This is the grand finale concert featuring full-length performances by both acts.
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The 2013 Sibelius Academy Music Festival series of concerts and events begins Sunday, September 22, at the Estonian House of Chicago and concludes with a grand finale concert Friday, September 27, at the Calumet Theatre, Calumet, MI.
This year we will welcome classical/contemporary accordionist Ari Lehtonen, a doctoral student at the Sibelius Academy. Ari’s performance program includes the keyboard music of J.S. Bach, works by contemporary Finnish composers, and compositions by Argentine nuevo tango composer Ástor Piazzolla (1921-1992).
Our second act, the jazz/folk ensemble “August Saarinen & Vuolas Virta” pays tribute to the “king of Finnish tango” Olavi Virta (1915-1972). The musicians are Joonas Mikkilä, Juho Vanamo, Matias Mäntyranta, Miiko Renfors, and Joonas Tuhkanen.