In the Rotunda: The Kalevala in many forms
Date: 25.3 - 25.9.2010
Place: Rotunda 3-5 floor
The Old Kalevala’s 175th Anniversary
Exhibition events:
Wed 24 March, at 17, opening in the Cupola Hall: Professor Heikki Laitinen explained the runo singers of the Kalevala and kantele artist Eija Kankaanranta performed Jukka Linkola´s, Harri Wessman´s and Jean Sibelius´ compositions.
Wed 7 April, at 18, Kalevala and kantele concert in the Cupola Hall:
Professor Heikki Laitinen discusses the kantele in the Kalevala. New as well as traditional kantele music will be heard at the concert. Performers: Timo Väänänen, kantele, Anna-Kaisa Liedes, voice, Kristiina Ilmonen, woodwinds.
Wed 14 April, at 17, Lecture: National epic poetry – the Kalevala and the world’s epics. In the Auditorium, Yliopistonkatu 1.
Archive Researcher, Ph.D. Irma-Riitta Järvinen discusses the folklore behind the Kalevala, for example the Aino poems. Archives Director and Docent Lauri Harvilahti discusses the Kalevala within the context of the world’s epic poems.
The exhibition and events have been produced jointly by the National Library of Finland and the Finnish Literature Society.
Free admission
