Symposium: Music and Nature, Friday 13th December 2019

Friday, December 13, 2019
University of Helsinki, Topelia building, lecture hall C120

10.00            Ancient Topic, New Perspectives – Opening of the Symposium
 Juha Torvinen (University of Helsinki)

10.15             Acoustics and Auditory Culture at Hunter-Gatherer Rock Art Sites in Northern Europe, Siberia and North America
Riitta Rainio (& Kai Lassfolk) (University of Helsinki)

10.45            “Are those rocks singing??” – Tourist Ears, Acoustic Regimes and More-Than-Human ‘Natural’ Environments in China
Ruard Absaroka (Universität Salzburg)

11.15             “Taken into the mountains” – The Idea of Bewitchment in Edvard Grieg`s String Quartets                 
Wojciech Stepien (The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice)

LUNCH

12.45             A World Full of Ears. Listening and Labouring in Uncharted Waters of the Irrawaddy Delta.
Friedlind Riedel (Bauhaus Universität Weimar)

13.15             Treeopera – Artistic Collaboration and Deep Ecological Philosophy
Sini Mononen (University of Helsinki & The Research Association Suoni ry)

13.45             Manifold “Tales from the Thousand Lakes”: Representations of Nature in Finnish Heavy Metal Music
Lise Vigier (University of Caen Normandy)

14.15            COFFEE      

Book launch:

Music as Atmosphere: Collective Feelings and Affective Sounds

Friedlind Riedel & Juha Torvinen (eds)

Book (pre-)launch:

Musiikki ja luonto. Soiva kulttuuri ympäristökriisin aikakaudella [Music and Nature: Sonic Culture in the Age of Environmental Crisis]

Juha Torvinen & Susanna Välimäki (eds)

15.00             Ecocritical Trends in Contemporary Finnish Music: From Sámi Rap to Conceptual Music
Susanna Välimäki (University of Turku & The Research Association Suoni ry)

15.30             Kalevi Aho’s Opera The Insect Life as post-pastoral
Liisamaija Hautsalo (Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki)

16.00             Atmosphere and Musical Imagery of Nature in Erik Bergman’s Compositions.
Juha Torvinen (University of Helsinki)

16.30             Closing of the symposium

The symposium is organised by:
Musicology, University of Helsinki
The Research project Music, Nature and Environmental Crises (PI Juha Torvinen), University of the Arts Helsinki
The Research Association Suoni ry