SCREENINGS
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2012
Sampo-sali, Media Centre Lume, Aalto University,
World premiere with Mari Sainio's music
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St.Petersburg Student Film Festival Beginning:
Honorary Mention: Sergey Dobrotvorsky’s Diploma, Seance -magazine: For the fruitful search of sources of the impossible
(with Sibelius' music)
Arktisen upeeta Film Festival, Jyväskylä, Finland (with Sibelius' music)
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2011
Kamarikesä Festival, Music and art festival at the House of Nobility, Helsinki - World premiere (with Sibelius' music)
PELLEAS ET MELISANDE, 28,40', 2011 / 2012
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Pelléas et Mélisande is a silent film adaptation of the play with the same name by Maurice Maeterlinck. Maeterlinck's story comes visible by actors seeking to come together through different layers of water and shadows. The music in the film is a rare composition of Jean Sibelius: Pelléas och Mélisande. It includes melancholic and magical elements that connect these levels together.
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The short film has two parts, Part I is written and directed by Elina Oikari and Part II by Lauri Danska.
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This film has been screened with two different compositions. It was originally made for Jean Sibelius' composition: Pelléas och Mélisande, conducted by Dalia Stasevska.
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A year later the two directors came up with an idea to install a brand new composition for the film. A young Finnish composer Mari Sainio made music for the film in 2012. Sainios' composition has minimalistic and poetic elements which resonate intensively with the film.
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WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
Elina Oikari, Part I / Lauri Danska, Part II
Based on a theater play by Maurice Maeterlinck
PRODUCER
Matti Kajander, Aalto University
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Pietari Peltola
EDITING BY
Elina Oikari, Part I / Lauri Danska, Part II
SCENOGRAPHY BY
Matti Kajander
COSTUME DESIGN BY
Elina Oikari
2011 - VERSION:
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MUSIC BY
Op. 46 Pelléas et Mélisande, composed by Jean Sibelius
CONDUCTER
Dalia Stasevska
ORCHESTRA
Knight Street Ensemble
VIOLINS
Sara Etelävuori, Sofia Greus, Ingrid Lindblom, Silja Fontana, Anna Vähälä, Salla Savolainen
VIOLAS
Olga Reskalenko, Barbora Hilpo
CELLOS
Jaani Helander, Sirja Nironen
CONTRABASS
Hannes Biermann
FLUTE
Malla Vivolin
OBOE
Saku Mattila
CLARINETS
Taavi Oramo, Markus Kaarto
FAGOTTOS
Asko Padinki, Noora Kärnä
FRENCH HORNS
Henriikka Teerikangas, Hannes Kaukoranta
PERCUSSION
Samuli Viitanen
MUSIC RECORDED AND MASTERED BY
Ville Katajala
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2012 - VERSION:
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MUSIC BY
Mari Sainio, "Pelléas et Mélisande" (2012)
CONDUCTER
Kaapo Ijas
ORCHESTRA:
1st VIOLIN
Satu-Maija Aalto
2nd VIOLIN
Erika Lukin-Laivuori
VIOLA
Lotta Corin
CELLO
Martti Laivuori
CONTRABASS
Erik Michelsen
FLUTE
Johanna Pitkänen
CLARINET
Kristiina Virkkilä
TRUMPET & CROTALS
Akuliina Niemi
PIANO
Mari Sainio
MUSIC RECORDED BY
Ville Katajala and Meri Tikkala
MUSIC MASTERED BY
Ville Katajala
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