18 21 – 27 NOVEMBER 2013 WHERE TO GO HELSINKI TIMES COMPILED BY ANNA-MAIJA LAPPI EXHIBITIONS Until Sun 15 December MARINO THORLACIUS / MERCURY CLASSICS Surreal Illusionism – Photographic Fantasies of the Early 20th Century Ólafur Arnalds (ISL) Fascinating exhibition presenting Icelandic contemporary composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Ólafur Ar- photographic fantasy postcards nalds comes to visit Finland for the first time on Monday 25 November at Savoy from the early 1900s. The Finnish Museum of Photography Theatre. Since the release of his debut album Eulogy for Evolution in 2007, Ar- The Cable Factory nalds has been building a reputation as one of the world´s most promising young Tallberginkatu 1 composers and is well established for his genre-crossing compositions blending Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 classical, pop and ambient/electronica influences to a unique musical language. Wed 11:00-20:00 Born in the suburban Icelandic town of Mosfellsbær, a few kilometers outside Tickets €0/6/8 www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi of Reykjavík, Arnalds started out as a drummer for several metal/hardcore bands and was asked to write instrumental intros and outros for the album Antigone of Until Tue 31 December German metal band Heaven Shall Burn. This led to more work in the field of neo- Mad about Helsinki classical strings and piano-based music, and to the release of his debut album in A unique overview of the city´s his- 2007. tory and beloved places. Helsinki City Museum Arnalds´ third studio album, For Now I Am Winter (2013), featuring Nico Muhly´s Sofiankatu 4 orchestral arrangements and Arnór Dan´s delicate vocals, is a captivating collec- Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00 tion of dream-like songs and impressive, breathtakingly beautiful soundscapes. Thu 9:00-19:00 Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Mon 25 November Free entry Savoy Theatre Until Sun 12 January 2014 Kasarmikatu 46-48 Aesthete Extarordinaire Tickets €28 Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds comes to visit Finland on 25 November. Birger Kaipiainen´s ceramic fantasies. www.savoyteatteri.fi EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art Ahertajantie 5 Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Wed 11:00-20:00 Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 MUSIC Thu 21 November Fri 22 November Sat 23 November Tue 26 November Tickets €0/8/10 Fantasia Andaluza Oranssi Pazuzu, Speedtrap Rotting Christ (GRC) Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra www.emma.museum Petri Kumela, classical guitar, Metal. Metal. Schubert VI. Thu 21 November Joonas Widenius, flamenco guitar Bar Loose Nosturi Music Centre Until Sun 12 January 2014 Teddy´s West Coasters & Emilia Aho, dance. Annankatu 21 Telakkakatu 8 Concert Hall Trees Are Poems Jazz. Sello Hall Tickets €8.50/9 Tickets €19.50 Mannerheimintie 13 Kristoffer Albrecht, Taneli Eskola, Koko Jazz Club Soittoniekanaukio 1A www.barloose.com www.elmu.fi Tickets €6-25 Ritva Kovalainen & Pentti Sammallahti. Hämeentie 3 Tickets €14.50/15 www.musiikkitalo.fi Sinebrychoff Art Museum Tickets €11.50/16.50 www.sellosali.fi Fri 22 November Sat 23 November Bulevardi 40 www.kokojazz.fi Anna Puu Sibelius Academy Symphony Tue 26 & Wed 27 November Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00 Fri 22 November Pop. Orchestra Silent but loud Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00 Thu 21 November Club Millenium 15th Anniversary Le Bonk Conductor Atso Almila´s first Silent black-and-white comedies Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Dog Days Revolution, Mind of Doll Proteus, Cosmo, D:N.A. etc. Yrjönkatu 24 concert as professor of the accompanied by Cleaning Women. Tickets €0-10 Rock. Venue Tickets €13.50 orchestra and conductor programme Sello Hall www.sinebrychoffintaidemuseo.fi Tavastia Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21 www.lebonk.fi at the Sibelius Academy. Soittoniekanaukio 1A Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Tickets €10 Music Centre Tickets €7-10.50 Until Mon 13 January 2014 Helsinki www.clubvenue.fi Fri 22 November Concert Hall www.sellosali.fi Jeppe Hein – There are No Tickets €11.50/12 Mindless Self Indulgence (USA) Mannerheimintie 13 Ordinary Moments www.tavastiaklubi.fi Fri 22 November Punk. Tickets €10/15/25 Wed 27 November Solo exhibition of the renowned Stefano Noferini (ITA) & Nosturi www.musiikkitalo.fi NOVUS V: Jessy Lanza (CAN) Danish artist Jeppe Hein, winner of Thu 21 November Manuel De La Mare (ITA) Telakkakatu 8 Interesting electronic beats this year Ars Fennica Prize. Amos Black Lizard Techno & house. Tickets €24 Sat 23, Mon 25 & Wed 27 and ethereal vocals. Anderson Art Museum Indie rock. Fredan Tivoli www.elmu.fi November Kuudes Linja Yrjönkatu 27 Le Bonk Fredrikinkatu 51-53 Giacomo Puccini: Turandot Hämeentie 13 Mon, Thu, Fri 10:00-18:00 Yrjönkatu 24 Tickets €14.70-24.70 Fri 22 November Luminously melodic masterwork Tickets €13.50/14 Wed 10:00-20:00 Tickets €9.50 www.fredantivoli.fi Hoedown & Kaartamo-Kettunen- of Puccini. www.kuudeslinja.com Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 