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For more information: Niilo Tarnanen, niilo.tarnanen@uniarts.fi
Our Time Music Lecture Series
Our Time Music Lecture Series is the Sibelius Academy's own series on composition and music theory, where the most current professionals in the field talk about and discuss their work and pieces. Five public lectures are held in the Music House auditorium on Thursdays from 13:15 to 14:45. The lectures are in English.
The Thursday afternoon series began in the 1960s as a composition seminar, publicly presenting new works and sparking polemical discussion. The name "Our Time Music Lecture Series" became fixed in the 1980s.
Guest speakers have included numerous Finnish and international composers such as Aulis Sallinen, Magnus Lindberg, Kaija Saariaho, Kalevi Aho, Jukka Tiensuu, Olli Mustonen, DJ Orkidea, etc. International guests have included Krzysztof Penderecki (who came to collect a Sibelius award), American minimalists John Adams and Steve Reich, Chaya Czernowin, Per Nørgård, Louis Andriessen, Mark Andre, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Phill Niblock, Brett Dean, Sunleif Rasmussen and Tom Johnson.
Many other contemporary music and art professionals, musicians, writers, visual artists, directors, and choreographers have also spoken about their work. Notable guests include writer Veijo Meri, neurologist Matti Bergström, violinist Pekka Kuusisto and Japanese aesthetics docent Minna Eväsoja.
Over the years the series has been hosted by professors such as Einojuhani Rautavaara and Paavo Heininen, lecturers Tapani Länsiö, Juhani Nuorvala and Riikka Talvitie, and composer Matthew Whittall. Currently the series is organized by composer and music theory art teacher Niilo Tarnanen.
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