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<\/p>\n\u2018If the trees could share their view of the state of the world, what would they say? Perhaps that our world has gone mad\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n
In the work Mad Maple, violist S\u00e9verine Morfin questions our relationship to nature and its soundscape. The piece, composed for viola, guitar, clarinet, monotron, and sound track, consists of three parts in which written sections are intertwined with improvisation. In addition to the instruments, tape recordings are heard as a fourth sound source, containing field recordings and sampled instruments. Sound designer C\u00e9line Grangey plays the tapes, which come alive in the same way as the instruments.<\/p>\n
Mad Maple is filled with concern for the state of the Earth (the glacier we hear collapsing in the piece \u201cglac\u00e9s\u201d has already disappeared), while at the same time being an intensely poetic performance. The wind blows along with the viola, forest birds sing beside Elodie Pasquier\u2019s clarinet, the glacier engages in dialogue with Guillaume Magne\u2019s guitar\u2026 The sounds merge into layers and soon we no longer know where they come from. This diversity of sounds creates a dense music that nevertheless feels natural. The sounds are treated as equals, blending into a shifting, living synthesis.<\/p>\n
Maple also means the wood of the maple tree, from which S\u00e9verine Morfin\u2019s viola is made. It was specially built for her by the luthier Patrick Charton, to whom the piece \u201cLes murmures\u201d is dedicated. Mad Maple builds a connection from the wood of the instrument to the trees of the forest, bringing us back to nature. These imaginary landscapes help us remember that we are part of the whole.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe think of the island, the sea surrounding the island. The air, the currents, the inhaling and exhaling. How much life can fit into a single moment, into a pause.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The journey of vocalist Selma Savolainen and bassist Eero Tikkanen, which began on the island of Iso-Kraaseli during Raahen Rantajatsit 2021, has continued at Korpo Sea Jazz 2022, and in Helsinki on Lammassaari and Tervasaari. After their performances on the islands, Selma and Eero will come ashore at Hietsu on 22 September 2025 to perform their first mainland concert at the Hietsun Paviljonki.<\/p>\n
Vocalist, composer, and lyricist Selma Savolainen is known for her powerful yet sensitive interpretations. Her debut solo album Horror Vacui, released in 2023 on Whirlwind Recordings, was awarded the Jazz Emma Award for Album of the Year in 2024. Savolainen, who received the Pori Jazz Rising Talent recognition in 2022, also performs with groups such as Signe, Mikko Sarvanne Garden, and Mikko Innanen\u2019s Uusi Kvintetti.<\/p>\n
The dynamic bassist Eero Tikkanen is known for his energetic expressiveness and open-mindedness\u2014strengths that define this bold musician. Testimony to this is his ability to master styles ranging from experimental to traditional, as well as his participation in many cult and alternative groups such as The Mystic Revelation of Teppo Repo, Joose Keskitalo, Selma Savolainen Horror Vacui, Phardah, and Jorma Tapio & Kaski.<\/p>\n
S\u00e9verine Morfin Mad Maple<\/strong> (FR) Selma Savolainen & Eero Tikkanen<\/strong> Photos: Mad Maple – Maxim Francois and Selma Savolainen & Eero Tikkanen – Maarit Kyt\u00f6harju<\/p>\n Concert production: Vapaat \u00c4\u00e4net & Finnish Jazz Federation Concert supported by: Creative Europe, Association Jazz\u00e9 Crois\u00e9, Institut Fran\u00e7ais, Spedidam, MES, City of Helsinki and Svenska Kulturfonden.<\/p>\n \u2018If the trees could share their view of the state of the world, what would they say? Perhaps that our world has gone mad\u2026\u2019 In the work Mad Maple, violist […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5827,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-5833","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nS\u00e9verine Morfin: viola, compositions
\nElodie Pasquier: clarinet, monotron
\nGuillaume Magne: guitar
\nC\u00e9line Grangey: tapes, sound design<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSelma Savolainen<\/strong>: vocals
\nEero Tikkanen<\/strong>: double bass<\/p>\n
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