The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra invites top musicians in their own fields to enter into a musical and cultural dialogue in the form of intimate chamber concerts. Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh brings his own dialect of music culture, frequencies and virtuosity to the orchestra’s musicians. 
  
After the concert based on Kinan Azmeh's compositions, there is an audience discussion with the performers. The discussion is led by the curator of the Horizon series, Ceyda Berk-Söderblom. 
  

Debate
With Steven Hadley, Beth Ponte, Ceyda Berk-Söderblom, Valika Smeulders

Moderated by Acesso Cultura’s Executive Director Maria Vlachou
Livestreamed on Acesso Cultura’s Facebook page
The conversation will take place in English.

Steven Hadley’s new book, Audience Development and Cultural Policy, examines the relationship of audience development to cultural policy and offers a perspective on how the practice of audience development is connected to ideas of democratic access to culture. Providing a detailed overview of arts marketing, audience development and cultural democracy, the book argues that the work of audience development has been profoundly misunderstood by the field of arts management.

Given that the book focuses on the British case, we think it will be interesting to talk about these issues – audience development, democratising access to culture and cultural democracy – with colleagues from other countries and get to know better their practices. As well as have a closer look at a concrete case, that of the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), which in recent times has been a reference in the world of museums and culture in general.

Melissa Arni-Hardén, Mari Männistö, Cátia Suomalainen Pedrosa, facilitated by Ceyda Berk-Söderblom & Sepideh Rahaa

This discussion will concentrate on the recruitment processes and new Human Resources (HR) tools with a specific focus on municipalities. The roundtable will also bring experiences from arts and cultural institution leaders. The main question is; how to improve existing recruitment structures to enable the diverse, multi-voiced workforce, creators in all layers of different arts and cultural organisations. Melissa Arni-Hardén (Chief Specialist, Talent Espoo), Mari Männistö (Director of Culture, Helsinki) and Cátia Suomalainen Pedrosa (Director of Cultural Centre Caisa) will join us in this roundtable.

Art, Culture and Diverse Finland – Discussion on the Ministry report
Our founder Ceyda Berk Söderblom with Sepideh Rahaa will be moderating the Discussion on the Ministry report Art, Culture and Diverse Finland.

The Ministry of Education and Culture’s report Art, Culture and Diverse Finland, the final report of the Working Group for Cultural Policy, Immigrants and Promotion of Cultural Diversity, was released earlier this year and is the topic of this discussion. The discussion is focused on art institutions as part of G.A.P’s contribution to this year’s #StopHatredNow theme, Reshaping Horizons of Hope. Researcher Pasi Saukkonen (Chair of the Working Group) & Maija Lummepuro (Senior Advisor, Ministry of Education and Culture) present the report and discuss the action plan which the Ministry is currently preparing. Our other guests Jussi Koitela (Head of Program at Frame Contemporary Finland) and Erik Söderblom (Artistic Director of Espoo City Theatre) engage in this conversation by addressing the next possible steps advancing diversity, equity and inclusivity in the art scene. The discussion is moderated by Ceyda Berk-Söderblom (Cultural Manager) and Sepideh Rahaa (Artist and Researcher).

Our founder Ceyda Berk-Söderblom will be in conversation tomorrow with the members of the Third Space collective, Sepideh Rahaa, Ana Gutieszca and visual artist and theatre-maker Mohammed Moe Mustafa about "ɪɴᴛɪᴍᴀᴄʏ & ᴄᴏʟʟᴀʙᴏʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ".

We stand for a structure where collaboration becomes a sustainable and meaningful practice. Ceyda will talk about her in-born resistance to the notion of a narrowly focused life, learning and doing.

The event is co-organised by the Third Space Collective and the Publics and accessible via Zoom for everyone with registration.

#ThirdSpace #Publics #artistsruninitatives #collaborationbasedpractices

Our Founder Ceyda Berk Söderblom, Sepideh Rahaa and Kemê Pellicer met in a Café Sabich in Kontula where they discussed what art activism means to them individually but also what it means to their common goals and how it shapes their creative processes. The event is part of a discussion series whose purpose is to highlight non-Finnish-speaking artists and cultural producers living in the Helsinki metropolitan area and to discuss current themes and debates around contemporary art and culture.

