{"id":22763,"date":"2025-08-09T14:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T11:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turunmusiikkijuhlat.fi\/?post_type=tapahtuma&p=22763"},"modified":"2026-07-21T15:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:49:11","slug":"the-beauty-of-the-husband","status":"publish","type":"tapahtuma","link":"https:\/\/turunmusiikkijuhlat.fi\/en\/event\/the-beauty-of-the-husband","title":{"rendered":"The Beauty of the Husband"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”none” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” 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Mar\u00eda Huld Markan Sigf\u00fasd\u00f3ttir,<\/strong> electric violin
Kjartan Sveinsson, <\/strong>piano
Mikko Perkola, <\/strong>electric viola da gamba<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” font_color=”#1d4754″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”30px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bottom_padding=”3%” top_padding_phone=”10%” constrain_group_5=”yes” bottom_padding_phone=”10%” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”#bc9634″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Tickets 40 | 38 | 20 \u20ac” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Duration 1 h, no intermission” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Programme change: The artistic content of the concert has changed from what was previously announced. Instead of Anne Carson’s The Beauty of the Husband, the performance will now be built around her text Oh Betty. The concert title, performers, date, time and venue remain unchanged.<\/em><\/p>\n

Poetry and music come together in a concert experience centred on the Canadian writer Anne Carson’<\/strong>s poetic text Oh Betty<\/em>. Gambist, singer and composer Mikko Perkola<\/strong> joins internationally acclaimed Icelandic composers and musicians Kjartan Sveinsson<\/strong> (Sigur R\u00f3s<\/em>) and Mar\u00eda Huld Markan Sigf\u00fasd\u00f3ttir<\/strong> in a performance that brings together diverse musical backgrounds and modes of expression.<\/p>\n

Anne Carson is a poet, essayist, classicist and translator whose work moves freely between poetry, philosophy, mythology and visual art. Oh Betty<\/em> explores where beauty comes into being \u2013 in the object observed, in the observer, or in the desire to see. The text was inspired by visual artist Betty Goodwin<\/strong>‘s drawing Seated Figure with Red Angle<\/em> (1988).<\/p>\n

The performance features a recording of Anne Carson reading the text in her own voice. Her narration alternates with music performed by Perkola, Sveinsson and Sigf\u00fasd\u00f3ttir. Electric violin, piano and electric viola da gamba create a slowly evolving soundscape in which the music does more than accompany the text: it responds to it and carries its ideas forward.<\/p>\n

The concert takes place in the Bonfire Hall of \u00c5bo Akademi University’s new Astra building. The intimate venue brings the audience close to the performers and is ideally suited to the spoken word as well as the music’s finest nuances. 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  • Address:<\/strong> Porthaninkatu 3, 20500 Turku<\/li>\n
  • Public transport<\/strong>: The Turku Cathedral bus stop is nearby.<\/li>\n
  • Accessibility<\/strong>: The entrance and the concert venue are accessible. Accessible parking is located next to the entrance.<\/li>\n
  • Parking<\/strong>: Parking spaces are available near the building.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/div>[nectar_btn size=”large” open_new_tab=”true” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Extra-Color-3″ icon_family=”none” text=”Bus timetables (F\u00f6li.fi)” margin_top=”5″ url=”https:\/\/www.foli.fi\/fi\/aikataulut-ja-reitit”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]