ECHOES OF HISTORY – Meet the Author
Wed 28 June, 5 pm (Finnish time), Tornio
author Petra Rautiainen & editor-in-chief Antti Kokkonen
SIBELIUS AND HIS NORDIC COLLEAGUES – Concert
Wed 28 June, 6:30 pm (Finnish time), Tornio
Folke Gräsbeck, piano
GRAND CHORALES – Concert
Thu 29 June, 7 pm (Finnish time), Ylitornio
Carl-Henrik Fernandi, saxophone & Markus Wargh, organ
TREASURED SONGS – Concert
Fri 30 June, 6 pm (Swedish time), Övertorneå
Folk group Freija
NIGHT MUSIC: THE ORPHEUS OF AMSTERDAM – Concert
Fri 30 June, 8:30 pm (Swedish time), Övertorneå
Paavali Jumppanen & Katrin Meriloo, organ
HETKUN KETKUN – Children’s concert
Sat 1 July, 1 pm (Finnish time), Ylitornio
Folk group Freija
EXPEDITION – Concert
Sat 1 June, 6 pm (Swedish time), Övertorneå
Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, violin & Jan-Erik Gustafsson, cello
MEET THE ARTIST
Mon 3 July, 3 pm (Finnish time), Äkäslompolo
Melissa Sammalvaara, tapestry artist
MEET THE AUTHOR
Tue 4 June, 4 pm (Finnish time), Kolari
Petra Rautiainen, author
MEET THE ARTIST
Wed 5 July, 5 pm (Finnish time), Hetta
Jose Salo, puppet theater artist
TAPESTRY, WRITERS’ AND SHADOW PUPPET THEATER WORKSHOPS
starting June 17 (Äkäslompolo, Muonio & Hetta)
TAPESTRY IN TOWN – exhibit
June 26 – July 9 Äkäslompolo, Karila Barn Gallery
Melissa Sammalvaara, tapestry artist
SUN, MY FATHER – poetry caches
June 26 – July 15
A collection of poems Nils-Aslak Valkeapää selected Professor of Literature Kari Sallamaa hidden in the nature surrounding Kilpisjärvi and Kiruna. Composed and performed saxophonist Jukka Perko musical reflections inspired the poems can be listened on the audience members’ smart devices upon them having discovered the poems. A map to the poems will be published on June 26.
The organizer reserves the right to make changes to the program.