22 29 MARCH – 4 APRIL 2012 WHERE TO GO TIMES COMPILED BY ANNA-MAIJA LAPPI

Fri 30 March- Sun 1 April Aki Suzuki Spirits: Giselle Noh-theatre interpretation of the ballet classic. Stoa Turunlinnantie 1 Tickets €15-18 Beautiful oddity www.stoa.fi

Nika Roza Danilova, one of the most remarkable new American artists and better known Sat 31 March & Sun 1 April by her stage name Zola Jesus (USA), is visiting for the first time. On Sunday 1 April, The Spring Recital of the FNO Tavastia will fill with the fascinating voice and appearance of this young “rara avis”, whose Ballet School music is a strange blend of electro, , art pop and classical music. Alexander Theatre Raised in the forested hinterlands of by Russian-American parents, Danilova Albertinkatu 32 Tickets €8/15 started her musical journey at an early age. She started buying voice lesson tapes and op- www.opera.fi era sheet music at the age of seven, and soon, after imploring her parents, began working with a vocal coach. As a teenager, Danilova was studying opera and classical music and Sat 31 March & Sun 1 April being inspired by alternative artists such as Diamanda Galás, and Joy Liisu Risu: Huono (Fail) Dance piece based on The Piano Division at the same time. Teacher (1983), Elfriede Jelinek’s In 2009, Danilova released her homemade debut The Spoils. The next year, her incisive novel portraying sexuality, second full-length album Stridulum II received a positive review in the music magazine sadism, power and a twisted moth- NME, which praised Danilova´s classically trained voice as “the deadliest weapon in her er-daughter relationship. arsenal” and called the album a “dark masterpiece”. Her accomplished third album, Cona- Zodiak Cable Factory tus (2011), is a beautiful, dramatic struggle between dark and light, hope and despair. Tallberginkatu 1 B Tickets €12/20 Sun 1 April www.zodiak.fi Tavastia Sat 31 March-Wed 4 April Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Tanssiteatteri ERI: Passio Tickets €20/22 Dance piece depicting the suffer- www.tavastiaklubi.fi Nika Roza Danilova aka Zola Jesus. ing of Christ. Stoa Turunlinnantie 1 Tickets €12/20 www.stoa.fi MUSIC Thu 29 March Fri 30 March Sat 31 March Sat 31 March & Sun 1 April HPO: Meta4 Seminaarinmäen Mieslaulajat Cunninlynguists (USA), Tonedeff Chisu One of the most internationally Energetic male choir. (USA) Brilliant Finnish pop. EXHIBITIONS Thu 29 March successful Finnish string quartets. Korjaamo Culture Factory Hip hop. Savoy Theatre Pete Doherty (UK) , 19:00 Töölönkatu 51 B Kuudes Linja Kasarmikatu 46-48 Acclaimed British rock musician. Concert Hall Tickets €23/25 Hämeentie 13 Tickets €28 Until Sun 22 April Korjaamo Culture Factory Mannerheimintie 13 www.korjaamo.fi Tickets €25 www.savoyteatteri.fi Lauri Laine: Paintings of Light Töölönkatu 51 B Tickets €6-25 www.kuudeslinja.com and Space Tickets €32/35 www.musiikkitalo.fi Fri 30 March Tue 3 April The retrospective exhibition pre- www.korjaamo.fi Harmaja Sat 31 March Alejandro Vela (MEX): Piano con- sents Laine’s paintings from the Fri 30 March Lyrics and melodies influenced by The Zombies (UK) cert, Etude Fantasies mid-1980s to the present. Thu 29 March DDT (RUS) Finnish folk traditions. Psychedelic rock. A Mexican pianist of internation- Kunsthalle Helsinki Church of Misery (JPN) Russian rock. Virgin Oil CO. Korjaamo Culture Factory al stature. Nervanderinkatu 3 Doom metal with gloomy lyrics. The Circus, Salomonkatu 1-3 Kaivopiha Töölönkatu 51 B Sibelius Academy, 19:00 Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Kuudes Linja, Hämeentie 13 Tickets €40-55 Mannerheimintie 5 Tickets €26/29 Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 9 Wed 11:00-20:00 Tickets €17/20 www.thecircus.fi Tickets €8 www.korjaamo.fi Free entry Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 www.kuudeslinja.com www.virginoil.fi Tickets €0/5.50/8 Fri 30 March Sat 31 March Wed 4 April www.taidehalli.fi Thu 29 March Kuullos Orchestra & Joakim Fri 30 March Poets of the Fall Example (UK) Berghäll Symphonic Metal Night: