UUSINTA ENSEMBLE TO PREMIERE TWO NEW WORKS IN HELSINKI

Uusinta Ensemble and conductor József Hárs will premiere two new works by composers Oscar Bianchi (IT/CH, b. 1975) and Max Savikangas (FI, b. 1969). The concert will take place on 8 Feb 2016 in the Klang concert series of contemporary music at the Helsinki Music Centre. Bianchi’s Partendo is commissioned together by Uusinta Ensemble, Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain’in (CH) and Studio for New Music (RU) and the solo part will be performed by countertenor Daniel Gloger from the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart. The performance will be the Finnish premiere of the piece. In the premiere of Savikangas’ chamber concerto Azonal for viola and 12-member ensemble, the solo part will be played by the composer himself.