FESTIVAL PROGRAM
PREPARTY    PREPARTY      
MONDAY 25.8 
 


19:00 @ TÖÖLÖ CHURCH  

EMO ENSEMBLE  X  UNM SEXTET :  GETTING HYPED    👻    GETTING HYPED    👻    
For the first concert of the UNM 2025 festival we want you to get excited with us. Hype yourself up. Love yourself. In these challenging times, the lauded Espoo-based EMO Ensemble guides us there via an emotional journey dealing with pain, nostalgia, and community. FREE ENTRY 
PROGRAM:

Huse: Witness (Norway)
Schwarz: Gradient for Voices (Norway)
Layton: veering slowly, losing identity (Norway)
Almström: Nostalghia (Sweden)

TUESDAY  26.8 

19:00 @ BALDERIN SALI  
UUSINTA ENSEMBLE  X  UNM :
VIBE CHECK      💀       VIBE CHECK      💀     


Feeling the vibe, yet? The Grammy-award winning Uusinta Ensemble performs a selection of chamber works that are all about hitting you in your feels through their nuance, color, and an ever shifting world of pitch and play. FREE ENTRY

PROGRAM:

Spoormaker: String Trio (Sweden)
Ólafsdóttir: Gárar (Iceland)
Tetz: Vier statische Bewegungen (Denmark)
Solberg: Squish Flutter  (Norway)
Circenis: Transience (Latvia)
Zhang: Exit (Denmark)

WEDNESDAY 27.8
 

19:00 @ SIBELIUS ACADEMY MAIN HALL
TAPIOLA SINFONIETTA  X  UNM : MIRROR SELFIE    🪞    MIRROR SELFIE     🪞    
It’s the age of Aquarius.. er Pisces? Check your horoscope, check your fit, and snap that mirror selfie. Our collaboration with the amazing Tapiola Sinfonietta is all about looking out, looking on, and looking in. FREE ENTRY

PROGRAM:

Marjakangas: Mass (Finland)
Räsänen: Pisces - Mime (Finland)
Timofejeva: LOGinEYE (Latvia)
Vozgirdaitė: sotto voce (Lithuania)
Vencskute: Liminal Space (Lithuania)

Kasimir Uusitupa, conductor, Teuvo Taimioja, guitar and Gediminas Stepanavičius, double bass

THURSDAY 28.8
 
19:00 @ MANEESI, CIRKO
AVANTI! CHAMBER ORCHESTRA  X  UNM :
LOCATION DROPPED📍LOCATION DROPPED📍
*Ding*
-Location dropped-
An old industrial hall? This party is gonna be [groovy] [fire] [lit]
*insert adjective of choice*
Join AVANTI!—Finland’s premiere new music orchestra on a journey of locations: mind, body, and the Scottish highlands. FREE ENTRY

PROGRAM:

Nikkinen: From Cluelessness to Clarity (Finland)
Kulla: On meele meelitaja videviku värvi (Estonia)
Obata: Scrim (Finland)
Anderton: Pìobaireachd // Hringur (Iceland)

Jutta Seppinen, conductor



FRIDAY 29.8



19:00 @ CAMERATA,  MUSIC CENTRE
NYKY ENSEMBLE  X  SIBA  X  UNM  : PREGAME PLAYLIST 🎧 PREGRAME PLAYLIST 🎧 
It’s time to set the mood right with your favorite pregame playlist. UNM 2025 has partnered with the Sibelius Academy’s NYKY Ensemble to bring you the perfect mix of potent, playful, and toe tapping. Oh, and a little fruit, because who doesn’t need a snack before leaving? FREE ENTRY
PROGRAM:
Pohozha: In the box (Sweden)
Landström: Rum (Sweden)
Lazurca: 4 Songs for Clementine (Denmark)
Kiviniemi: LIGHT HAS VELOCITY, AND ITS ABSENCE IS CONSTANT AND ETERNAL (Finland)
Nordal: Music for Ants (Iceland)
18:30 @  TEATER VIIRUS
WORKS FOR STAGE :
QUICK TOUCH UP   💄   QUICK TOUCH UP  💄  
UNM takes on technocracy in this mash-up of conference, stage, and dance — bringing together works that explore the bizarre, the omnipotent, and the achingly human sides of technology. Don’t forget your blush!

tickets available here 

PROGRAM:

Lindberg: Search Engine Optimization (Product Launch) (Norway)
Smith: We Have Gathered Here Today (Finland)
Sól Ey: Materize (Iceland)

*The Saturday performance has reserved places for all UNM festival participants.






22:00 @ MANEESI, CIRKO
EVENING MATINEE : LOST DOWNTOWN    🌃    LOST DOWNTOWN   🌃   
Lost in Hell… sinki? It’s okay. Getting lost is half the fun. Now lose yourself in the surreal soundscape of Pípumessa, brought straight to you from the land of fire and ice. FREE ENTRY 
PROGRAM:


Einars, Hallgrímsson and Einarsson: Pípumessa (Iceland)
SATURDAY 30.8
 
14:00 @ MANEESI,  CIRKO

WORKS FOR BLACK BOX :
IN THE QUEUE     🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏽     IN  THE  QUEUE    🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏽    

Waiting... buffering... almost there. You’ve made it this far—why stop now? In this penultimate event, ambient electronics stretch time while experimental and performative works blur the boundaries between body, sound, and stage. Think of it as a soft reset before the finale: meditative, glitchy, and maybe a little too real. Are you next? FREE ENTRY

Emilija Zak’s installation made at the UNM Artist-in-Residence will be on display one hour before the performance.

PROGRAM:

Jaeski: Tuhande tule kaugusel (Estonia)
Hjálmarsdóttir: Clustering (Iceland)
Hellesøy: Position (Norway)
Deak: Tamed (Sweden)
Apokidi: Perhaps not’t say (Denmark)
Emre: Sub thoughts (Denmark)
Rödström: För (Sweden)
Chen: Intermediate neuron (Denmark)