Creative Dialogue
Creative Dialogue
Acequia Madre House, Santa Fe, NM
Kallio-Kuninkala, Finland
LIVE STREAM OF FINAL CONCERT Saturday July 8th 2023 at 17:00 GMT:
Now also: Creative Dialogue France
Anssi Karttunen, Kaija Saariaho and Magnus Lindberg conceived Creative Dialogue together with Sibelius-Academy in 2007. The ambition of the Creative Dialogue is to inspire young performers and composers to engage in a dialogue that benefits not only the two parties but the music life in general. Performers and composers often study in the same institutions, but are seldom encouraged to find out how much they can to learn from each other. Apart from the immediate personal relations that result from such a dialogue, it will lead to a deeper understanding of how composer-performer friendships have affected the history of music.
The Sibelius Academy, the music university of Finland invites many of the most prestigious Universities and Conservatories in North America and Europe to send students to the Creative Dialogue. The first 6 Creative Dialogues were held at Acequia Madre House, Santa Fe, NM. In 2015 the workshop was held in FInland, in Kallio-Kuninkala, Järvenpää, Finland, which is a campus of the Sibelius Academy. From then on Creative Dialogue has been held on alternate years in Santa Fe and in Finland.
Creative Dialogue XIV in Kallio Kuninkala , Järvenpää, Finland 29.6. - 9.7. 4 composers, 4 Kantele players and 6 string players from around the world will come together with the British composer Julian Anderson, Finnish cellist Anssi Karttunen and Finnish Kantele player Eija Kankaanranta. Composers wrote pieces for strings and kantele, kokle and kankles, instrumentalists played repertoire pieces by Julian Anderson and Kaija Saariaho. An extraodinary improvisation group of all the participants performed. For the first time all the Baltic countries were represented in instruments and musicians. All the pieces worked during the workshop were at the final concert at the Musiikkitalo, Helsinki on the 8th of July. The workshop and concert were dedicated to Kaija Saariaho.
Creative Dialogue XIII took place 5-14 July 2022 at Acequia Madre House, Santa Fe, NM. 4 composers, 4 pianists and 5 string players worked together with Magnus Lindberg, Anssi Karttunen and Joonas Ahonen. Composers wrote piano trios which were finished and rehearsed during the workshop, instrumentalists played pieces for piano and strings by Magnus Lindberg. Improvisation and visits to the numerous cultural landmarks were as usual an important part of the workshop. The final concert took place on the 14th of July at the St. Francis Auditorium, Santa Fe.
Creative Dialogue XII Online The workshop couldn't take place in Santa Fe as announced because of the Coronavirus restrictions. Instead, we took the opportunity to organize an online workshop where, apart from this year's participants we invited all those who had been to the Creative Dialogue in the past. Kaija Saariaho, Magnus Lindberg and Anssi Karttunen worked on new pieces and shared experiences.
Creative Dialogue XI again took place at Kallio-Kuninkala in Finland. 4 composers, 4 singers and 6 string players worked together with Kaija Saariaho, Anssi Karttunen and Daniel Belcher. The composers wrote pieces for voice and strings and the performers played pieces for voices and strings by Kaija Saariaho. As usual, an improvisation workshop and performance was also an important part of the workshop as was the visit to the cultural landmarks aroung Kallio-Kuninkala. The final concert took place in the Camerata Hall at the Music Centre, Helsinki on the 25th of August.
Creative Dialogue X took place July 17-26 2018 in Santa Fe, NM. The faculty was Anssi Karttunen, cello, Magnus Lindberg, composition and David Poissonnier, sound design. The focus of the workshop was on compositions for strings and live electronics. The final concert of this 10th anniversary Creative Dialogue was part of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and took place at the St. Francis Auditorium on July 26th at 6pm.
Creative Dialogue IX took place in Kallio-Kuninkala, Finland from 28th of August to 5th of September 2017. This time the faculty was Kaija Saariaho, Anssi Karttunen and the French sound engineer David Poissonnier. The focus of this years workshop was music for string instruments and electronics. The 5 participating composers wrote pieces for various string ensembles and electronics for the 3 violinists, 2 viola players and 3 cellists attending. The String players each prepared a work by Kaija Saariaho with electronics. The final concert took place at the Black Box of the Music Centre in Helsinki on the 5th of September at 3pm.
