Der künstlerische Leiter des Vokalensembles aus Dresden spricht über 20 Jahre AuditivVokal und über künstlerische Wahrnehmung und gleichzeitige Transformation unserer Gesellschaft im Hier und Jetzt.

Baroque violinist Laura Kajander is the creator and maintaining-magician of Aria Borealis. In its second edition, she brings the competition-embedded-in-a-festival to Musiikkitalo Helsinki. Audiences, musicians and young singers enjoy, discussions, workshops, masterclasses and even a great pasticcio of virtuoso arias and storytelly by Georg Friedrich Händel.

Librettist and director Aleksi Barriére searches for new ways of staging opera. He wrote a Pasticcio for the finals of Aria Borealis Baroque Singing Competition. Because Händel's music is not anly about bravoura arias but also about storytelling.

Legendary Baroque Soprano Emma Kirkby is head of the Jury of Aria Borealis, a competition for young singers, embedded in a festival. The host is Nordic Baroque Scene - a collaboration of leading nordic baroque ensembles. This year, FIBO - Finnish Baroque Orchestra invited eight finalists to come to Muusikkitala in Helsinki to work and rehearse with them.
We talk about ideal atmospheres and embodyment of sound.

Award winner at Joseph Joachim Violin Competition 2024, Jacques Forestier brings out his debut album "Song and Dance", touring Europe and moving to Germany for Kronberg Academy.

We talk about cocooning and generosity in music.

Artistic director of the International Vocal Competition s'Hertogenbos, Andrew Watts, talks about questions and networks and making the world a better place for the arts.

Die Oboisten, Komponistin und musikalische Neuerfinderin Catherine Milliken spricht über Neugier, eine bevorstehende Uraufführung mit den Berliner Philharmonikern beim Musikfest Berlin und das große Ganze, für das es manchmal viel Geduld braucht.

Coverbild (c)Annika Bauer

Die Künstlerische Direktorin des Pierre Boulez Saals in Berlin spricht über Komplexität als Erfüllung einer Sehnsucht und über das Gemeinschaftsgefühl in Musik.