Helsinki

Jarkko Hartikainen: 20 and a half years of music for violin and guitar

Jarkko Hartikainen: 20 and a half years of music for violin and guitar

Apr

21

Tue

02:34 – 02:34

9–11°C

clear sky

21.04.2026 19.00

Orest Smovzh and Mark Reid Bulatović will present a portrait concert featuring complete music for violin and guitar by Finnish composer Jarkko Hartikainen, completed over the last two decades. Together with the works of Ørjan Matre and Knut Vaage, the concert will explore the shapes and frictions of resonance while also providing a lot of space.

Supported by The Society of Finnish Composers, through the Composition Concert Grant.

Featuring as part of Kitara Nova’s spring 26′ programme.

Program:

Jarkko Hartikainen. En Garde!, violin and guitar (2005)

Jarkko Hartikainen. Embodied, violin solo (2018)

Jarkko Hartikainen. Alone, guitar solo (2007)

Ørjan Matre. Chaconne, violin and guitar (2010)

Jarkko Hartikainen. Nano2, violin solo (2008)

Jarkko Hartikainen. Tardigrade, guitar solo (2016)

Jarkko Hartikainen. New Work, violin solo (2026)

Knut Vaage. A Small Devil Tries to Make Order Out of The Air, violin and guitar (1999)

Orest Smovzh, violin

Mark Reid Bulatović, guitar

Free entry, donations are welcome

Tue 21 Apr 2026 Closed today

9–11°C

clear sky

Address:
Vilhonvuorenkuja 15-16,
00500 Helsinki