Lecture Series on Music of Our Time, Helsinki
Talks and lectures Sibelius Academy
Lecture series on music of our time consist of visits of composers and other artists discussing their practice, works, and questions related to these
Five public lectures are held in the auditorium of Helsinki Music Centre on Thursdays at 1:15 to 2:45 PM.
Thursday 23.1.2025, Justina Repečkaitė
Musica nova composer Justina Repečkaitė: Sfäärit (Spheres) – composition as choreography
Justina Repečkaitė discusses her new work, to be premiered on Thursday 6th of February on Musica nova Helsinki festival in Centre for New Dance as a part of the Sfäärit (Spheres) performance initiated by harpsichordist Marianna Henriksson and choreographer Anna Mustonen. In Sfäärit (Spheres), the artists explore the assumptions and questions surrounding the coming together of dance and music. Repečkaitė studied composition in France, i.a. in IRCAM and is one of most succesful Lithuanian composers. Her music has been described by critics as having “many similarities to a diamond“.
This lecture is held in English.