www.lebonk.fi Kuustonen Finnish National Opera Tickets €0/2/8/10 Fri 22 November Sello Hall Helsinginkatu 58 Wed 27 November www.amosanderson.fi Thu 21 November Club Dynamo Goes Helsinki Soittoniekanaukio 1A Tickets €15-91 Black Twig, The New Tigers NOVUS IV: oOoOO (USA) & Cola & Jimmu live. Tickets €22.50-27 www.opera.fi Indie rock/pop. Until Sun 19 January 2014 Butterclock (GER) Korjaamo Culture Factory www.sellosali.fi Le Bonk Kiasma Hits Experimental/electro/pop. Töölönkatu 51 B Mon 25 November Yrjönkatu 24 Classics of Finnish contemporary art Kuudes Linja Helsinki Fri 22 November Oneohtrix Point Never (USA) www.lebonk.fi and famous international artworks. Hämeentie 13 Tickets €8.50-10 Finnish Radio Symphony Ochestra Electronic. Kiasma Helsinki www.korjaamo.fi Benjamin Britten 100 Years. Korjaamo Culture Factory Wed 27 November Mannerheiminaukio 2 Tickets €14.50/15 Music Centre Töölönkatu 51 B Teenage Bottlerocket (USA) Tue 10:00-17:00 www.kuudeslinja.com Fri 22 November Concert Hall Tickets €15-16.50 Pop punk. Wed-Fri 10:00-20:30 Notkea Rotta Allstars VS. SMC Mannerheimintie 13 www.korjaamo.fi Club Prkl Sat 10:00-18:00 Thu 21 November Lähiörotat Tickets €7-25 Kaisaniemenkatu 4 Sun 10:00-17:00 Flogging Molly (IRL/USA) Rap. www.musiikkitalo.fi Mon 25 November www.prklclub.fi Tickets €0/8/10 Punk rock. Tavastia Ólafur Arnalds (ISL) www.kiasma.fi The Circus Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Fri 22 & Tue 26 November Multi-instrumentalist, composer Salomonkatu 1-3 Helsinki Erich Wolfgang Korngold: and producer from Iceland. THEATRE & DANCE Until Sun 2 February 2014 Tickets €42/45 Tickets €15.50/16 Die tote Stadt Savoy Theatre Transformation: www.thecircus.fi www.tavastiaklubi.fi One of the Finnish National Op- Kasarmikatu 46-48 Towardsa Sustainable Future era’s most celebrated productions. Tickets €28 Thu 21-Sun 24 November How to you build or renovate Finnish National Opera www.savoyteatteri.fi Susanna Leinonen Company & your home to balance human Helsinginkatu 58 Circo Aereo: Kaira & Mumbai needs with the demands of Tickets €15-91 Mon 25 November Express ecological sustainability? www.opera.fi Antti Sarpila Swing Unique mixture of contemporary Museum of Finnish Architecture Band & Annimaria Rinne dance and circus. Kasarmikatu 24 Fri 22 & Sat 23 November Swinging Christmas 2013. Stoa Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 Tap into E20V - 20 Years of Entropy Music Centre Turunlinnantie 1 Wed 11:00-20:00 Ryan Elliott (USA), Dom & Roland Concert Hall www.stoa.fi Tickets €0/3/6 (UK), Autopsy, Boner M. etc. Mannerheimintie 13 www.mfa.fi untouched Ääniwalli Tickets €22/32/35 Thu 21-Wed 27 November Pälkäneentie 13 www.musiikkitalo.fi Winter Circus Cosmos Until Sun 9 February 2014 Tickets €25 Magical winter circus with inter- On the Shores of the Lake human potential www.facebook.com/aaniwalli Tue 26 November na tional top per form ers, live music Exhibition dedicated to the fascinating Steven Wilson and band (UK) and fan tas tic cos tumes. artist community that lived on the Sat 23 November Progressive rock. Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth shores of Lake Tuusula at the turn Helsinki Times can help you find Poets of the Fall The Circus The Cable Factory of 20th century. international 10th Anniversary Tour. Salomonkatu 1-3 Tallberginkatu 1 A Ateneum Art Museum Sello Hall Tickets €38/42 www.hurjaruuth.fi Kaivokatu 2 and motivated workforce Soittoniekanaukio 1A www.thecircus.fi Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00 Tickets €22.50/23 Fri 22 & Sat 23 November Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00 www.sellosali.fi Tue 26 November Nagru Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 In today’s labour market the most Larry Graham & Graham Central A joint performance by the dance Tickets €0/10/12 Sat 23 November Station (USA) group Gruppen Fyra and klezmer www.ateneum.fi difficult task is attracting the Neko Case (USA) Legendary bass player. band Doina. Folk rock/americana/indie rock. Savoy Theatre Kanneltalo best possible applicants Tavastia Kasarmikatu 46-48 Klaneettitie 5 OTHERS for the vacancy on offer. Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Helsinki www.kanneltalo.fi Tickets €26.50/28 Tickets €40/42 www.tavastiaklubi.fi www.savoyteatteri.fi Sat 23 November Sat 23 November To place recruitment Marino Thorlacius / Mercury Anglican Church Christmas Bazaar adverts in Helsinki Times, Sat 23 November Tue 26 November ClassicsEnergetic dance numbers Lots of British Christmas food for please contact UMO & Jamie Davis (USA) Black Veil Brides (USA) selected by the Association of sale, Morris dancing, raffle, African [email protected] Broadway classics and jazz in Hardrock from California. Dance Institutes in Finland and food table, etc. or phone +358 9 689 7422 American style. Nosturi the Finnish National Ballet. Mikael Agricola Church Korjaamo Culture Factory Telakkakatu 8 Finnish National Opera Helsinki Töölönkatu 51 B Helsinki The Almi Hall Tehtaankatu 23, www.helsinkitimes.fi Tickets €16.50-32 Tickets €25 Helsinginkatu 58 Open: www.korjaamo.fi www.elmu.fi www.opera.fi 12:00-16:00.