The first web-concert of Turku Philharmonic Orchestra (TPO) gathered a considerable amount of international attention. The web counter was hit by almost 2000 unique connections from 19 countries. These countries were Finland, Sweden, USA, Japan, Netherlands, Italy, Australia, Norway, Russia, Great Britain, Austria, Spain, Czech, Greece, South-Africa, Peru, Slovenia, Portugal and Hungary. It is the concert arrangers estimate that over 4000 people were actually online during this broadcast. The concert will be available in the e-concerthouse archive in near future.

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony No.6
Dmitri Shostakovich: Suite For Jazz Orchestra No. 1
Maurice Ravel: Bolero

The web services are a part of TPO's project in 2011 called Sävelsilta - musiikillisia kohtaamisia merten yli (Tonal bridge - musical meetings across the seas). Already the first concert, an HD-quality broadcast, was realizing the main goals of the project, namely to increase social connectivity and availability. For example, at the Rokua Rehabilitation Center a large number of music lovers attended the concert, which was made available by a laptop, a video projector and a silver screen.

The concert was viewable at both full HD-quality and webcast quality (500 kbps). It was done in cooperation with Turku Adult Education Center. The cameras were directed by Jari Kivimäki. Ilmari Mäenpää of E-concerthouse was in charge of overall production.

Next concert by TPO will be on friday, the 3rd of September, 2010. The orchestra will perform the Violin Concerto by Jean Sibelius with violinist Ilja Gringolts as soloist. The orchestra will be conducted by Pietari Inkinen. The concerts (and other cultural programs they may be combined with) will be made available for viewing without charge.

The traditional concert activities of The Turku Philharmonic enter new dimensions as the orchestra introduces its web concerts in the spring of 2010 in cooperation with Turun Aikuiskoulutuskeskus and E-Concerthouse.

The new webconcerts are a part of the Cultural Capital 2011 project. In addition to traditional concerts the audience has access to symphony and chamber concerts at home via PC or mobile phone. The idea is not to dismiss traditional concerts, only to complement them. New channels also help reach new audience.
 
E-concerthouse is one of the proud cooperators. Lighting and sound engineer Eerik Hovi is also involved in the project. He is the principal light & sound engineer at Turku concert hall.

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e-concerthouse recorded a concert by Nordea Jean Sibelius Orchestra in Tampere 16th May 2010. The recording was made in co-operation with RondoFM, the classical music radio channel. The NJSO supports young and talented music students. Auditions are open for all classical music students in Finland. e-concerthouse recorded a concert by Nordea Jean Sibelius Orchestra in Tampere 16th May 2010. The recording was made in co-operation with RondoFM, the classical music radio channel. The NJSO supports young and talented music students. Auditions are open for all classical music students in Finland.

NJSO gives the youngsters a chance to study with top professionals and to have invaluable experience of playing in a full symphony orchestra. The first artistic director of this educational project is conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste.  The climax of the orchestra's season is a concert, which are held after section camps and rehearsal sessions. The orchestra consists of 80 players and has been attended by over 300 young musicians aged 12-30. Orchestra's website

 YAM young artist management arranged the first E-audition in order to find new and interesting artists under its wings.

The broadcast was successful and no technical problems were experienced. Several music institutes searching for vocalists for their coming season viewed the auditions on the internet. E-auditions will continue with special emphasis on creating job contracts abroad.

Additional info: Fantasticomusic Oy (YAM)

Klaffituotannot Oy and Arte Povera Oy are producing a music video for a classical music composition. The video will be directed by Tapani Launonen, the music is composed by Ilmari Mäenpää and it is performed by Virpi Räisänen-Midth.

The work was filmed in 2 days in surrounding areas of Oulu in February 2010. The project is partly funded by ESEK. Virpi Räisänen-Midth performs in the video playing violin and singing simultaneously. This will be available commercially as DVD, it will also be viewable through E-concerthouse, YouTube, social media and traditional TV-channels. The work will be available during fall 2010.

We are developing the instrumentation table. It's based on old version of "MOVE - soitintaulukko" and this time it's available only in finnish version. We will expand it in near future of instrumentation and orchestration reference. WWW.E-CONCERTHOUSE.COM/en/library/instrument-table

e-concerthouse has renewed its contents. The visual appearance has been further developed and the services expanded. Please give us feedback if you have a problem with any features of e-concerthouse. We are happy for all feedback. This help us serve You better in future!  GIVE US FEEDBACK

Oulu, Finland. The music distribution portal e-concerthouse, launched in January 2007, has renewed its contents. The visual appearance has been further developed and the services expanded. e-concerthouse focuses on live broadcasts and recordings  of classical music concerts, gathering a global community of musicians, producers and music lovers. (last edited 21.9.07).