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Olli Hirvonen
Feb 15, 2012 - 8:00 pm
Location: Salmagundi Club
47 Fifth Avenue @ 12th Street
FREE for Finland Center Foundation members. Others $10 at the door, or $8 in advance HERE.
Bar opens @5pm, restaurant @ 6pm. Reservations recommended 212 255 7740.
Olli Hirvonen is a Finnish jazz guitarist. Born in the city of Lappeenranta, a lakeside town in southeast Finland, he began he's musical studies at the age of nine at the local music institute with classical guitar and piano.
After finishing high school in 2008, Hirvonen began his studies at the prestigious jazz department of Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and in August 2011 he relocated to New York City to study at the Manhattan School of Music.
Hirvonen's own group, the Olli Hirvonen Quartet has been the main outlet of his creative visions since 2008. This ensemble has performed in numerous Finnish festivals, including the main stage of Pori Jazz, the most famous jazz festival of Finland. The other ensemble he's actively performing with is the trio Ohne, which represented Finland in the Young Nordic Jazz Comets competition of 2010, and performed in the Sounds New Contemporary music festival in Canterbury, UK in the spring of 2011. Hirvonen has also been an active freelancer in the Finnish music scene, and has performed with for example the famous Umo Jazz Orchestra and The Great Helsinki Swing Big Band.
Hirvonen was nominated as the Artist of the Year of the Pori Jazz 2011 festival, which is one of the highest and the most visible recognitions in the Finnish jazz scene.
Finnish Book Club for Finland Center members only
Uusi kokoontumisilta suomenkielisille jasenille. Rentoa keskustelua ajankohtaisesta suomenkielisesta kirjallisuudesta ja kuukausittain vaihtuvasta yhteisesta kirjasta viinilasin äärella. Nyt luetaan Miika Nousiaisen kirjaa Vadelmavenepakolainen.
Lisätietoa ja tilausohjeet kirjautumalla omalle jäsensivustollesi. Jos olet unohtanut salasanasi, ota yhteyttä: info@finlandcenter.org
Finnish Conversation Group
Onko suomenkielesi hieman ruostunut? = Is your Finnish a little rusty??
Join us in the cozy bar of the Salmagundi Club MEETING INFORMALLY EVERY OTHER FRIDAY. Have a HUVILA beer or whatever (food also available) and discuss a topic to be jointly decided. Free admission. For schedule and to sign up, please email info@finlandcenter.orgor call 1 646 704 8000.
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Nuorten aikuisten illat
Illanviettoa ja Ison Omenan kokemuksien jakamista muiden suomalaisten nuorten kanssa! Tapaamiset kerran kuussa lauantai-iltaisin alkaen n. klo 6pm kirkolla.
Lisätietoa ryhmästä saat Heli Sirviöltä +1 212 365 0567
Princess by Arto Halonen
104 min. in New York Feb 13
Based on real-life events, the amazing and musical story of Anna Lappalainen who spent 50 years as a patient at a psychiatric hospital, where her lovable personality healed and brought joy to those around her and where she claimed to be a princess.
Arctic Circle- Finns of New York
Welcome to Arctic Circle- Finns of NYC. Our goal is to bring together the various Finnish groups, organizations and people that reside in NY with silimar interests. We plan on co-hosting events with other groups and hosting our own special events. We look forward to hosting upscale networking parties, benefits, exhibitions, theater nights, and fun happy-hour conversation meet-ups.
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More events to come.