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Osittainen kooste Viitasaaren Musiikin aika -festivaalilta 2016

A partial summary of the Viitasaari Time of Music Festival 2016 Osittainen kooste Viitasaaren Musiikin aika -festivaalilta 2016 (kirjoittanut Juhani Vesikkala)                                                                     […]

Ending the Autonomy of Musical Authorship

As a composer, artist, and writer I often dwell on the dissimilarity between these three seemingly connected fields. As it stands, there is one such difference which puzzles me more than any other; the composer’s relation to his or her own authorship. In comparison to our contemporaries in literature and art, composers seem hardwired to […]

Korvapuustis in Chicago

What is it like studying composition in the United States? (written by Dante Thelestam)   Korvat auki member Dante Thelestam interviews two of his colleagues at Chicago College of Arts, Michelle Isaac and Jordan Jenkins, to offer one view into the daily life of student composers in the USA. Accompanying the interview Dante, Michelle and […]

Four Ways in Which the Robot is Surpassing the Human Composer

Music caters to people. Yet, does it also have to be created by people? 1. Humans are inclined to listen to human or even machine performers, less to connect with whoever organised the music Listeners who are willing to hear current music should be motivated to listen because of the qualities that make it interesting […]

A Composer’s Self-Help Manual For Inclusion

(written by Lauri Supponen) Today is a good day to think about the worth of composers’ work. It’s vappu, the Nordic festival for higher education at universities and vocational schools and a celebration of work. Worth celebrating is also the fact that Helsinki University has employed a composer at the Musicology department for 376 years. […]

ISCM World Music Days –festivaalilla koettua

(kirjoittanut Jouni Hirvelä) Reporting from the recent ISCM festival in Tongyeong, KOR Useimmille kollegoille kirjainyhdistelmä ISCM – eli International Society of Contemporary Music – lienee tuttu ainakin jokavuotisesta teoshausta, joka Suomen Säveltäjien postituslistan kautta kolahtaa sähköpostilaatikkoon. Muuten ISCM World Music Days – festivaalin tunnettuus taitaa olla aika heikkoa, ja syy tähän on ilmeinen: sen luonteesta […]

Tampere Biennale innosti ja raotti äänirajoja

                              (kirjoittanut Niilo Tarnanen)   A reportage from the recent Tampere Biennale festival Kokemukseni 13.4.–17.4.2016 teemalla Äänirajoilla järjestetystä Tampere Biennale -festivaalista oli hyvin inspiroiva. Sami Klemolan ensimmäinen kausi nyt 30 vuotta täyttäneen festivaalin taiteellisena johtajana kantoi satoa avoimuutena paitsi äänelle yli […]

Composers’ networking and fandom – Japanese style

(written by Mioko Yokoyama) Hello everyone, I’m Mioko. I moved from Tokyo, Japan to Helsinki last autumn. I have to confess that I don’t know very much about Korvat auki, but while Japan is still very fresh in my mind, I would like to compare Finnish composers with Japanese ones in terms of how they […]

How Finnish music sounds to a foreigner

(written by Matei Gheorghiu) Many might know that I came to Finland eight and a half years ago. Even though I got used to contemporary and classical Finnish music, I can still recall very well the first impressions I had on it when I came here back in 2007. Before I came, I had heard […]