Creative Dialogue VIII took place 19th-28th June 2016 in Santa Fe, NM. Magnus Lindberg and Anssi Karttunen were joined on the faculty by the Led Zeppelin legend, multi-instrumentalist and composer John Paul Jones. The final concert was held at the St. Francis Auditorium, Santa Fe on the 28th of June. The composer participants wrote pieces for different combinations of low string instruments (3 cellos, 2 double bass and 2 electric bass). The cellists and double bass players shared Magnus's Partia for solo cello, The double bass players transcribed together with Magnus Coranto and Boria. Magnus's Etude I was also be played in a new version by Anssi Karttunen for 5 cellos and 2 double basses. Listen to the concert Improvisation workshops were also an important part of Creative Dialogue this time, instrumentalists and composers improvised together during the week and in the concert.
Creative Dialogue VII was held January 31st to February 7th, 2015 in Kallio-Kuninkala, Tuusula, Finland. Kaija Saariaho was again on the faculty together with Anssi Karttunen and the Finnish pianist Tuija Hakkila. The participants were invited from many of the top European and US conservatories. The young composers wrote pieces for piano and strings. The final concert was at the Music Centre in Helsinki on the 7th of February as part of the festival Musica nova Helsinki and included the student compositions as well as some of Kaija Saariaho's most recent works for strings and piano.
Creative Dialogue VI in 2014 was led by Magnus Lindberg and Anssi Karttunen with the Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan. The workshop took place 3rd-11th July, with a concert at the St. Francis Auditorium on July 11th. The participating composers wrote pieces for voices and string instruments and the performers worked on Magnus Lindberg's pieces and pieces for voice and strings by Kaija Saariaho, Peter Lieberson and Harrison Birtwistle.
Creative Dialogue V took place 17-24th July 2012, it was led jointly by Anssi Karttunen, Magnus Lindberg and the Israeli clarinetist Chen Halevi. The instrumentalists played solo and chamber pieces by Magnus Lindberg (with the composer on the piano) and the composers were invited to write pieces for cellos and clarinets, which were all prepared for a concert at the St. Francis Auditorium, this time once again part of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.
Creative Dialogue IV was a workshop for cellists. This time Anssi Karttunen worked with six cellists on a special project, the Mystery Variations, a series of pieces by 31 composer-friends of Karttunen, written for his 50th birthday. Each participant played 3-6 of the pieces among which were 21 US premieres. The very well attended and enthusiastically received concert took place again at the St. Francis Auditorium.
In the 2010 Creative Dialogue III, Anssi Karttunen and the Finnish Guitarist Timo Korhonen led a group of 5 cellists and 3 guitar players in a workshop of new solo and chamber pieces and improvisation. The repertoire was centered on composers Karttunen and Korhonen have personally worked with, one of the highlights of the final concert was a group improvisation of all the students.
Creative Dialogue II, in 2009, was led by Anssi Karttunen and the participants were 7 cellists who worked on a repertoire of new solo cello pieces and pieces for cello ensembles. Parts of the repertoire were worked with composers, the late Peter Lieberson was present; Kaija Saariaho, Magnus Lindberg and Pablo Ortiz worked with the players via the internet.
Creative Dialogue I in 2008 was a workshop for composers and string players. The Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho and cellist Anssi Karttunen led the workshop. The string players - 2 violinists, 2 violists and 3 cellists - also worked on solo pieces by Kaija Saariaho. The composers wrote pieces specially for the ensembles of string players available, pieces were rehearsed and revised every afternoon and performed in the final concert, which was organised in collaboration with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.
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ALUMNI 2008-2022:
1.Matthew Barnson, composer, Juilliard School of Music and Drama
2.Ben Hackbarth, composer, University of California San Diego
3.Jouni Hirvelä, composer, Sibelius Academy
4.Pasi Lyytikäinen, composer, Sibelius Academy
5.Schuyler Tsuda, composer, University of Minnesota School of Music
