FINNISH/SCANDINAVIAN RELATED events IN LONDON
 
If you wish us to promote your event, please email relevant details to us at info@finnsworldwide.com JANUARY 2012 25-28.1.2012 VAALIEN TOINEN KIERROS Ensimmäinen kierros on ohi ja toiselle kierrokselle selviytyivät Niinistö ja Haavistö! Onnittelut molemmille! Niinistö keräsi 37% äänistä ja Haavisto 18,8% äänistä. Kaikki tulokset nähtävissä täältä http://bit.ly/xeC5Al Lontoon suomalaiset voivat käydä äänestämässä Suurlähetystöllä tai jossakin muussa äänestyspaikassa Isossa-Britanniassa. Lähetystölle saattaa tulla ruuhkaa lauantaina ja jonot saattavat venähtää tunnin parin mittaiseksi. Jos pääset paikalle jo viikolla niin se olisi suotavaa. Ehdokkaat: Toisella kierroksella ehdokkaina: Sauli Niinistö ja Pekka Haavisto. Lisätietoja äänestämisestä ulkomailla: http://www.vaalit.fi/57233.htm Äänestyspaikat ja -ajat Britanniassa: *** Lontoo Suomen suurlähetystö 38 Chesham Place London SW1X 8HW puh. +44 (0)20 7838 6200 Toisen vaalin äänestysaika: 25-28.1.2012 ke 25.1. klo 9-15 to 26.1. klo 9-20 pe 27.1. klo 9-15 la 28.1. klo 9-18 *** Birmingham Solihull Methodist Church Hall Blossomfield Road Solihull B81 1LG puh. +44 (0)121 705 7367 Toisen vaalin äänestysaika: la 28.1.2012 klo 10-15 *** Brighton South Portslade Community Centre St. Andrews Church Church Road Portslade-by-Sea Brighton & Hove BN41 1LB puh. +44 (0)1273 420 909 Toisen vaalin äänestysaika: la 28.1.2012 klo 10-15 *** Bristol Bristol Marriot Royal Hotel Room: Merchant 3 College Green Bristol BS1 5TA puh. +44 (0)117 925 5100 (keskus) Toisen vaalin äänestysaika: la 28.1.2012 klo 10-15 *** Edinburgh Apex City Hotel Conference Room Nice 61 Grassmarket Edinburgh EH1 2JF puh. +44 (0)131 243 3456 (keskus) Toisen vaalin äänestysaika: la 28.1.2012 klo 10-16 *** Manchester Manchester Business School Conference Room 1.6 MBS West, First Floor Booth Street West Manchester M15 6PB puh. +44 (0)161 275 6303 (vastaanotto) Toisen vaalin äänestysaika: la 28.1.2012 klo 10-16 *** Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle Civic Centre Collingwood Suite Barras Bridge 5560 Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 8PS puh. +44 (0)191 232 8520 (keskus) Toisen vaalin äänestysaika: la 28.1.2012 klo 10-15 *** St Albans Marlborough School Science College F8 Science Block, Ground Floor Watling Street St Albans Herts AL1 2QA puh. +44 (0)1727 856 874 Toisen vaalin äänestysaika: la 28.1.2012 klo 10-15 FEBRUARY 2012 2.2.2012 @ 7pm Reckless Love HMV NEXT BIG THING EVENT in conjunction with SPINEFARM RECORDS Line-up: RECKLESS LOVE / Jettblack / The Treatment 
Ticket price: £10.00p

 
The Garage, 20-22 Highbury Corner, London N5 1RD Links:
HMV Next Big Thing: RECKLESS LOVE Fri 3.2 @ 7pm Suomalaisten pubi-ilta / Finnish Pub Evening Finns Get Together every first Friday of the month! Nordic Bar 25 Newman street London W1T 1PN  Tottenham Court Rd. or Goodge Street 20.1. - 10.2.2012 U-N-F-O-R-S-E-E-N feat Eeva-Mari Haikala Featuring 13 artists from around the globe, ranging from the newly graduated to the more firmly established; Studio 106 Art Gallery is delighted to announce an Open Entry Exhibition; U-N-F-O-R-E-S-E-E-N? You Tell Us!

The artists all explored the theme of the Unforeseen, the resulting show displays their differing interpretations of the hidden, secretive nature of people, things in nature and the physical world that we do not see, and what is neither obvious nor planned. The exhibition features sculpture, paintings with oil, acrylic, resin and gloss, photography, video installation, digital prints and ink.

