MCME performs Finnish and Russian contemporary music in Russia

Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (MCME) will be touring in November with a concert program including Finnish and Russian contemporary music. The tour, titled “Window on contemporary music”, is an important musical collaboration between Russia and Finland. Between 4 and 7 November Russia-based MCME, reinforced with a Finnish kantele musician Salla Pesonen, will perform in three cities situated in Russia’s Ugrian region Ryazan, Penza and Saransk.

The concert program of in total four concerts include works from Finnish composers Einojuhani Rautavaara, Aulis Sallinen, Harri Wessman, Mikko Heiniö, Carita Holmström, Seppo Pohjola, Lotta Wennäkoski and Mikko Nisula. Every concert will also feature improvisation- and folk-based kantele music. The three day tour also includes lectures about Finnish contemporary music and the Finnish concert kantele.

Helen Metsä / Fimic
20 October, 2009