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SUMMARY:Featured Lives Series - Pekka Sinervo - Dec 7
DESCRIPTION:Canadian Friends of Finland & CFF Education Foundation Present\n  \n\n\nA Celebration of Finland’s Independence\,\nwith a Piano Performance\,\n   authentic Finnish food\nand the continuation of our\nFeatured Lives Series\n Saturday\, December 7\, 2019 7-10pm \nPROGRAM: \n7:00 pm Conversation\, drinks (cash bar) and an array of Finnish finger foods including piirakka \n7:40 pm Bar closes. \n7:45 pm Olga Nechepurenko (Väisänen) is a Toronto musician\, specializing in piano performance and music theory. She received both her BFA in music and MA in musicology from York University\, studying with Professor Christina Petrowska Quilico. She is now doing her postgraduate research in Finnish classical music and teaches piano and music theory. \nThis Year’s Featured Life\n8:15 pm Pekka Sinervo\, C.M.\, a member of the Order of Canada\, is a renowned elementary particle physicist who has worked to understand the basic building blocks of our world. He is co-author of over 1\,400 peer-reviewed papers and was involved in the 1994 discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN. He joined the University of Toronto in 1990 and is a tenured full professor of physics\, having served as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science. He also was the first senior vice-president\, research of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. He is an active lay leader in the Reform Jewish community\, currently serving as president of the Canadian Council for Reform Judaism. Pekka was born in Helsinki and immigrated to Canada when he was two years old and was raised in Thunder Bay. He is a husband\, father of two and ukki of two. \n9:00 pm Bar reopens. Coffee\, pulla\, and cake. \n10:00 pm Bar closes. \nPlease take this opportunity to celebrate the 102nd year of Finland’s Independence.\nDress: business casual (national costume welcome) \nCost: $30.00 per member\, $35.00 per non-member (includes food) \nIndependence Tickets \nMembers – 30.00 CADNon-Members – 35.00 CAD \n\n\n\nDonations to CFFEF will be welcome \nPLACE: \nWomen’s Art Association of Canada \n23 Prince Arthur Avenue\, Toronto \n(Near Avenue Road and Bloor Street) \nSubway: St George Station\, Bedford Street Exit \nParking: public parking available behind the WAA. \nAccess by Bedford Street
URL:http://cff.ca/upcomingevents/featured-lives-series-pekka-sinervo-dec-7/
LOCATION:Women’s Art Association of Canada\, 23 Prince Arthur Ave\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Concert,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161203T190000
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SUMMARY:Unique Lives - Dec 3
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nPROGRAM: \n7:00 pm Conversation\, drinks (cash bar) and an array of Finnish finger foods (including piirakka). \n7:40 pm Bar closes. \n7:45 pm Lili Ahopelto is a Toronto-based pianist and accordionist. She is currently in her third year of the Piano Performance program at U of T. Lili has delighted audiences at many events in the Finnish community with her piano and accordion performances. We especially look forward to her rousing interpretation of Finlandia. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n8:15 pm Seppo Kanerva was born in 1944 in Helsinki\, Finland. The family immigrated to Canada in 1952. His father was a fine cabinetmaker who taught Seppo his love and feeling for detailing and finishes. He studied architecture at U of T and graduated in 1969 with a travelling scholarship to work in architecture in Finland. There he met world-renowned architects\, Alvar Aalto and Reima Pietila and was influenced by them. He returned to Canada in 1972 and in 1973 established the firm of Sedun + Kanerva Architects. Seppo developed an expertise in Housing for Seniors. His major projects include Suomi Koti Toronto\, Suomi Koti Thunder Bay\, Finlandia Village Sudbury\, Hornepayne Town Centre and numerous Seniors Developments for housing and care throughout Ontario. \n  \n  \n9:00 pm Bar reopens. Coffee\, pulla\, and cake. \n10:00 pm Bar closes \nPlease take this opportunity to celebrate the 99th year of Finnish Independence. \nDress: business casual (national costume welcome) \nCost: $30.00 per member\, $35.00 per non-member (includes food) \n  \n\n \n\n\n\nUnique Lives\n\n\nMember’s ticket $30.00 CADNon-Member’s ticket $35.00 CAD\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nDonations to CFFEF will be welcome
URL:http://cff.ca/upcomingevents/kanerva/
LOCATION:Women’s Art Association of Canada\, 23 Prince Arthur Ave\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Concert,Lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Saara Tatem":MAILTO:saarata45@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160519T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160519T220000
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SUMMARY:Tomi Raisanen a Portrait
DESCRIPTION:Canadian Friends of Finland supports: \nPortrait Concert of Tomi Räisänen at Heliconian Hall:  junctQín is joined by Finnish-Canadian pianist Heidi Saario and guitarist Rob MacDonald in concert.  The music of Finnish composer Tomi Räisänen will be featured\, with the composer in attendance\, including a work for guitar and four balloons and a world premiere for piano 6 hands.
