METRIC Intensive Programme 2025, Helsinki – Final Concert

University of the Arts Helsinki - Sibelius Academy presents:

METRIC Intensive Programme 2025, Helsinki – Final Concert

Helsinki Music Centre, Camerata 21st Feb. 2025

During this concert, the audience can witness all the work that has been done during the intensive five days of METRIC IP 2025 Helsinki, during the morning lessons and the afternoon workshops. Be ready for a most diverse and adventurous evening!


METRIC 2025 Helsinki

The Sibelius Academy, Uniarts Helsinki, hosts this year’s edition of the METRIC annual Intensive Programme on Improvisation, as part of the METRIC Network. The programme included group workshops, lectures, group discussions, and concerts.

Read more about the METRIC network:
https://metricimpro.eu/

Presenters: Veli Kujala and Libero Mureddu, Sibelius Academy’s representatives in the METRIC Steering Group.


Program / Performers:

00:00:22 Welcome - Veli Kujala

00:02:52 Group 1: Improvisation
Alejandro Sierra Alzate (violin), Ana Jael Romano (voice), Daniele Banisauskaite (piano)
Peter Wallem Anundsen (trumpet), Deividas Skridaila (bass guitar), Dascha Goldberg (accordion)

00:11:20 Group 2: Improvisation
Sunny Anderson (tuba), Sophie Schollum (flute), Alexandru Placinta (piano), Lydia Kenny
(saxophone), Lou Ferrand (voice)

00:18:45 Group 7: Improvisation
Annika Sirkiä (tuba), Mikolaj Košcielak (classical guitar), Carla Keller (cello), Karen Elise
Fridtjofsen (clarinet), Arefeh Hekmatpanah (piano), Pedro González (electronics), Alistair MacDonald (electronics), Nicola Hein (guitar, electronics)

00:27:21 Group 3: Improvisation
Siena Barr (clarinet), Eric Rohrbach (piano), Daniela Gassi (viola), Eugénie Le Faure (violin),
Marko Arich (electric guitar), Chloé Dumoulin (piano)

00:36:38 Group 4: Improvisation
Simonas Gilys (piano), Jasmine Mills (saxophone), Philip Heide (cello), Louise Stauske
(trumpet), Laura Mehmeti (accordion)

00:45:41 Movie Impro Group: improvisation on the movie ‘Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt’ (1927)
Achille Bachelar (piano), Joan Alós Palacios (trumpet), Pilar Martorell Nadal (saxophone), Louise Stauske (trumpet), Pihla Perämäki (violin), Wei Ting Tseng (cello), Philip Heide (cello), Andrei Petrache (piano), Mikolaj Košcielak (classical guitar)

00:55:49 Group 5: Improvisation
Dennis van Rooyen (Guitar/electric guitar), Achille Bachelar (piano), Joan Alós Palacios (trumpet), Pihla Perämäki (violin), Viktoria Hofmarcher (clarinet)

01:05:37 Group 6: Improvisation
Evelyn Kanepi (voice), Jo Ambros (guitar), Uma Gyetsa (piano), Wei Ting Tseng (cello), Andrei
Petrache (piano), Pilar Martorell Nadal (saxophone), Dascha Goldberg (accordion)

01:14:03 Valediction - Veli Kujala, Libero Mureddu


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METRIC Intensive Programme 2025, coaches
Tilo Augsten, Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig
David Dolan, Guildhall School of Music & Drama London
Corinna Eikmeier, University of Music Lübeck
Pedro González Fernández, Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya
Gerardo Gozzi, Royal College of Music
Nicola Leonard Hein, University of Music Lübeck
Charlotte Hug Raschèr, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Diego Kohn, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
Veli Kujala, Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemia
Frank Liebscher, Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig
Alistair MacDonald, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Arnas Mikalkenas, Lietuvos muzikos ir teatro akademija
Liudas Mockunas, Lietuvos muzikos ir teatro akademija
Bert Mooiman, Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag
Libero Mureddu, Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemia
Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, Norges musikkhøgskole
Alejandro Olarte, Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemia
Anto Pett, Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia
Anne-Liis Poll, Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia
Santiago Quintans, Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris
Yves Senden, Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen
Milana Zaric, Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag


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Concert and Video production - 4K Multicamera Live Recording / Broadcast / Postproduction:

University of the Arts Helsinki, Sibelius Academy

Video: Keijo Lahtinen
Sound: Olli Ovaskainen, Iiro Sivu
Lights: Jukka Kolimaa

Graphics: Aino Laukka
Producer: Anna Huuskonen-Kuhlefelt



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Katso lisää - More concert etc videos:
Youtube -channel: Uniarts Helsinki
Playlist: Sibelius Academy Concert Streams
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https://www.uniarts.fi/
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