# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Performing the Political Festival
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 15 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm – Wed, 15 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 pm (+03:00)
- **Event Description**: The Performing the Political Festival gathers performances, discussions, and artistic interventions that explore how musicians engage with society and how music-making relates to political, social, and environmental realities.

The festival presents artistic and pedagogical work developed within the Performing the Political research project, as well as contributions emerging from the pre-festival dialogue series. A detailed programme will be published in the end of March. 

The festival offers:
- Live performances by students, alumni, and guest artists
- Conversations and reflection spaces
- Screening of documentaries presenting artistic interventions developed during the research project.

Date: 15 April
Time: 15:00–22:00
Location: Musiikkitalo Black Box, Alalämpiö, and Sibelius Academy's Agora
Admission: Free entry

Programme

Musiikkitalo, Alalämpiö
09:30 & 10:30 Folk Music Children’s Performance

Soundwalk 14:00 – 15:00
- Soundwalk. Jekaterina Viltsenko. Starting from and returning to Agora

Sibelius Academy's Agora 15:00 – 17:00

Order of Appearance:

- Two Black Churches by Shawn E. Okpebholo – Gabriel Kivivuori & Keval Shah
- Electric Guitar Ambient Set – Juho Tuomainen
- Queer Folk Music Ensemble – Havu & Kuisma
- Making Decisions Through Body Percussion (workshop) – Alan da Silva
- Spoken Word Performance – Omotola Adeshina 


Musiikkitalo, Blackbox (18:00 – 22:00)

Part I 18:00 – 19:50

Order of Appearance:

- Performing the Political – Documentary Screening
- Allegorical Narrative with Accordion Improvisation – Zimu Wang, accordion
- Come scoglio (Fiordiligi) from Così fan tutte (W. A. Mozart) – Iida Nummela, soprano & Ville Pääkkönen, piano
- Dialogue – Niilo Tarnanen & Erika Härö
Senior Baroque Ensemble – Minna Kangas & Ensemble
- Cinzas da Floresta (Ashes of the Forest) – Loica & Transcultural Ensemble
- Composer Interviews — with Kalevi Aho, Lara Poe, Lauri Supponen and Lotta Wennäkoski – Documentary Screening
- Access Amplified Collective – Sami Kekäläinen, voice, Apeal Paudel, sarod and voice, Aizhan Sultan, voice, Nathan Riki Thomson, double bass

Intermission 19:50 – 20:10

Part II 20:10 – 22:00

Order of Appearance:

- Lukas Stasevskij and Cellomania – Documentary Screening
- Footsteps in an Empty Room (Uno Vesje) & Trois Morceaux (Lili -Boulanger, arr. Jacqueline Pollauf) – Saara Valjakka, solo harp
- Opera Performance (Singers & Piano)
- Electroacoustic Improvisation – Trio Kauniskangas / Mannermaa / Mureddu
- Intimate Sounds: Musicians, Social Movements, and the Journey Through Exile – Documentary Screening
- Partytuuri Orchestra

Join us for an evening of thought-provoking art, dialogue, and connection.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/helsinki/performing-the-political-festival/200029870393620
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, music, festivals, performances, art, workshops, kids, spoken-word
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 92

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029870393620?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=helsinki-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Helsinki
- **state**: ES
- **country**: Finland
- **location**: Helsinki Music Centre Black Box
- **lat**: 60.173421099048
- **long**: 24.935207762896
- **full address**: Helsinki Music Centre Black Box, Töölönlahdenkatu 16, FI-00100 Helsinki, Suomi, Helsinki, Finland

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Performing the Political (https://allevents.in/org/performing-the-political/27629018)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 15 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm (+03:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Helsinki Music Centre Black Box, Töölönlahdenkatu 16, FI-00100 Helsinki, Suomi, Helsinki, Finland
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Performing the Political
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, music, festivals, performances, art, workshops, kids, spoken-word
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Performing the Political Festival ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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