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Portrait of the Artist As a Child 18 3 – 9 JANUARY 2013 WHERE TO GO HELSINKI TIMES COMPILED BY ANNA-MAIJA LAPPI Until Sun 13 January Home Multifaceted kaleidoscopic overview of the home as a physical KNOTAN space and state of mind. Design Museum Korkeavuorenkatu 231G Different shades of pop Tue 11:00-20:00 Wed-Sun 11:00-18:00 Club Virgin Oil CO. will be the place for two interesting gigs on Friday 4 January. Tickets €0/3/8 On the same evening, the stage will be taken by the internationally acclaimed fe- www.designmuseum.fi male pop musician Manna, and the Helsinki-based electro pop duo Zebra and Snake. Until Sun 13 January A Romantic View – The Born in Paris to Algerian-Finnish parents, Mariam “Manna” Jäntti is an en- Rademakers Collection chanting singer-songwriter whose music is a unique blend of both powerful and Paintings from the Romantic Era; delicate musical elements and expression, mixing influences that pass decades. portraits, still-lifes, genre paintings Manna’s music has garnered positive attention both in Finland and abroad. Her and landscapes depicting the second album, Songs of Hope and Desire, released in 2009 received positive crit- countryside and sea as well as towns. ics among the British pop media, such as Classic Rock Magazine, Sunday Times Sinebrychoff Art Museum Culture and MTV UK. The most recent album Shackles (2011) was recorded with Bulevardi 401G acclaimed producer Alain Johannes. Last autumn Manna toured with the brilliant Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00 Kerkko Koskinen Kollektiivi. Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00 Zebra and Snake is a duo formed by childhood friends Tapio Viitasaari and Mat- Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Tickets €0/8/10 ti Ahopelto, having released their debut album Healing Music in spring 2012. www.sinebrychoffintaidemuseo.fi Drummer Alpo Nummelin joins the band on live gigs. Together they generate an ecstatic electronic sound with influences from 80s’ synth pop and modern stadi- Until Sun 13 January um-filler sing-alongs. The band is managed by the Berlin-based Kaiku studio and Light Therapy – Järvi & Ruoho Experiential spatial work created the band’s next album is expected to see the daylight in autumn 2013. with giant-sized white balloons lit from inside with LED’s. Fri 4 January Mannerheimintie 5 Design Museum Korkeavuorenkatu 231G Pop. Tickets €10 Tue 11:00-20:00 Virgin Oil CO. www.virginoil.fi Parisian singer-songwriter Manna Jäntti plays Virgin Oil CO this Friday. Wed-Sun 11:00-18:00 Tickets €0/3/8 www.designmuseum.fi Until Sun 20 January Fri 4 January Sat 5 January without their inhabitants. MUSIC Wed 9 January Nanna Susi: Underneath the Eyes Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in Photographic Gallery Hippolyte Heatsick David Myhr Expressive human figures and por- Berlin-based experimental electro. maschera Yrjönkatu 8-10 The living Beatles jukebox. traits with a touch of mystics. Adams Up-to-date version Helsinki Fri 4 January Malmitalo Helsinki Art Museum Tennis Palace Erottajankatu 15-17 of Verdi’s opera. Tue-Fri 12:00-17:00 Pää Kii Ala-Malmin tori 1 Salomonkatu 151G Tickets €8 Finnish National Opera Sat-Sun 12:00-16:00 Punk rock. Tickets €12 Tue-Sun 11:00-19:00 www.ravintolaadams.fi Helsinginkatu 58 Free entry Tavastia www.malmitalo.fi Tickets €0/8/10 Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Helsinki www.hippolyte.fi Sat 5 January Tickets €14-84 Helsinki Wed 9 January Until Sun 27 January Barefoot Brothers www.opera.fi Until Sun 6 January Tickets €10/12 Helsinki Philharmonic No smoke, no dirt, no work Folk rock. Artists 2012 www.tavastiaklubi.fi Orchestra: Wagner I Lithographic posters from Great Bar Loose Sat 5 & Sun 6 January The annual exhibition of the Artists’ HPO plays Wagner and Schubert. Britain 1890–1940. Annankatu 21 Strauss Concert Association of Finland. Fri 4 January Helsinki Music Centre EMMA – Espoo Museum of Helsinki Strauss’ waltzes, polkas and Kunsthalle Manna, Zebra & Snake Mannerheimintie 13 Modern Art Tickets €7/9 mazurkas performed by The Nervanderinkatu 3 Pop. Tickets €6-25 Ahertajantie 51G www.barloose.com Sibelius-Academy Symphony Helsinki Virgin Oil CO. www.musiikkitalo.fi Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Orchestra. Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Mannerheimintie 5 Wed 11:00-20:00 Finlandia Hall Wed 11:00-20:00 Helsinki Sat 5 January Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Mannerheimintie 13 Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Tickets €10 4Order THEATRE & DANCE Tickets €0/8/10. Metal. Helsinki Tickets €0/5.50/8 www.virginoil.fi www.emma.museum Semifinal Tickets €25-290 www.taidehalli.fi Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 www.finlandiatalo.fi Fri 4 January Thu 3 January Until Mon 28 January Tickets €6/7 Until Sun 6 January Joose Keskitalo & Kolmas The Snow Queen Fanny Churberg: Like No Other www.semifinal.fi Sun 6 January Picturing Death Maailmanpalo Kenneth Greve’s ballet for the Woman Before Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra The exhibition asks whether photo- Interesting singer-songwriter. whole family is based on the tale by One of the foremost Finnish Music from the Finnish silver graphs have a role to play in our en- Kuudes Linja Sat 5 January H.C. Andersen from 1845. Finnish landscape painters. screen. counter with death. Hämeentie 13 Risto, I Was A Teenage Satan National Opera Amos Anderson Art Museum Helsinki Music Centre The Finnish Museum of Photography Helsinki Worshipper Helsinginkatu 58 Helsinki Pop. Mannerheimintie 13 The Cable Factory Tickets €10 Tickets €24-97 Yrjönkatu 271G1G Virgin Oil CO. Helsinki Tallberginkatu 1G www.kuudeslinja.com www.opera.fi Tickets €0/2/6/8 Mannerheimintie 5 Tickets €6-25 Helsinki www.amosanderson.fi Fri 4 January Tickets €10 www.musiikkitalo.fi Fri 4-Sun 6 January Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 www.virginoil.fi Wed 11:00-20:00 State of Perfection Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth: Until Sun 17 February Tue 8 January Free entry Rock. Talvisirkus Afrikka 52 Souls Taija from Roba www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi Semifinal Sat 5 January (Winter Circus Africa) International exhibition devoted to Flamenco. Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 YO! Kuudes Linja Raps Brilliant new circus with joy, colors Symbolist landscape painting. Djs Didier, T-boy, Nada and J-Laini. Lavaklubi Until Sun 13 January Helsinki and energy. Ateneum Art Museum Kuudes Linja Läntinen Teatterikuja 1 Osmo Rauhala Tickets €6/7 Cable Factory Kaivokatu 21G Hämeentie 13 Helsinki In his paintings, Rauhala comple- www.semifinal.fi Tallberginkatu 1 A www.ateneum.fi Tickets €9 Tickets €10 Tickets €17-28 ments animal and plant symbolism www.kuudeslinja.com www.lavaklubi.fi with a pure world of abstract signs. Fri 4 January www.hurjaruuth.fi Until Sun 28 July Kiasma Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata MAYA III – Life –Death-Time Wed 9 January Mannerheiminaukio 21G Verdi’s classic with one of the most Sat 5 January Exhibition presents the dualistic Your Royal Madness Tue 10:00-17:00 touching scenes in the history of Jätkäjätkät EXHIBITIONS world view of the Maya Indians Reggae- and folk-flavoured hip Melodic rock metal. Wed-Thu 10:00-20.30 opera. in which life, death and time are hop. Semifinal Fri 10:00-22:00 Finnish National Opera intimately intertwined. Tavastia Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Sat 10:00-18:00 Helsinki Until Sat 5 January Didrichen Art Museum Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Helsinki Sun 10:00-17:00 Helsinginkatu 58 David Muth: Preface Kuusilahdenkuja 11G Tickets €12/14 Tickets €5/6 Tickets €0/8/10 Tickets €14-84 The works shown in exhibition Tickets €0/3/7/10 www.tavastiaklubi.fi www.semifinal.fi www.kiasma.fi www.opera.fi depict human environments www.didrichenmuseum.fi Portrait of the artist as a child HELSINKI TIME ki to study at a grammar Gallen-Kallela’s childhood this major undertaking school, because his father in an upper class home in the meant for the artist’s family opposed his ambition to be- countryside is compared in life. The exhibition also ex- WHAT WAS it like to be a child come a painter. After his more general terms to chil- plores the life of the artist’s when Akseli Gallen-Kallela father’s death in 1879, Gal- dren in Finland during the children with reference to was a little boy? What was it len-Kallela attended draw- years of famine and shortag- their pastimes, the family’s like to be the child of a senior ing classes at the Finnish Art es of the period. The school different homes and exciting police chief and lawyer, mov- Society and studied privately system of the late 19th cen- travels abroad. ing to Africa or to Espoo out- under Adolf von Becker. tury is considered through side Helsinki when required by the experiences of “tall, lazy the father’s profession? Akse- The miseries of Gallén”. Akseli’s Treasures li’s Treasures is an exhibition of school and adventures A virtual presentation of Until 12 May adventure and activities look- The artist’s drawings from the Finnish Pavilion at the The Gallen-Kallela Museum ing at art and the era of the cel- his schooldays feature wild Paris World’s Fair of 1900 Gallen-Kallelan tie 27 ebrated painter Gallen-Kallela adventures and fi nd parallels shows visitors Gallen-Kalle- Espoo from a child’s perspective. in contemporary books such la’s frescoes, which earned Tues-Sat 11:00-16:00 At the age of 11 Gallen- as Struwwelpeter by Hein- him great international suc- Sun 11:00-17:00 Boy with a crow, Akseli Gallen-Kallela – 1884. Kallela was sent to Helsin- rich Hoffmann. cess, while also telling what www.gallen-kallela.fi.
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