Marianna Shirinyan takes the stage as the soloist in Galina Ustvolskaya’s Piano Concerto. Eva Ollikainen conducts a programme featuring Naava by the Teosto Award–winning composer Joel Järventausta and Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony.
Joel Järventausta
Naava
Galina Ustvolskaya
Piano Concerto
Interval
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, “Eroica”
Eva Ollikainen is the chief conductor of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and frequently conducts music by contemporary composers, while Marianna Shirinyan is an Armenian-born, Denmark-based pianist who is frequently heard in Finland. Galina Ustvolskaya’s (1919–2006) piano concerto from 1946 bears the influence of her teacher Shostakovich, who was rejected when he proposed to his student.
Joel Järventausta (b. 1995) seeks inspiration for his music in Finnish nature and found it in the forest landscape visible from his studio window. Naava is a barometer of the forest’s clean air and a light-filtering lichen that comes to life in shifting orchestral textures of Järventausta’s work. Two sharp forte strokes set in motion an unwavering momentum in Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, clearing away both musical and imperial obstacles in its path.
This concert is for you if you enjoy both the small and the big.
Tapiola Hall, Espoo Cultural Centre
Kulttuuriaukio 2
02100 Espoo
Tickets 10–35 € + order fees (starting at €1.50 + 0.65% of the total amount of the order www.lippu.fi)
Concert introduction from 6.10 pm to 6.30 pm in the foyer before the concert.
