Public Defence of the Artistic Doctoral degree of Pia Siirala
DOCTORAL DEFENCE Friday 7.6.2024 at 12:00, Music House, Camerata Hall, Helsinki More information The title of the Doctoral degree: Aspects of hearing the music of the indigenous peoples in north-eastern Siberia. The title of t...
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Concert 15.9.2023 in Helsinki, Finland
Polar Voices – Musical Encounters with the Songs of the Indigenous Peoples of the northeastern Siberia Friday 15.9.2023 at 19:00 Temppeliaukio Church Helsinki, Finland Ensemble XXI Kosovo Conductor Lygia O’R...
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Konsertti 14.9.2023, Pukkilan kirkko
Konsertti Pukkilan kirkko, Pukkilla / Concert in Pukkila Church, Pukkila, Finland 14.9.2023 klo 18:00 Polar Voices Musiikillisia kohtaamisia koillisen Siperian alkuperäis&sh...
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Concerts in Kosovo
8.9.2023 19:00 "Prenk Jakova" School of music, Gjakova / "Prenk Jakova" Shkolla e muzikes 9.9.2023, 19:30 The National library of Kosova "Pjeter Bgdani", Prishtina / Biblioteka Kombetare e Kosoves Ens...
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Conductor's Blog
04.08.2023 I'd like to start this first Conductor's Blog with an environmental theme that leads to a cultural theme. Our work with Ensemble XXI is so intertwined with our musical work in the Arctic, where year on year the environment...
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Ensemble XXI, founded in 1989, became the first permanent East-West orchestra in Russia. It was founded by Irish Conductor, Lygia O’Riordan and Finnish Violinist, Pia Siirala after completing their studies at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Professors Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Zorya Shikhmurzayeva respectively.
Ensemble XXI in its foundation, membership and activity is living proof of the capacity of music to bring together people of diverse backgrounds and origins on a plane of understanding which recognises no borders.
Since 2022 Ensemble XXI has continued its activities in Kosovo.