HELIjaKEEL
1977
Malle Maltis, Maija Hynninen, Vilja-Tuulia Huotarinen

31 May 2016 at 7 pm Vene Teater, Tallinn

Program:

Malle Maltis:
Kannel Patterns (2013) for kannel: 1. Pattern of Rain, 2. Pattern of Flying Swing, 3. Pattern of Sleep
Small talk (2003) for clarinet, cello, piano, kannel
Colliding waves (2011) for string quartet and electronics
Standing waves (new work) for string quartet and electronics

Maija Hynninen:
…sicut aurora procedit (2015) for violin, electronics and aerialist
Earthship (2015) for chamber ensemble (fl, cl/b.cl, pno, perc., vl, vc) and electronics
Do not cross (2015) for electronics and light installation (based on texts of Vilja-Tuulia Huotarinen)

Vilja-Tuulia Huotarinen:
Texts

Malle Maltis/Maija Hynninen/Vilja-Tuulia Huotarinen:
1977 for electronics (new work)

Performers:

Harry Traksmann (violin), Olga Voronova (violin), Laur Eensalu (viola), Leho Karin (cello), Leonora Palu (flute), Toomas Vavilov (clarinet), Triin Ruubel (violin), Theodor Sink (cello), Kristi Mühling (kannel), Diana Liiv (piano), Petri Piiparinen (percussion, Helsinki), Tammo Sumera (electronics), Kädi Metsoja (aerialist), Vilja-Tuulia Huotarinen (text)

In season 2015-2016 concert series HELIjaKEEL has been presenting new music from Estonia and Finland. The final concert of the season – 1977 – is bringing together music by composers Malle Maltis from Estonia and Maija Hynninen from Finland and poetry by Finnish poet Vilja-Tuulia Huotarinen. The name of the concert program – 1977 – is driven from the fact that all the authors have been born on the year 1977. There is also a new work – 1977 – in the program, inspired by the year 1977, written as a collaboration by three authors. 
The program includes a light installation with electronics Do not cross by Maija Hynninen where texts by Vilja-Tuulia Huotarinen are used;  Earthship for chamber ensemble and electronics and …sicut aurora procedit for violin, electronics and aerialist.
Works by Malle Maltis in the program are Kannel Patterns for solo kannel; Small talk for clarinet, kannel, cello and piano; Colliding waves and premier of Standing waves for string quartet and electronics.

Maija Hynninen, composer, sound artist

Maija Hynninen (b. 1977) incorporates in her work the human voice, live electronics and multidisciplinary performances. She entered the Sibelius Academy in 2003 (M.Mus. 2011) to study with Paavo Heininen while also working for a violin diploma at the Norwegian Academy of Music. She has added to her studies an ERASMUS exchange year in Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart with Oliver Schneller. The studies in electronics continued at IRCAM Cursus 2012–13. She is starting her Ph.D. in electro-acoustic music in Sibelius Academy in 2015 and composition in UC Berkeley in 2016.
Hynninen writes virtuoso parts for the musicians yet captures a sence of lightness of texture. The music is often governed by linear thinking while the harmony gravitates towards quartertones. The textures often combine noise and pitch which result in ambiguity of timbre. Her future works include chamber and orchestral music as well as works for soloist or small ensemble and live electronics.