URL:http://cff.ca/upcomingevents/tomi-raisanen-portrait/
LOCATION:Heliconian Hall\, 35 Hazelton Ave\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151006T190000
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SUMMARY:Aallotar Concert - Oct 6\, 2015
DESCRIPTION:Aallotar Concert\nOctober 6\, 7:00 pm\nCanadian Friends of Finland Education Foundation presents a concert by Aallotar\, a duo with Finnish-American violinist Sara Pajunen and Finnish accordionist\, Teija Niku who will perform Finnish-American folk music in both Finnish and English.\nThe name Aallotar\, meaning “wave maiden” comes from a character in Finland’s national epic “Kalevala”. The Aallotar name has graced the hulls of Finnish ships for centuries – ships that separated the ancestors of Aallotar’s members. One hundred years ago\, the families of Pajunen and Niku lived in the same area of Finland: speaking the same language\, playing the same music\, eating and drinking the same culture. Then the immigration of hundreds of thousands of Finns from 1870-1930 found Pajunen’s ancestors relocating to Northern Minnesota\, while Niku’s family remained in Finland. Now\, in the 21st century\, Aallotar revisits the common musical ground the women share\, but also revels in the cultural differences born when an ocean and the passage of time separate a lineage. \nEXTRA ELUSIVE APPEAL\, ITS LIGHTNESS OF TOUCH AND MELODIOUSNESS OF REPERTOIRE MATCHING THE SKILL OF [THE MUSICIANS].’  FROOTS (UK)\n‘AALLOTAR SHOWS THAT TRADITIONAL AND MODERN FOLK MUSIC CAN BE INTERWEAVED GRACEFULLY.’ POHJALAINEN (FINLAND)\n‘FRESH\, SKILLFUL AND IMAGINATIVE PLAYING.’ KANSANMUSIIKKI (FINLAND)\n\nCFF Members $25\nNon-members $30\nSupporter $75\, tax receipt issued\nSponsor / special seating $100\, tax receipt issued\n\nTickets can be purchased from CFF and CFFEF board members\, or by leaving a voicemail at 416 730 8350.\n\nBuffet with wine included.\nAallotar Music
URL:http://cff.ca/upcomingevents/aallotar-concert-oct-6-2015/
LOCATION:Agricola Finnish Lutheran Church\, 25 Old York Mills Road\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Concert
ORGANIZER;CN="Unnamed Organizer":MAILTO:cff
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SUMMARY:Karita Mattila in recital
DESCRIPTION:CFF is pleased to promote\nKarita Mattila in recital\n  \n \n  \n  \n  \nThe magnificent Finnish soprano\, a star on the world’s most prestigious stages\, performs a breathtaking recital of music. “With her powerful voice and dramatic intensity…Karita Mattila is undoubtedly one of the greatest opera singers of the moment.” – Classic FM \n20% discount for Canadian Friends of Finland!* \nPROMO CODE:  FINLAND \nIn Person:  The Weston Family Box Office\,  273 Bloor Street West \n*Discount does not apply to previously purchased tickets and is not available in combination with any other offer.  Tickets are non-refundable or exchangeable.
