Welcome to an evening of sound performances on the 26th of October!
Performers:
Luca Piovesan (ITA/BE): accordion + electronics
Andrea Mancianti (ITA/FI): electric guitar + electronics (live)
Peter Wießenthaner (DE): Super Prime One – electronic string instrument to play with hand gestures (streamed)
Hur Hur (FI) (live)
26/10/2021 at 19:00
MUU Helsinki gallery
Cable Factory
Tallberginkatu 1 C 22
Helsinki
The event is organised by Äänen Lumo and held in MUU Helsinki (Kaapelitehdas). The evening is also streamed on Station of Commons. The instructions for streming below!
Supported by Niilo Helanderin Säätiö, SKR, Kone Foundation.
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Luca Piovesan + Andrea Mancianti
The accordion is proposed as a paradigmatic example of the unbalance described above. It is a relatively new instrument in contemporary music and composers can rely on very little literature to illuminate the working and sonic possibilities of this instrument and have relatively little repertoire to glean ideas from.
The activity of an accordionist devoted to new or experimental repertoire is, therefore, often marked by a strong active role in the generation of musical material, even more so in the case of Piovesan’s use of electronic effects originally meant for guitar, as a way to consciously and deliberately augment the instrument’s sonic possibilities.
The residency has been made possible thanks to SKR and Kone Foundation.
Peter Wießenthaner
Peter Wießenthaner (b. 1951) is a composer, who performs concerts with live electronics, color-image elements and self-developed instruments. After studying the flute, he turned to composition with live electronics. Essential for his work with live electronics was the contact with Luigi Nono in the Experimental Studio of the SWF in Freiburg. On this occasion Wießenthaner presents his instrument SPO (Super Prime One) – an electronic string instrument utilising different tuning systems visually indicated by LEDs and is controlled by hand gestures. The instrument was premiered at the University of Frankfurt in 2019 and in December 2020 a composition by Phill Niblock for the instrument was premiered at Roulette, New York.
Hur Hur
Hur Hur is an experimental music project that was started by the multidisciplinary artist Timo Viialainen in 2012. In the heart of the project is an electroacoustic alto hurdy gurdy that has currently 7 different mics, 8 preamps, 6 separete outputs for the different string groups that concist of 4 gut strings, 2, nylon strings, 2 steel core cello strings and 6 acoustic guitar strings (steel). As a drone instrument this hurdy gurdy is melodically limited but sonically incredibly rich in texture. Its sound is addictive and raw. In the early years Hur Hur has played live in many events and festival in Europe and Northern America but recent live gigs have been rare.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR STREAMING – In order to watch the stream we recommend downloading the VLC media player (the best free and open source multi-platform media player there is). https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html – Once installed click: File -> Open network, and copy paste one of the following links: http://streamer.nettitila.fi:8000/video9. Wait for a short moment and you should see the video window open. – More instructions are available: https://www.vlchelp.com/stream-online-videos-pc-vlc-media-player/ Enjoy!