NYKY Ensemble RECHERCHE: side by side
NYKY Ensemble and Ensemble Recherche, conducted by David Claudio, perform side by side at Musica nova Helsinki 2025
The NYKY Ensemble, Sibelius Academy’s cutting-edge contemporary music group, joins forces with the world-renowned Ensemble Recherche in an inspiring, boundary-pushing concert, conducted by David Claudio, at Musica nova Helsinki 2025. This collaboration brings Recherche’s expertise in New Music to the next generation of Finnish musicians, providing coaching to the NYKY Ensemble and offering invaluable insights into interpreting complex contemporary repertoire.
The evening’s program will present a diverse array of New Music perspectives, showcasing landmark compositions by artists such as Salvatore Sciarrino and Carola Bauckholt, and will include two Finnish premieres: Alex Paxton’s Scrunchy Touch Sweetly to Fall and Bára Gísladóttir’s Music to Accompany Your Sweet Splatter Dreams. The side-by-side performance celebrates the collaborative spirit of Musica Nova and the artistic rigor that defines both ensembles.
Read more about Musica Nova 2025.
NYKY Ensemble
NYKY Ensemble is a contemporary music group of Uniarts Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy, which serves as a forum for contemporary music projects and provides perspectives on the trends and techniques of our time, such as expanded playing techniques, live electronics, microtonality, minimalism or cross-disciplinary artistic cooperation. The composition of the ensemble depends on the pieces to be presented at any given time, and the visiting supervisor in each concert period is a musician or ensemble specialising in contemporary music.
Further information: Jaakko Kilpeläinen, jaakko.kilpelainen@uniarts.fi
The NYKY Ensemble, Sibelius Academy’s cutting-edge contemporary music group, joins forces with the world-renowned Ensemble Recherche in an inspiring, boundary-pushing concert, conducted by David Claudio, at Musica nova Helsinki 2025. This collaboration brings Recherche’s expertise in New Music to the next generation of Finnish musicians, providing coaching to the NYKY Ensemble and offering invaluable insights into interpreting complex contemporary repertoire.
The evening’s program will present a diverse array of New Music perspectives, showcasing landmark compositions by artists such as Salvatore Sciarrino and Carola Bauckholt, and will include two Finnish premieres: Alex Paxton’s Scrunchy Touch Sweetly to Fall and Bára Gísladóttir’s Music to Accompany Your Sweet Splatter Dreams. The side-by-side performance celebrates the collaborative spirit of Musica Nova and the artistic rigor that defines both ensembles.
Read more about Musica Nova 2025.
NYKY Ensemble
NYKY Ensemble is a contemporary music group of Uniarts Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy, which serves as a forum for contemporary music projects and provides perspectives on the trends and techniques of our time, such as expanded playing techniques, live electronics, microtonality, minimalism or cross-disciplinary artistic cooperation. The composition of the ensemble depends on the pieces to be presented at any given time, and the visiting supervisor in each concert period is a musician or ensemble specialising in contemporary music.
Further information: Jaakko Kilpeläinen, jaakko.kilpelainen@uniarts.fi