URL:http://cff.ca/upcomingevents/karita-mattila-in-recital/
LOCATION:Koerner Hall
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20150522T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20150522T235500
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SUMMARY:SIRKUS FOCUS ON FINLAND
DESCRIPTION:A cultural exchange between the Canadian and Finnish circus communities.\nSHOW 6pm – 7pm: Duo D’Lyh \nDuo D’Lyh is comprised of married performers Kaito Takaya-ma & Sanni Sarlin. As journeymen they reveal the breadth of their multi-discipline style and physical research. Object manipulation\, aerials\, duo acrobatics\, and more as they unveil an undulating rhythm of calm and energetic performance. \n \nSHOW 8pm – 9pm:  Ilona Jäntti \nWorld renowned and Master performer Ilona Jäntti joins us in Toronto one week after being the featured artist of the Cirko Festival in Finland. Jäntti brings us her contemporary choreography and unique style of circus. She risks everything with her master level performances. \nPOST-PERFORMANCE RECEPTION \nProceeds go to the CFFEF in support of The Finnish Studies Program at the University of Toronto\nTICKETS\nTo purchase show tickets\, starting at $25 please visit \nwww.sirkus.eventbrite.ca \n \nPowered by Eventbrite\n\nor call the CFF and leave a message at 416-730-8350 \nWORKSHOPS\nThe artists will conduct circus workshops; for further information\, please visit CircusNorth \nThis event is presented by Circus North Festival in partnership with Canadian Friends of Finland\, the Finnish Studies Program at the University of Toronto\, and Sirkus Info Finland. \nSpecial thanks to the support from the Canada Council for the Arts\, Artscape\, and others. \nPERFORMERS\nllona Jäntti \nMaster Circus Artist \nIlona Jäntti studied circus at Circus Piloterna in Stockholm and contemporary dance at Laban Centre in London obtaining a master’s degree in choreography. Ilona has collaborated with a diverse range of circus\, dance and theatre companies and venues including Shakespeare’s Globe\, Royal Opera House\, The Place and Darwin Centre at National History Museum in the UK\, Circo Aereo and Flow Productions in Finland and Cirkus Cirkör in Sweden. She has been a resident artist at V&A Museum of Childhood since 2010. Ilona has been awarded a three-year Artist Grant by the Finnish Government\, starting in 2012. \nDuo D’Lyh – Sanni Sarlin & Kaito Takayama \nThe couple\, Sanni Sarlin & Kaito Takayama\, noticed that they like the same kind of performances and that they share the same interests to create material that is high quality\, beautiful and emotionally affecting contemporary circus – without forgetting elements of comedy and lightness. \nBoth Sanni and Kaito have a solid background of circus knowledge and performing experiences and they both have their own strengths. This is how they create together a strong\, energetic and motivated contemporary circus pair\, Duo D’lyh. \nSarlin specializes in aerial hoop\, and has been working over ten years with it. Sarlin also performs with aerial silks and has a strong technique in hoop manipulation. \nTakayama specializes in juggling and object manipulation\, which he has worked with for over eight years. He has also made pair- and group acrobatics for several years. \nDr. Giuseppe Gioacchino Condello  \nDr. Giuseppe Gioacchino Condello is a Canadian Master of Mime\, internationally recognized for his work in fostering and promoting Corporeal Mime: The Actors Art of Movement. His teachings have spawned generations of artists and in many ways he has shaped a large portion of the world of circus.
URL:http://cff.ca/upcomingevents/sirkus-focus-on-finland/
LOCATION:Daniel Spectrum Theatre\, 585 Dundas St East\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Concert
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