30.5. Mark Reid Bulatović & Helsinki Improvisers Orchestra: Practice, Play

Exciting double bill in Asbestos Art Space, HIO (Helsinki Improvisers Orchestra) final season concert and Mark Reid Bulatović playing an hour long guitar work by Fredrik Rasten.

18:00 Doors open

19:00 set 1 "practice"

Svevning I & II [2017/21] - Fredrik Rasten [1988]

guitar- Mark Reid Bulatović

20:00 set 2 "play"

Helsinki Improvisers Orchestra {various members}

Helsinki Improvisers Orchestra’s last concert of the season will be held in Asbestos Art Space. The event will be opened by guitarist Mark Reid Bulatovič with a subtle and soft hour-long solo piece. HIO, which will perform after Bulatovič, will start their concert exceptionally at eight. The program will include free and conducted improvisation, as well as interpretations of visual scores and paintings by Eevi Oittinen. Asbestos Art Space is located at Kristianinkatu 16. The concert starts at 8pm and entrance is free of charge.

Fredrik Rasten (born 1988) is a guitarist and composer based in Oslo and Berlin. He is primarily focusing on musical exploration of just intonation and related sound phenomena, and in his work he is reaching for an actively listening state wherein to intuitively explore the complexities of tone and harmony. He is currently active in the Berlin based collective Harmonic Space Orchestra, the duo Pip with Torstein Lavik Larsen and with his solo project, among other things. Rasten’s recording output has been published on labels such as SOFA, Edition Wandelweiser, Ftarri, Shhpuma and INSUB.