The series has been initiated by the Adult Education Center of Helsinki City / Helsingin työväenopisto.

Classical music and culture professionals discuss antiracism in Finland.

WATCH A RECORDING OF THE EVENT

This Taidepiste event, hosted completely in English for the first time, focuses on the current state of diversity and equality in the field of classical music in Finland. Who are the gatekeepers that exist in the field and what are their responsibilities? What can we learn from progress being made outside of Finland?

The topic is discussed by curator, cultural manager and producer Ceyda Berk-Söderblom, cellist and master’s student from the Uniarts Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy Sujari Britt, Dean of the Sibelius Academy Emilie Gardberg, and General Manager of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Aleksi Malmberg. The discussion will be in English and moderated by journalist Sean Ricks.

We are also pleased to welcome hugely talented cellist Sujari Britt to perform with pianist Valeria Resjan as part of the event.

Together with The Culture for All service, the Globe Art Point organized The concluding seminar of the Avaus project at the Ateneum in Helsinki on 14 September 2020.

The aim of the project was to promote operating models that support the opportunities for foreign-born artists and art and culture professionals to work in the Finnish art and culture field. The aim is to better identify the skills of people from elsewhere and to promote equality.

The panelists involved in the final discussion:

Ceyda Berk-Söderblom (Chairperson of the Board, Globe Art Point)

Minna Karvonen (Director of Division for Art and Cultural Heritage, Department of Culture and Art Policy, Ministry of Education and Culture)

Tommi Laitio (Director of the City of Helsinki’s Culture and Leisure Division)

Paula Tuovinen (Director of the Art Promotion Center, Taike)

Sepideh Rahaa, moderator

The online video of the event: https://youtu.be/70C2NYA8GNk

CANCELLED

We are very honoured and happy to renew our collaboration with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra in 2020 with brilliant Kanun virtuoso Hakan Güngör.

A programme of the 48th Hong Kong Arts Festival (2020)

The new ‘Music about China’ will bring together influential composers both at home and abroad, including Enjott Schneider (Germany), Marcel Wengler (Luxembourg), Anthony Paul De Ritis (US) and Hong Kong composers, Leon Ko, Golden Horse Award winner, and Chan Ming-chi, whose Jing•Qi•Shen was recommended by the International Rostrum of Composers organized by UNESCO. Chan’s latest work Another Round, using Cantonese gongs-and-drums and – what else? – mahjong, to vividly depict the life of mahjong players.

Turku proudly hosts Talent Boost Summit on 12th November 2019 in Logomo. This year the event’s focus will be on talent retention and how to boost business through international talents.

Ceyda will share her experience in Finland and talk about the role of arts to build dialogue and promote understanding in cultural diversified society.

Companies in Finland have a shortage of experts in many areas, such as IT, cleantech, creative, health, maritime and tech fields. Hiring the first international experts is often a big step for the company. However, the company's culture and know-how develop with the help of international experts. This accelerates growth and success in export markets. For our competitiveness, it is crucial to attract these international professionals.

International experts living in Finland are an important asset to our working life. Many also have talented spouses who also have moved to Finland. Also, annually, more than 3,000 foreign students graduate from Finnish universities. These people have both professional knowledge and experience in Finnish culture and lifestyle in addition to their own language, culture and networks. Their expertise is key for innovation, growth and internationalization of Finnish businesses.

Join Theodore Zeldin as he discusses how a new kind of conversation can create a deeper understanding between two people and inspire ambitions for work, for art and for private life.

The discussion will be held in English.

Theodore Zeldin CBE is an Oxford University historian, philosopher and author. He has been a pioneer in revealing how relationships and emotions such as love, fear, loneliness, friendship and ambition have evolved in different civilisations over the centuries, and most importantly, how they can be changed again today through a new kind of conversation that creates trust between strangers, new ways of working that avoid boredom and new attitudes to rebellious youth and forsaken old age.