6.Andrew Bergmann, composition, University of Minnesota School of Music
7.Bryan Jacobs, composition. Columbia University
8.Yoshiaki Onishi, composition, Columbia University
9.Yuan Peiying, composition, Cornell University
10. Zosha Di Castri, composer, Columbia University
11. Loren Loiacano, composer, Cornell University
12.Taylor Brook, composer, Columbia University
13. Juhani Vesikkala, composer, Sibelius Academy
14.Cecile Marti. composer, Guildhall School of Music
15. Artur Akshelyan, composer, HEM Genève
16.Nina Young, composer, Columbia University
17.Walter Sallinen, composer, Sibelius Academy
18.Jacob Landau, composer, Juilliard School of Music and Drama
19.Gonzalo Bustos, composer, HEM Genève
20.Joseph Howard, composer, Royal Academy of Music, London
21. Mioko Yokoyama, composer Sibeius-Academy, Helsinki
22.Ashkan Behzadi, composer, Columbia University
23.Nuño Fernández, composer, Sibelius Academy
24.David Bird, composer, Columbia University, New Tork
25.Sophya Polevaya, composer, Royal Academy of Music, London
26.Jonas Skaarud, composer, Norwegian Music University, Oslo
27.Kaspar Querfurth, composer, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
28.Conor Brown, composer, University of Colorado/Boulder
29.Heidi Hassinen, composer, Sibelius Academy
30.Grant Luhmann, composer, Yale School of Music
31.Onur Yildirim, composer, Columbia University
32.Keting Sun, composer, Royal Academy, London
33.William Dougherty, composer, Columbia University
34.Matteo Gualandi, composer, HEM Genève
35.Sampo Kasurinen, composer, composer Sibelius Academy
36.Michael Kropf, composer, University of Michigan
37.Benjamin Morris, composer, University of Boulder, Colorado
38.Edo Frenkel, composer, Eastman School of Music
39.Aslıhan Keçebaşoğlu, composer, Sibelius Academy
40.Parker Callister, composer, Eastman School of Music
41.Alfredo Cabrera, composer, Unversity of Michigan
42.Tara Valkonen, composer, Sibelius Academy
43.Uri Kochavi, composer, Columbia University
44.Jorge Care, composer, HEM Geneva
45.Fjola Evans, composer Columbia University
46.Toby Anderson, composer, Royal Academy of Music
47.Otto Nuoranne, composer Sibelius Academy
48.Meeri Pulakka. soprano, Sibelius Academy
49.Sinead White, soprano, McGill University
50.Will Bryan, baritone, Florida State University
51.Erin Hogson, soprano
52.Ema Nikolovska, mezzo-soprano, Guildhall School
53.Thomas Zimmermann, tenor
54.Eriv Viñas, baritone
55.Eirik Fosstveit, piano, Norges Musikhøgskola
56.Auroora Lahti-Hintsala, piano, Sibelius Academy
57.Antoine Ouvrard, piano, Conservatoire de Paris
58.Lambis Pavlou, piano, Sibelius Academy
59.Jixue Yang, piano, Manhattan School of Music
60.Katelyn Vahala, piano, USC Thornton School of Music
61.Iivari Aalto, piano, Sibelius Academy
62.Kiia Nordlund, piano, Sibelius Academy
63.Paul Williamson, piano, Colburn School
64.Ignacio Ojeda Romero, piano, Manhattan School of Music
65.Tiffany Valvo Lopez, clarinet
66.Carlos Cordeiro, clarinet
67.Shi-Wen Fan, clarinet
68.Veera Myllyniemi, clarinet, Sibelius Academy
69.Rolf Haas, violin, University of Minnesota School of Music
70.Tuuli Talvitie, violin, Sibelius Academy
71.Lisa Romain, violin, Mannes College of Music
72.Grace Youn, violin, Butler School of Music
73.Miguel Colom, violin, University of the Arts, Berlin
74.Yoonhee Lee, violin, Amsterdam Conservatory
75.Wendy Toh, violin, Eastman School of Music, Rochester
76.Danielle Daoukayeva, violin, Royal Conservatory, Hague
77.Onni Toikka, violin, Taideyliopiston Sibelius Akatemia
78.Holly Workman, violin, Eastman School of Music
79.Chandler Yu, violin, Colburn School of Music
80.Karolina Walarowska, violin
81.Raina Arnett, violin, Eastman School of Music
82.Tiffany Kang, violin, Colburn School
83.Barak Schossberger, violin, Eastman School of music
84.Sirkku Helin, violin, Sibelius Academy
85.Asher Wulfman, violin, UCSC Thornton
86.Reina Yoshioka, violin, University of Arts, Vienna
87.Jennifer Gersten, violin, Oslo Conservatory
88.Ester Forsberg, viola, Copenhagen Conservatory
89.Tim Hansson, viola, Sibelius Academy
90.Molly Goldman, viola, Eastman School of Music
91.David Medine, viola, University of California San Diego
92.Olga Reskalenko, viola, Sibelius Academy
93.Danika Paskvan, viola, Juilliard School of Music and Drama
94.Zane Sturme, viola, Det Konglige Danske Musikkonservatorium
95.Julien Altmann, viola, McGill University
96.Katie McKay, viola, Manhattan School of Music
97.Jordan Bak, viola, Juilliard School
