May Day Concert: May Day avec Piaf
Singer Valérie Gabail performs Édith Piaf’s classic chansons in a May Day concert by the Tapiola Sinfonietta, brimming with Parisian atmosphere.
At the Tapiola Sinfonietta ball at the Old Student House, you can travel through time in style, boisterously, and each in your own way – this is an invitation to dance!

Dimas Ruiz Santos, conductor
Jukka Haapalainen, choreographer
Dennis Nylund, host for the evening
Marianna Jakobsson, singer
Let’s dance!
Parties with dancing, whether formal balls or otherwise, have historically been the context for performing a wide variety of music, besides being social gatherings embodying happiness and desires. Centuries ago, society imposed strict rules on ladies and gentlemen coming together at dances. In the Roaring Twenties, dress hems rose to better accommodate the fashionable dances of the day. This made it more difficult to conceal flasks with strong drink during Prohibition, however. Today, raves are equal-opportunity entertainment all over the world. The Tapiola Sinfonietta is arranging a ball at the Old Student House, an elegant time warp where everyone is free to dance as they wish.
Come dance alone, as a couple, or with a group!
6:00 PM Doors open
7:00 PM Opening remarks and the start of Baroque dances
7:30 PM Waltzes and ballroom dances
8:30 PM Folk music and dancing
8:55 PM Tangos and Latin dances
9:50 PM Disco & Finnish hits
10:30 PM The DJ plays until 11:30 PM
Old Student House
Mannerheimintie 3
00100 Helsinki
Tickets 15–45€ + subscription fees (starting at €1.50 + 0.65% of the total amount of the order www.lippu.fi)
Tickets 15–45€ + subscription fees (starting at €1.50 + 0.65% of the total amount of the order www.lippu.fi)
Singer Valérie Gabail performs Édith Piaf’s classic chansons in a May Day concert by the Tapiola Sinfonietta, brimming with Parisian atmosphere.
Maria Wloszczowska, concertmaster of the European Chamber Orchestra, makes her Tapiola debut.