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The premiere of Jüri Rienvere’s orchestral work in Finland


Sofi Oksanen




Jüri Reinvere

 
Already some days after the premiere of Purge in Helsinki, Jüri Reinvere will have another first performance in Finland. At the concert “Sofi Oksanen – music of her time”, Jyväskylä Sinfonia and Kuopio Symphony Orchestra will perform program put together by writer herself that introduces music written during the lifetime of Oksanen: Kaija Saariaho’s Laterna Magica, Lotta Wennäkoski’s Sakara, Maija Kaunismaa’s Music to Sofi Oksanen's texts (arranged by Marzi Nyman) and premiere of Jüri Reinvere’s Norilsk, the Daffodils where the text parts will be read by Hanna Liinojala on the phonogram. Between the music, Oksanen and conductor Atso Almila will discuss how the music is related with writing and how music has influenced Oksanen’s work.

Concerts will take place on April 25 at 7 pm in Jyväskylä City Theatre and April 26 at 7 pm in Kuopio Music Centre.

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Jyväskylä Sinfonia
Kuopio Symphony Orchestra

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