Choral Classics of the short 20th Century - A Lecture with Dr. Kari Turunen

Join us for a lecture with Dr. Kari Turunen (Artistic Director of the Vancouver Chamber Choir) on 20th century choral music.

This event is taking place on the ancestral and living lands of the Coast Salish Peoples.

COVID GUIDELINES (as of October 19, 2022):

• Müzewest Concerts follows current provincial health orders
• All guests are encouraged to wear masks and we will have some available if people wish.
• There will be no intermission in order to reduce crowding into smaller spaces

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Kari Turunen was educated at the University of Helsinki and the Sibelius Academy where he studied choral conducting (MA). He holds a doctorate in early music performance practice from the University of the Arts, Helsinki. From August 2019 he is the new artistic director of the professional Vancouver Chamber Choir.

Before moving to Canada Dr. Turunen taught choral conducting at the Tampere University of Applied Sciences’ School of Music, between 2001 and 2011. After 2011 he was a free-lance conductor and has been the artistic director of, for example, the following Finnish choirs: Akademiska Damkören Lyran (1998–2009), Akademiska Sångföreningen (2008–2019); Kampin Laulu chamber choir (2011–2019); the choir of the cantors of the Finnish Lutheran Church, Chorus Cantorum Finlandiae (2011–2019); Spira Ensemble (2012–19) and the professional early music ensembles Ensemble Petraloysio and I Dodici, with which he continues to work sporadically. He was a member of Lumen Valo, a vocal ensemble that is one of the driving forces on the Finnish early music scene, for 26 years (1993–2019).

Dr. Turunen appears regularly as a teacher of choral courses, adjudicator and clinician. Dr. Turunen acted as chair of the Finnish Choral Directors’ Association (FCDA) 1997–2018. He was the Choral Conductor of the Year 2008 in Finland.