Having gained the MMus with distinction, submitting a thesis on Sibelius' Tapiola, he pursued Doctoral Research on all the Symphonies and Tone-Poems of Sibelius at Southampton University, under the supervision of Professor Peter Evans, and held a visiting Research Fellowship at the University of Helsinki, working with Professor Erik Tawastsjerna. CareerĪfter graduating from Southampton University, Tim Howell studied with Professor Arnold Whittall for the MMus in Theory & Analysis at King's College, London, while working as an Editorial Assistant on The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. The grouping of these essays into three main strands – ‘visions’, ‘narratives’ and ‘dialogues’ – reflects the wide range of Saariaho’s creative preoccupations while subscribing to a carefully structured succession of commentaries. Saariaho’s approach to composition is an inter-disciplinary one it embraces a number of art forms – visual, literary and musical – in works that explore a creative dialogue between image, continuity and time. Uncovering the compositional, historical, cultural and sociological issues that have resulted in such critical acclaim lies at the heart of this collection of essays. Scholars from both the UK and Saariaho’s native Finland bring a range of perspectives to her richly varied output.
Kaija Saariaho: Visions, Narratives, Dialogues (Edited by Tim Howell with Jon Hargreaves and Michael Rofe) is the first symposium book in English to be dedicated exclusively to this single figure. These potentially self-contained studies subscribe to a larger picture, which explains the Sibelian legacy, the effect of this considerable influence on subsequent generations and its lasting consequences: an internationally acclaimed school of contemporary music. The book consists of a collection of eight individual composer studies that investigate the historical position and compositional characteristics of a representative selection of leading figures, ranging from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day.
Tim Howell provides an engaging investigation into Finnish music and combines elements of composer biography and detailed analysis within the broader context of cultural and national identity. Music Research Forum described it as ‘an elegant, concise and penetrating work that places this music within a larger European context while addressing the difficult question of what is ‘Finnishness’ in music’. An internationally recognized authority on the music of Sibelius, his research has now broadened to encompass contemporary Finnish music as reflected in two major publications: After Sibelius: Studies in Finnish Music (Ashgate, 2006) and Kaija Saariaho: Visions, Narratives, Dialogues (Ashgate, September 2011).Īfter Sibelius: Studies in Finnish Music, the first survey of Finnish musical modernism in English, has been highly acclaimed. Particicpants: Franziska Ritter (scenographer, musician, theatre researcher), Darsha Hewitt (artist, engineer, lecturer), Lars Unger (artist collective BOSMOS), Renske Stehen (Ensemble Resonanz), Imanuel Schipper (moderator), Tim-Erik Winzer (mixing desk).Tim Howell specializes in the analysis of new music, especially from Finland. How does closeness develop within the digital space? Can creativity evolve and unfold? What is the potential of tools like virtual and augmented reality? The cultural scientist and dramaturge Imanuel Schipper discusses, among other things, the peculiarities of digital spaces in front of, on and behind the stage, ways of creativity, hybrid forms of digital-analogue object and music theatre and experimenting at the interface of analogue and digital musical experience on the resonanz.digital platform with our guests. Is this the "brave new world"? Really? The bunkersalon discusses the opportunities and limits of digital music and world experience and puts them into practise. And: the tea party is becoming reality." (Peter Weibel, 2020). Our 1:1 format, which promises closeness instead of distance, is the starting point of her reflections. Our artistic director Franziska Ritter will talk about her experience and research on hybrid-real spaces on stage.
On Tuesday, at 7:30 pm, Ensemble Resonanz invites you to the Bunkersalon "brave new world - digital music experience" at Resonanzraum St.
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