Eeva-Mari Haikala is based in both London and Helsinki. Her works have been widely displayed internationally; she had a solo exhibition of her work at the SPACEX gallery, London, in 2007. Her works are owned by collectors and museums. She works mainly with Performance, Video and Photography and is intrigued by the question of the painterly in lens-based and performance pieces. She is currently researching her PhD in Theatre, Drama and Performance from Roehampton University.

Gallery opening times:

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 12noon - 6pm 

Studio 106 Art Gallery, 106 Dawes Road, London SW6 7EG Tel. 020 7385 5618 Links:
Studio 106 Art Gallery 24.1 - 17.3.2012 Maiju Tirri Maiju Tirri (b.1970) is an internationally recognised contemporary artist from Finland, living and working in Marbella, Spain. She paints abstractions of experiences she absorbs and collects from nature. The principal theme in her art is impressions of scenes from walks and journeys. However, her paintings are not just pictures but stories.

The wildness, mercilessness and, on the other hand, harmony of nature meet human senses in Tirri's works. The difficult relationship between man and nature are reflected in the large, rough, but at the same time sensual paintings. When immersed in the painting, the viewer can wonder about both on the surface and beneath it and perhaps stumble on surprises along the way. You may feel the temptation to see boyond the rich layers of sparkling colour and structure and to look both to the past and to the future.

Since moving to Spain Maiju Tirri's recent works have more power and colours like in the nature, the wild sea, the mountains and also the culture and people in Andalucia. 

Cadogan Contemporary Gallery, 87 Old Brompton Road, London SW7 3LD Tel. 020 7581 5451 Links:
Cadogan Contemporary Gallery
Maiju Tirri 16.2 - 18.2.2012 PARALLAX AF The international art fair features works by contemporary artists, including Finnish artists Helka Immonen (abstract painting) and Juho Nikkilä (digital abstraction).

Opening hrs: 
Thu 16th Feb 10am-6pm
Fri 17th Feb 10am-6pm
Sat 18th Feb 10am-5pm 
 
Chelsea Old Town Hall, King's Road, London SW3 Links:
PARALLAX AF Thu 23.2 @ 8pm Purge by Sofi Oksanen Sofi Oksanen's Purge is coming to London! As it is good to go together come and join us to see the show on Thursday 23rd February at 8pm (see ticket details and booking below). If you cannot make this viewing then other timings are also available between 22nd Feb and 24th March. We strongly recommend the show! Pre-drinks (at 6pm) information to follow. An international sensation, this is the first time Purge has been seen on stage in the UK. Approximate running time 90 minutes + interval *** TICKET INFORMATION: £10 Opening Performances Offer: 22, 23, 24 & 27 February (only bookable by phone or in person) 22 February - 24 March 2011, 8pm Matinees on Sat 3, 10, 17, 24 March 3pm £16 (£12 concessions) PLEASE NOTE: • Proof will be required for concessions • All tickets are non-refundable PAY WHAT YOU CAN (Tuesdays from 6.30pm - limited tickets and subject to availability) More information and tickets: http://www.arcolatheatre.com/?action=showtemplate&sid=500 *** About Purge A forgotten country. A shrouded glade. A buried past. Zara is on the run. Aliide wants to stay hidden. Deep in an Estonian forest their two worlds collide. Aliide offers her sanctuary but not safety. Together their survival depends on the one thing that they’ve learnt to keep secret: the truth. Moving back and forth across time, Sofi Oksanen’s startling play and award-winning novel reveals the indelible imprint of Soviet occupation on the Estonian people in a gripping story of misguided love, hope and betrayal to rival Ian McEwan’s Atonement and Bernhard Schlink’s The Reader. *** Venue: Arcola Theatre 24 Ashwin Street, E8 3DL London, United Kingdom MARCH 2012 Fri 2.3.2012 @7pm Suomalaisten pubi-ilta / Finnish Pub Evening Finns Get Together every first Friday of the month! Nordic Bar 25 Newman street London W1T 1PN  Tottenham Court Rd. or Goodge Street 15.3.2012 @ 6pm Helena Juntunen and Perttu Haapanen Ondrej Adamek: Coups d'ailes (UK premiere)
Perttu Haapanen: Ladies' Room for soprano & chamber orchestra (UK premiere)