Am- Rock. British singer and rapper. Until Sun 22 / 29 April Metal. Jazzy moods and saxophones. berian Dawn, Kivimetsän dru- Tavastia HPB12: No Exit -Urban Space / Tavastia Korjaamo Culture Factory idi, Brymir Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Telakkakatu 8 No Exit -Urban Being Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Töölönkatu 51 B Symphonic metal. Tickets €18/20 Tickets €19-29 Helsinki Photography Bienni- Tickets €17/19 Tickets €7-9 Nosturi, Telakkakatu 8 www.tavastiaklubi.fi www.elmu.fi al 2012 offers perspectives on the www.tavastiaklubi.fi www.korjaamo.fi Tickets €12 kind of urban space we construct www.elmu.fi Sat 31 March Wed 4 April for ourselves and the changes that Thu 29 March Fri 30 March White Hills (USA) Den Svenska Björnstammen are taking place in cities across the Rusalka 1974 Tribute to Abba Fri 30 March Space rock. (SWE) world. In addition to cities, focus is Richard Jones’ reading of Dvořak’s Abba classics performed by the Darkroom # 9 Kuudes Linja Pop. also on individual living in a city. best-known opera. 1974 band. Addictive house/techno club. Hämeentie 13 Korjaamo Culture Factory Hakasalmi Villa / Sederholm House Finnish National Opera Savoy Theatre Kuudes Linja, Hämeentie 13 Tickets €15 Töölönkatu 51 B Mannerheimintie 13 / Aleksante- Helsinginkatu 58 Kasarmikatu 46-48 Tickets €6 www.kuudeslinja.com Tickets €8/10 rinkatu 18 Tickets €14-77 Tickets €34 www.kuudeslinja.com www.korjaamo.fi Wed-Sun 11:00-17:00 www.opera.fi www.savoyteatteri.fi Sat 31 March Thu 11:00-19:00 Fri 30 March The New Tigers Wed 4 April Free entry Melrose Pop rock. Stella Classic rock. Bar Loose Pop rock from Eastern Finland. Until Sun 29 April Bar Loose, Annankatu 21 Annankatu 21 Tavastia Carl Larsson: In Search of the Tickets €10/12 Tickets €6/8 Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Good Life www.barloose.com www.barloose.com Tickets €15/17 Exhibition of one of Sweden’s www.tavastiaklubi.fi most beloved artists includes Fri 30 March Sat 31 March over a hundred paintings, and it UMO Rytmi: Stevie Wonder Club Balkan Fever: DJ SUPER- Wed 4 April also presents Carl and Karin Night STEREO (HUN) Iiris (EST) Larsson as designers of furniture Key works of Stevie Wonder inter- Balkan beats. Unique pop. and art handicrafts. preted by Finland´s top soul mu- Le Bonk Music Machine Bar Loose Ateneum sicians. Yrjönkatu 24 Annankatu 21 Kaivokatu 2 Vuotalo Tickets €8 Tickets €6/8 Tue-Fri 10:00-18:00 Mosaiikkitori 2 www.lebonk.fi www.barloose.com Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00 Tickets €14/16 Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 www.vuotalo.fi Sat 31 March Wed 4 April Tickets €0/10/12 Progressive Music Evening Rödsögården www.ateneum.fi Fri 30 March Esa Kotilainen, Strandberg Project Rock. Club Indian Summer and Paidarion. Semifinal New indie disco club night. Sello Hall Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 OTHERS Bassment Soittoniekanaukio 1 Tickets €5/6 Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21 () www.semifinal.fi Tickets €6 Tickets €15 Thu 29 March-Sun 1 April www.bassment.fi www.espoo.fi Artichoke Film Festival THEATRE & DANCE Festival focusing on women on screen as directors, filmmakers and actresses. Thu 29 March Bio Rex/Maxim Susanna Leinonen Company: Mannerheimintie 22-24/Kluuvi- Blinded Mind katu 1 Dance and visual arts performance Tickets €5/8 which combines Leinonen’s charac- www.artisokka.info teristically strong movement lan- guage, impressive costumes and Fri 30 March-Sun 1 April unique music by Kasperi Laine. Helsinki Ink 2012 Espoo Cultural Centre (Louhisali) International tattoo convention. Kaupinkalliontie 10 The Cable Factory Tickets €18/30 Tallberginkatu 1 www.espoo.fi Tickets €15/18/22 www.helsinki-ink.fi Fri 30 & Sat 31 March La Bayadére Sun 1 April One of the masterpieces of 19th- Helsinki Vintage century Russian ballet. Vintage culture “hulabaloo”. Finnish National Opera The Cable Factory Helsinginkatu 58 Tallberginkatu 1 Tickets €14-77 Tickets €8/10 www.opera.fi www.helsinkivintage.fi