Sibbe Live!: Stories of a Thousand and One Nights

05.03.2025 19:00 – 20:00

Standard price 15€ + order fee (from 1,50 € + 0,65 % of the order)

Students/ pensioners/ children 12€ + order fee (from 1,50 € + 0,65 % of the order)

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Annukka Kuivisto, soprano, Oleg Sytianko, flute, Julia Tamminen, piano

Stories of a Thousand and One Nights presents a selection of French chamber and vocal music in various combinations for flute, singer and piano. The programme consists of works from the turn of the 19th and 19th centuries, and the music has the typical impressionistic and oriental features of the period, with the charm of Eastern exoticism. The programme includes two larger works, Maurice Ravel’s rarely heard three-part song cycle Shéhérazade and Francis Poulenc’s three-part sonata for flute and piano (FP 164). The programme also includes vocal and flute music by Claude Debussy, Camille Saint-Saëns and lesser-known French composers such as Philippe Gaubert, Georges Hüe and Mel Bonis.

Annukka Kuivisto is an opera and concert singer from Turku, whose voice is at its best in dramatic soprano repertoire. She graduated as a vocal pedagogue from Turku University of Applied Sciences (2007) and as a Master of Arts (Mgr. Art.) from the Banská Bystrica Music Academy in Slovakia (2013) under Professor Eva Blahová. Kuivisto has performed at the Turku Opera, Naantali and Turku Music Festivals, as a soloist in several choirs and orchestras (e.g. Turku Philharmonic, Turku and Tallinn Baroque Orchestras) and in church music works. In addition to Finland, he has given concerts in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Croatia and Austria. Recently, Annukka Kuivisto has specialised in performing vocal ensembles. Kuivisto is vice-chair of the board of the Turku-based Oopperakammari Ry and works as a singing teacher in Southwestern Finland.

Flutist Oleg Sytianko is originally from Belarus. He graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory with a diploma in flute. Mr Sytianko has worked as a flute conductor with the Karelian Radio and TV Orchestra, the Kouvola, Lappeenranta and Seinäjoki City Orchestras, the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, the Kymi Sinfonietta and the Halle Orchestra in Manchester. Since 2004 he has been a lecturer in flute at the Turku Conservatory and a teacher at the Turku Academy of Arts. He regularly gives concerts as an orchestral soloist and with various chamber music ensembles and holds flute masterclasses in the Nordic countries, Germany, Poland and Ukraine. In addition to his own album “The Medieval Plot”, he has made recordings for Yle radio. Sytianko owns a historic flute built by Otto Mönnig in 1928.

Belarussian-born Julia Tamminen is active as a concert organist, pianist and harpsichordist. She has performed at major festivals in Finland and throughout Europe as a soloist and chamber musician in various ensembles. She also works as a harpsichord, organ and piano teacher and accompanist at the Turku Conservatory. Tamminen holds a Master of Music degree. She studied organ at the Sibelius Academy under Professor Olli Porthan and Markku Hietaharju and harpsichord under Anssi Mattila and Elina Mustonen. She has studied piano and songwriting with Anna Kuvajan, Maija Väisänen, Ilmo Ranta and Keval Shah, among others. With the support of the Finnish Cultural Foundation, she has completed her organ and harpsichord studies at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Tamminen has won prizes in numerous international organ competitions. Se is particularly passionate about early music, chamber music and versatile collaboration with singers. She is Artistic Director of the St. Martin’s Organ Days Festival and, from 2024, a member of the Organum Society’s Board of Directors.