21.02-09.03.2025
Opening/Avajaiset: 20.02.2025 at 18:00-21:00

The third Microtonal Music Studios Research and Study program exhibition and event week explores the practices of participating student practices. As well as an installation the week contains discussions, concerts, and performances from all participants. This year the focus is on performances and installations, with instlallations by Tomás Cabado, Mohammed Louanjli, and Haiyun Yu

Participating artists:
Angus Barnacle, Devina Boughton, Mark Reid Bulatović, Tomás Cabado, Eugenie Chao, Mohamed Louanjli, Thokozani Mhlambi, Haiyun Yu.

Microtonal Music Studios is a project directed by Dr. Timo Tuhkanen

Visiting artists for the performances are:
Sebastian Brenner, Sampo Harju, Lauri Hyvärinen, Joonas Jääskeläinen, Lassi Kari, Hamidreza Keshvarpajuh, Kukka Lukkarinen, Alli Mankkinen, Gon Muruaga, Livia Schweizer, Linda Svacinova, Xie Yuchi.

Program:

20.02 Thursday
Opening from 18.00 -21.00
Collective and Open Performance

21.02 Friday – Double bill
Concert 18.00–20.00
Tomás Cabado: solo
Kalasatana (Robert Prakapovich and Hamidreza Keshvarpajuh): Improvisation

22.02. Saturday
Event 18.00–21.00
Devina Boughton: Läsnäolo/Presence
Mark Reid Bulatović, Devina Boughton, Haiyun Yu, pieces:
Michael Winter Ostinato and Interrupt
Mark Reid Bulatović the answer is in the question (after L.Polansky) [premier]
Larry Polansky Song and Toods

23.02. Sunday
Event 18.00–20.00 – Poetry-Concert
Haiyun Yu: Sound of the Waves
Working on the arrangement and adaptation of Jiang Kui’s ritual poetry-song collection “Nine Songs of Yue” on modern instruments, Haiyun will perform the poetry-concert on an adapted 12- string guitar.

26.02. Wednesday
Concert 18.00–20.00 – Micro-plucking-tonal: Exploring microtonality through massed plucked instruments and polyphonies. Pieces:
Tomás Cabado Basel Species
Picforth In Nomine
Domantas Balsas new work [premier]
Performers: Linda Svacinova, Xie Yuchi, Kukka Lukkarinen, Mark Reid Bulatović, Sampo Harju, Joonas Jääskeläinen, others

27.02. Thursday
Event 18.00–19.30 – Lecture-Performance
Sebastian Dumitrescu: Arrhythmia
At the moment I am working on Arrhythmia, a 31-tone piece for Fokker organ (or Lumatone keyboard) and interactive live electronics, where I am attempting to move to the next level of understanding of the harmonic syntax that I am researching in my doctoral studies: the computer, knowing in real time (through MIDI) which notes the live performer is playing, follows a dictionary of rules in order to produce notes that follow local models of the aforementioned harmonic syntax. The live performer reacts to what the computer is playing, and is in charge of the higher-level expression and form, producing a half-deterministic, statistical approach, a strings-attached system of harmony, a bunch of storytelling microtonal progressions. The composition of Arrhythmia has been supported by a grant from MES.

28.02. Friday
Concert 18.00 – 20.00
Lassi Kari, microtonal contrabass, featuring compositions and improvisation in 22EDO
Pieces by Angus Barnacle, Devina Boughton, and Timo Tuhkanen

01.03. Saturday
Concert 18.00 – 20.00
Microtonal Trio in Just Intonation, Sebastian Brenner (clarinet), Alli Mankkinen (cello), Livia Schweizer (flute), featuring compositions in Just Intonation by various composers.

05.03. Wednesday
Concert 18.00 – 20.00
Microtonal Electric Guitar Quartet, Mark Reid Bulatović, Lauri Hyvärinen, Gon Muruaga, Timo Tuhkanen

07.03. Friday
Event 18.00–20.00 Lecture-Performance
Dr Thokozani Mhlambi, “Retrieving Microtonal Inflections in the Zulu Music of South-Africa”.

08.03. Saturday
Event 18.00–19.30 – Lecture-Performance
Timo Viialainen: Electroacoustic hurdy gurdy: playing and modifying the instrument