Tampere Biennale 14.-18.4.2010

The festival begins with artist Lars Holmström’s Hommage à Nordgren -exhibition opening at Tampere Hall’s Winter Garden at 6pm. After the opening ceremonies we move to Small Auditorium to enjoy the magnificent sopranos of Anu and Piia Komsi. The themes of the poems used in the works of Kaija Saariaho, Usko Meriläinen, Tero Väänänen, Masi Tiitta and especially Biennale’s commission composer Heinz-Juhani Hofmann are definitely not easy – suicide, divorce, sex, rape, love, betrayal, grief… Tonight’s composers haven’t certainly been afraid of tackling taboos and the grim side of life. But with the power of music those feelings, even the difficult ones, can turn into positive energy for all of us.

After the concert there’s a free festival transportation to the Planetarium, where Jukka Mikkola takes us to a sound journey into space. The extraordinary and inspiring environment becomes part of the music itself in the Space Odyssey 2010.

Welcome to experience something new!