SOMETHING ELSE is a series focused on new meetings of musicians from improvised, jazz, experimental, electronic, and global music communities in Helsinki, hosted at Kallio’s own Musta Kissa. New small-ensemble groupings are highlighted each time, with an emphasis on surprise, difference, curiosity, energy, and connection.

The first edition features two sets by the trio of flutist Livia Schweizer, electronics and multimedia artist Sirpa Jokinen, and cellist Wilson Tanner Smith.

Free entry - suggested donation €7-€10

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About the performers:
LIVIA SCHWEIZER (b.1994) is a flutist, improvisor, educator and artistic researcher based in Helsinki. She is known for her interest in improvisation and non- conventional music notation as a tool of bringing together creative souls from different backgrounds and cultures. After graduating from the conservatory of Livorno (Italy), attracted by the Finnish contemporary music scene, Livia moved to Helsinki to study at the Sibelius Academy with Mikael Helasvuo. Since moving to Helsinki Livia has been working as a versatile freelancer working for example as a flutist for Korvat Auki, Eloa, Turku Philarmonic Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Jyväskylä Sinfonia, Pori Sinfonietta, Tapiola Sinfonietta and Avanti!. Now Livia is member of the E.C.I.O. – European Composers Improvisers Orchestra, and she is one of the founders of the Earth Ears Ensemble; a Helsinki-based group dedicated to performing new music written by lesser-known composers. In parallel to her work as a flutist freelancer Livia is a music teacher for the International School of Helsinki Finland, and she is a doctoral candidate at the Sibelius Academy. Her artistic research focuses on how non-conventional notation can be used to foster intercultural collaborations in contemporary music.
www.liviaschweizer.com

  • SIRPA JOKINEN is Helsinki based media artist making performances and compositions as well as installations with objects. Sound performances of Sirpa Jokinen are layered sound experiments made with synthesizers she has built herself, field recordings, objects and various instruments. She is member in the synthesizer duo Brutou Dou.
    Installation works of Sirpa Jokinen are experiments to find alternative ways to reproduce sound, they are searches for literal reference and making sculptural environments. Her sound-works are based on field-recordings. They are about human presence through narration in an acoustical space and the soundscape in this situation.
    https://kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/…/tai…/sirpa-jokinen
    https://soundcloud.com/sirpajokinen
  • WILSON TANNER SMITH is a cellist, composer, improviser, and music-theatre artist currently based in Helsinki, with roots in the improvised music and performance communities of Chicago.
    As a cellist/improviser he frequently collaborates across music, theatre, and dance projects, and has performed at venues such as the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Estonia Kontserdisaal, the Ragdale Foundation (Chicago), Deutsches SchauspielHaus (Hamburg), Narva Art Center/Kreenholm Factory, Le Périscope (Lyon), and the Mullbau (Lucerne). He is also a member of the improvising quartet Mad Myth Science, whose debut album was released August 2023 to acclaim from The Wire, the Quietus, Chicago Reader, and Stereogum.
    www.wilsontannersmith.com See less