7 pm: Doors
7.30 pm: Concert
Free entrance (voluntary entrance fee)!
The four-member Viennese a cappella choir HALS is coming to town! They will contend in the finals of the vocal group contest at the Tampere Vocal Music Festival, after which they will come down to Helsinki to perform a concert at Yö Gallery on Friday June 13 at 7 pm.
At the Yö Gallery concert, HALS presents an interplay of vocals from their own compositions and arranged works of jazz, world, and new music to to collective improvisation. The unpretentious and touching performance of the four women of HALS is characterized by their natural expressiveness and directness, defying the a cappella perfection mainstream. They are not afraid to take risks.
While each singer allows space for her individual voice and virtuosity, they never lose focus on the harmonious merging of their voices and the sensitive interplay. From their own compositions, they plunge headfirst into collective improvisations with pinpoint accuracy. Fueled by this creative daring and the energy of the audience, their music unfolds anew with each performance. In addition to their characteristic HALS pieces, they interpret originally arranged works from the genres of jazz, world, and new music. HALS is Anna Anderluh, Amina Bouroyen, Verena Loipetsberger and Anna Laszlo.
