UKRAINIAN SUMMER AT HIETSUN PAVILJONKI

Join us at the Hietsun Paviljonki for a vibrant celebration of music and culture!

The Ukrainian Association invites you to three days of diverse concerts designed to celebrate summer, happiness, and the enduring spirit of Ukraine, while fostering Ukrainian-Finnish artistic collaborations.

Purpose: All proceeds will fund the travel expenses of students from the Kherson Music School, allowing them to attend a summer camp in Lithuania that also provides much-needed mental health support.

All ticket sales and donations will support the pupils from the Kherson Music School.

Welcome to a celebration of music and solidarity!

Concerts are arranged by Iryna Gorkun-Silén, Ukrainian Association in Finland, and supported by the Helanderin säätiö.

Program:

FRI 26.7.

19:00 “Siimurg”

Artists: Iryna Gorkun-Silén (flutes), Katri Tikka (harp), Aino Koski (visual art), Sebastian Silén (electronics)
Program: Premiere of Elisar Ridelin’s piece “Siimurg” for flute, visual art, and electronics, Ukrainian folk song “Plywe Kacza” arranged by Alina Bzhezhinska, “Legenda” by Janna Kolodub for flute and harp, Moldau by Bedrich Smetana arranged by Hans Trneček for harp.

SAT 27.7.

14:00 United by a Song

Featuring: Participants from the singing course by Josefin Silén and the Ukrainian Association’s Choir Perespiv.
Program: Popular songs, musical hits, and traditional Ukrainian and Finnish songs.

19:00 ”Embrace within embrace”

Musicians: Katri Tikka (harp) and Osmo-Matias Ojanen (voice).

The spring of Eino Leino’s poetry flows from a sense of being a homeless spirit, of longing for home, for peace and for being close to another soul, a state in which Leino’s restless nature never allowed him to settle in. Osmo-Matias Ojanen’s compositions and the sounds of the harp and guitar cast a ray of summer night’s light on Leino’s words. Only the nature’s scents and silence soothe the poet’s unquiet senses. During the concert you will hear songs to Eino Leino’s beloved lyrics as well as his poem Hail Ukraine! alongside instrumental music on harp and piano.

Program: Summer songs featuring texts by Eino Leino:
Perhosten tanssi
Suvi-illan vieno tuuli
Juhannus
Minä rakastin metsää ja maailmaa
Kohti lähdettä metsän keskellä (Marcel Tournier)
Kullan luota (Mä yksin soutelen yössä)
Luonnon ihailua
Kultaansa ikävöivä/ Oi jos oma impeni (Kullan luokse)
Syli toisensa tapasi (katson kahteen tähteen)
Au Matin (Marcel Tournier)
Terve Ukraina!
Rauha
(Kell’ onni on)

SUN 28.7.

14:00 Concert by Ukrainian Young Talents

Featuring: Young musicians who have escaped the war but continue their artistic journeys abroad.
Musicians: Mark Tsibulskii (piano), Miroslava Goncharenko (piano), Gavriil Sidorik (piano).
Program: Works by J.S.Bach, F.Liszt, L.Beethoven, F.Chopin, works by Ukrainian composers.

19:00 Violin-Piano Recital

Artists: Sebastian Silén (violin) and Satu Elijärvi (piano).
Program: The concert will feature works by Ukrainian and Scandinavian composers

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Age limit: All ages

Free entry for children under 16 years.

Documents entitling to discounts will be checked at the door.

Concert pass includes entry to all concerts.

Hietsun Paviljonki is accessible by wheelchair and there is a barrier-free toilet.