PROGRAM

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The seventh Tampere Chamber Music festival will be held in Tampere from Wednesday to Sunday, 25-29. January 2023. In addition to the Tampere Hall concert halls, the performances will be heard in the Moomin Museum, Tampere's Old Church and the Cathedral. 

Combining chamber music, dance and science, the festival offers visitors ways to derive well-being from music, and children and students as well as adults and the elderly are welcome to the event.

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At the 2023 festival, you can experience a total of 17 wonderful events: eight concerts, two lectures, two service hall concerts and five chamber music masterclasses.

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The theme of the festival is Anam Cara – Soulmate.

A warm welcome to uplifting and joyful chamber music!

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Festival pass

With a festival pass (€120) you can enjoy the event's offer the best way possible. You can also get individual tickets for the concerts you want.

Please note that the festival pass does not include the Moomin Museum collaboration concert. The festival pass is exchanged for ticket in connection with the concerts in the Tampere hall's Pieni sali.

Students

For all paid concerts of the festival, a €10 student-priced advance ticket is available.

Students have free entry one hour before the start of the concert, if there is room in the hall. The free price does not apply to the Moomin museum's collaboration concert.

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Buy tickets here!

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WEDNESDAY 25 January 2023

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Wed 25.1.2023 at 10 a.m. Tampere-talo, Pieni sali
TCM: Chamber Music Masterclass - Yuval Gotlibovich
Welcome to the chamber music master class. The teacher is the violinist Yuval Gotlibovich.
Free event. Duration approx. 1 h 30 min. Language of instruction English.

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Wed 25.1.2023 at 1:30 p.m. Pohjola service center
TCM: Service building concert Pohjolankatu (only for service building residents)
The students of the master courses play together with the artists of the festival in a joint concert. The concert is carried out in cooperation with the cultural services of the city of Tampere and is intended only for the residents of the service building.
Free event.

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Changes are possible.

 

Wed 25.1.2023 at 1:30 p.m. Pohjola service center
TCM: Service hall concert Pohjolankatu(only for service building residents)
The students of the master courses play together with the artists of the festival in a joint concert. The concert is carried out in cooperation with the cultural services of the city of Tampere and is intended only for the residents of the service building.
Free event.

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Changes are possible.

 

 

THURSDAY 26.1.2023

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Thu 26.1.2023 at 10 a.m. Tampere-talo, Pieni sali
TCM: Chamber Music Master Class - Marianna Shirinyan
Welcome to the chamber music masterclass. The teacher is pianist Marianna Shirinyan.
Free event. Duration approx. 1 h 30 min. Language of instruction English.

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Thu 26.1.2023 at 1:30 p.m. Pohjola service house
TCM: Service hall concert Pohjolankatu(only for service building residents)
The students of the master courses play together with the artists of the festival in a joint concert. The concert is carried out in cooperation with the cultural services of the city of Tampere and is intended only for the residents of the service building.
Free event.

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Thu 26.1.2023 at 19:30 Tampere-talo, Pieni sali
TCM: Opening concert – Light and shadows
John O'Donohue's book Anam Cara serves as a source of inspiration for the 2023 Tampere Chamber Music Festival. Scottish poet Norman MacCaig's text beautifully describes the deep essence of life.
Paid event. Duration approx. 1 h 40 min.

Changes are possible.

 

 

FRIDAY 27.1.2023

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Fri 27.1.2023 at 10 Satamakatu Hall (Address: Satamakatu 17)
TCM: Chamber music masterclass - Paavo Pohjola
Welcome to the chamber music master class. The teacher is violinist-conductor Paavo Pohjola.
Free event. Duration approx. 2 hours. Language of instruction Finnish.

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Fri 27.1.2023 at 5 pm Tampere-talo, Maestro
TCM: Coming home from work concert - Seasons of the Heart
Come experience Astor Piazzolla's  Seasons, which follow the seasonal cycle of man and nature.
Paid event. Duration approx. 1 h.

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Fri 27.1.2023 at 19:00 Moomin Museum
TCM: Spring Song - Silence is the soul's friend
Nuskamuikkunen's Spring Song comes alive in the joint concert of the Moomin Museum and the Tampere Chamber Music Festival.
Paid event. Not included in the festival pass. Duration approx. 1 hour. Recommended age 7 years.

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Fri 27.1.2023 at 22:00 Old Church of Tampere
TCM: Yösoitto church concert - Circle of Unity
The program of the traditional Yösoitto night concert in the old church includes a wonderful string sextet by Brahms.
Free event. Duration of the concert approx. 1 hour.

Changes are possible.

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SATURDAY 28.1.2023

 

Sat 28.1.2023 at 11 Tampere-talo, Maestro
TCM lecture: The movement of the visible and the invisible
Asta Raami, doctor of arts and intuition researcher, and dance artist and pedagogue Sini Länsivuori introduce the audience to the secrets of visible and invisible movement. Co-production with Tampere Science Days.
Free event. Duration approx. 3 h.

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Sat 28.1.2023 at 2 pm Tampere-talo, Duetto 1 & 2
TCM lecture: Researching and developing occupational well-being in musicians' work communities
Psychologist and violinist Helmi Kuusi leads the audience to the well-being of musicians at work. Co-production with the Finnish Society of Music Medicine Smuly and Tampere Science Days.
Free event. Duration approx. 1 h.

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Sat 28.1.2023 at 2 pm Tampere-talo, Maestro
TCM: Chamber music masterclass - Paavo Pohjola
Welcome to the chamber music masterclass. The teacher is violinist-conductor Paavo Pohjola.
Free event. Duration approx. 2 hours. Language of instruction Finnish.

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Sat 28.1.2023 at 17:00 Tampere Cathedral
TCM: Väreily - Tremor 
The concert combining dance and chamber music will be seen and heard in Tampere Cathedral. Co-production with Tampere parishes.
Paid event. Duration approx. 1 h.

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Sat 28.1.2023 at 19:00 Tampere-talo, Pieni sali
TCM: Evening concert: Anam Cara – Soulmate
A concert for friendship brings a Slavic emotional avalanche and beauty to the Small Hall of the Tampere Hall.
Paid event. Duration approx. 1 h 45 min.

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Sat 28.1.2023 at 22:00 Tampere-talo, Pieni sali
TCM: Southern Wind
The warmth, emotion and virtuosity of the music of Piazzolla, Nisinman and Paganini bring a genuine breeze from Argentina and Italy to the Small Hall of Tampere Hall.
Paid event. Duration approx. 1 hour. Serving areas in the hall.

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Changes are possible.

 

SUNDAY 29 January 2023

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Sun 29 January 2023 at 10 Tampere-talo, Maestro
TCM: Chamber music masterclass - Paavo Pohjola
Welcome to the chamber music master class. The teacher is violinist-conductor Paavo Pohjola.
Free event. Duration approx. 2 hours. Language of instruction Finnish.

Sun 29.1.2023 at 12 Tampere-talo, Pieni sali
TCM: Closing concert - Play of the invisible
The concert will be inspired by Celtic philosophy, nature and creativity.
Paid event. Duration approx. 1 h.

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Changes are possible.