98.Laura Paakkari, viola, Sibelius Academy
99.Steven Tse, viola, New England Conservatory
100. Elijah Spies, viola, Basel Academy of Music
101. Kristjan Kannukene, viola, Estonian Music Academy
102. Hannah Collins, cello, Yale School of Music
103.Jacqueline Ludwig, cello, New England Conservatory
104. Ashley Walters cello, University of California San Diego
105. Ramiro Alvarez, cello, University of Michigan
106. Yotam Baruch, cello, Indiana University
107. Kacy Clopton, cello, New England Conservatory
108. Anton Kukkonen, cello, Sibelius Academy
109. Mariel Roberts, cello, Eastman School of Music
110. Caroline Stinson, cello, Juilliard School of Music and Drama
111. Laura Usiskin, cello, Yale School of Music
112. Hye-Yoon Choi, cello, New England Conservatory
113. Shannon Hayden, cello, Yale School of Music
114. Francesco Mastromatteo, cello, The Butler School of Music
115. Aleisha Verner, cello, Juilliard School of Music and Drama
116. Joel Salvo, cello, Minnesota School of Music
117. Hannah Addario-Berry, cello, Friends of Sibelius Academy grant
118. Nathan Harrenstein, cello, The Butler School of Music (Univ. of Texas)
119. Jaani Helander, cello, Sibelius Academy
120. Jonathan Lo, cello, Eastman School of Music
121. Mo Mo, cello, Yale School of Music
122. Oleksa Mucyk, cello, Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University
123. Patrick McGuire, cello, Juilliard School of Music and Drama
124. Markus Hallikainen, cello, Sibelius Academy
125. Joann Whang, cello, Yale University
126. Khari Joyner, cello, Juilliard School of Music
127. Henry Meyer, cello, Northwestern University
128. Cameron Crozman, cello, Paris Conservatory
129. Oskari Holopainen, cello, Sibelius Academy
130. Anna Litvinenko, cello, Juilliard School of Music and Drama
131. Benjamin Baker, cello, Eastman School of Music
132. Berber Heerema, cello, Royal Conservatory, The Hague
133. Sebastian Baverstam, cello, New England Conservatory
134. Juan Sebastian Delgado, cello, McGill University, Montreal
135. Ayano Kanimura, cello, Hochschule für Musik, Basel
136. Laura Martin, cello, Sibelius Academy
137. Aaron Wolff, cello, Juilliard School of Music and Drama
138. Sirja Nironen, cello, The Sibelius Academy
139. Karine Helene Slåtterbekk, cello , Norwegian Academy of Music
140. Adele Xiang, cello ,Sibelius Academy
141. Coleman Itzkoff,cello, Juilliard School of Music
142. Shulamit Sarid, cello, McGill University
143. Joshua Morris, cello MsGill University
144. Derek Louie, cello, Julilliard School of music
145. Emilija Rozensteina, cello, Sibelius Academy
146. Connor Kim, cello, Juilliard School of Music
147. Frederik Blikeng, Double Bass, Royal Conservatory, Oslo
148. Fredrick Speer, Double Bass, McGill University, Montreal
149. Brett Armstrong, Double Bass, University of Colorado/Boulder
150. Mark Appling, guitar, Eastman School of Music
151. Jakob Van Cauwenberghe, guitar, Manhattan School of Music
152. Aleksi Rajala, guitar, Sibelius Academy
153. Logan Kane, Electric Bass, UC Thornton, Los Angeles
154. Janne Tuovinen, Electric Bass, Sibelius-Academy
155. Makiko Oba, kantele, Sibelius Academy
156. Nea Wunsch, kantele, Sibelius Academy
157. Kristine Tukre, kokle, Riga Conservatory
158. Gabija Tatlauskaite, kankles, Vilnius Conservatory
Participating Universities
Sibelius-Academy
Amsterdam Conservatory
CNSM, Conservatoire de Paris
Copenhagen Conservatory
Guildhall School of Music
HEM de Genève
Colburn School of Music
Columbia University
Cornell University
Eastman School of Music
Indiana University
Juilliard School of Music and Drama
McGill University
Mannes School of Music
Manhattan School of Music
New England Conservatory
Norwegian Academy of Music
Northwestern University
Riga Conservatory
Royal Academy of Music (London)
Royal Conservatory, The Hague
Tallinn Conservatory
University of California San Diego
USC Thornton School of Music
University of Minnesota School of Music
University of Michigan
Univ. of Texas, Butler School of Music
Vilnius Conservatory
Yale School of Music
FACULTY 2008-2017:
Anssi Karttunen, 2008 - 2012, 2014 - 2023
Kaija Saariaho, 2008, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020
Magnus Lindberg, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022
Julian Anderson, 2023
Timo Korhonen, 2011
Chen Halevi, 2012
Barbara Hannigan, 2014
Tuija Hakkila, 2015
John Paul Jones, 2016
David Poissonnier, 2017, 2018
Daniel Belcher, 2019
Joonas Ahonen, 2022
Eija Kankaanranta, 2023