Songbook 1.4. (Saastamoinen Foundation Collection Exhibition)
Meeri Pulakka, soprano; Jaime Estévez Moreira, saxophone; Petri Kumela, electric guitar; Markus Ketola, percussion; Emil Holmström, keyboards
18.55 John Cage: Work for Toy Piano (Arte Povera – A New Chapter)
Joonas Ahonen, toy piano
19.00 Brigitta Muntendorf: Trilogie für Zwei Flügel (Aitio)
Lambis Pavlou, piano; Mirka Viitala, piano; Anders Pohjola, electronics