Players from the Philharmonia Orchestra
Pierre-Andre Valade conductor
Helena Juntunen soprano
Unsuk Chin presenter
Perttu Haapanen
Ondrej Adamek


This concert introduces the fascinating work of two major young composers. Perttu Haapanen writes music of haunting lyricism, alluring virtuosity and thrilling tension. Haapanen's Ladies Room is a spellbinding operatic scene whose libretto refers to witch-hunt as well as to mental illness. Ondrej Adámek is fond of unexpected twists and turns. Having a strong sense of colour and texture, Adámek also loves to experiment with the spatial aspects of music. All this comes into its own in a brilliant piece for brass ensemble, which is alive with bursting energy.

FREE EVENT 
 Venue:
Southbank Centre London SE1 Links:
Southbank Centre 19.3 @ 1pm Meta4 Meta4, formed in 2001, is one of the most internationally succesful Finnish string quartets.

The quartet has studied under Hatto Beyerle and Johannes Meissl. Meta4 has also attended the European Chamber Music Academy.

Minna Pensola plays a Bellosio violin from 1770, owned by the Local Cooperative Bank of Sysmä. Tomas Djupsjöbacka plays on a rare cello made by Lorenzo Storioni in Cremona 1780. The quartet also has two instruments on loan from the Pohjola Bank Art Foundation: Antti Tikkanen plays a Stradivarius violin from 1702 and Atte Kilpeläinen has a Guidantus viola (1737).

The quartet released a prize-winning Haydn recording on Hänssler Classics in May 2009. Meta4 performs regularly in key music capitals and concert halls around the world. 
 Venue: Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street, London W1 Tel. 020 7935 2141 Links:
Wigmore Hall
Meta4 29.3.2012 @ 7pm JA JA JA - A Nordic Affair A monthly Nordic music showcase.

Line-up tbc. 
 Venue: 
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, London N1 Tel. 020 7837 5371 Links:
The Lexington APRIL 2012 Fri 6.4.2012 @ 7pm Suomalaisten pubi-ilta / Finnish Pub Evening Finns Get Together every first Friday of the month! Nordic Bar 25 Newman street London W1T 1PN  Tottenham Court Rd. or Goodge Street 20.4.2012 @ 7.30pm John Storgårds conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra Not many pieces evoke a walk to a pub, but Delius's lovely heat-drenched orchestral rhapsody is one. Frank Bridge's The Sea blows the languor away with its evocation of salt-spray and wind, and the Second Cello Concerto Towards the Horizon by the Finnish composer Rautavaara also passes through stormy episodes, before the calm of a distant horizon is glimpsed.

Delius The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Einojuhani Rautavaara Towards the Horizon UK premiere
Bridge The Sea
Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E flat

John Storgårds conductor 
Truls Mørk cello

Part of the 2011-12 Season and Sibelius series 
 Venue:
Barbican, Silk Street, London EC2 Tel. 020 7638 8891 Links:
BBC SO
Barbican MAY 2012 Fri 4.5.2012 @ 7pm Suomalaisten pubi-ilta / Finnish Pub Evening Finns Get Together every first Friday of the month! Nordic Bar 25 Newman street London W1T 1PN  Tottenham Court Rd. or Goodge Street JUNE 2012 Fri 1.6.2012 @ 7pm Suomalaisten pubi-ilta / Finnish Pub Evening Finns Get Together every first Friday of the month! Nordic Bar 25 Newman street London W1T 1PN  Tottenham Court Rd. or Goodge Street 8.6 @ 8pm Kimmo Pohjonen Accordion Wrestling Accordion Wrestling, featuring Finnish accordion adventurer Kimmo Pohjonen and ten Finnish wrestlers, is a revival of Finnish wrestling tradition from early to mid-1900s when the accordion was used as musical accompaniment for wrestling matches. 

Accordion Wrestling expands the tradition into a physical theatre and music performance with Finnish wrestling group Helsingin Nelson. The live show features film, live music and choreographed wrestling presented on a stage with a specially designed amplified mat, circular back screen and lighting rig. The performance makes use of the latest lighting and sound technology, working in surround sound to add to the dramatic effect.

Directed and choreographed by Ari Numminen
Light design by Mikki Kunttu 
Sound design by Heikki Iso-Ahola
 
Venue:
York Hall, 5-15 Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green, London E2 9PJ Links:
Barbican
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