Mioko Yokoyama: Mineralization

Mioko Yokoyama: Mineralization – album release concert

“The role of the composer is to act as a filter between reality and the listener, transforming real life into something different from what the listener is accustomed to,” summarizes composer Mioko Yokoyama. 

Uusinta Ensemble is proud to put forth a selection of these transformations with the group’s latest album, to be released in August 2026.

In this album release concert you will hear three of the four works from the CD. the captivating, award-winning Mineralization (2023), the solo work for prepared piano entitled Game of Metal (2017), and There are always flowers (2021), an ensemble piece about hope written during the pandemic. 

In between the music Uusinta Ensemble’s artistic director Jarkko Hartikainen will discuss with the composer on the works and Mioko’s intriguing techniques, and dwell deeper on art, inspiration and the meaning of music.
 

Villa Hakasalmi

23.8.2026

19.00-20.00

Tickets 10-20€ from Lippupiste

Conversation will be held bilingually in Finnish and English.

Mioko Yokoyama (1989-) is a Japanese-Finnish composer based in Helsinki. Her music is built on clear rhythms and a refined control of timbres, which together create imaginative atmospheres, events, and situations. The sense of fun and playfulness is a central element of her music, because she believes that contemporary music is not difficult, but rather free.