Sid Hille’s Two Moons chamber concerts in Helsinki’s Temppeliaukio Church are held on selected Friday afternoons at 2.30pm.
With almost 100 concerts the Two Moons chamber concert series has become an important contributor to the representation of improvised contemporary music in Helsinki’s cultural offering.
The concert series has been supported by the City of Helsinki, by MES (Finnish Music Foundation) and by Taike (Arts Promotion Centre Finland) and is organized by Hille in cooperation with Temppeliaukio Church.
Hille performs with some of Finland’s most acclaimed jazz and classical musicians as well as with international guests, mostly in a duo setting, improvising 6-8 pieces spontaneously without any plans or agreements. Many of the musicians invited have never played with Sid before. Sometimes Sid and his guests have never even met before the concert.
In this way, the outcome is always completely unpredictable, fresh, courageous and unrepeatable – unique.
Here is a list of the musicians that have played with Sid Hille during the run of years, as part of the Two Moons series:
| 2017 |
| Tero Saarti – trumpet |
| 2018 |
| Susanne Kujala – organ |
| Jukka Perko – saxophone |
| Tero Saarti – trumpet |
| Heikki Nikula – bass clarinet |
| Panu Savolainen – vibraphone |
| Markus Hohti – cello |
| Sid Hille Camerata – string quartet |
| Pepa Päivinen – saxophone & flutes |
| Teemu Vinikainen – guitar |
| Virpi Taskila – violin |
| Heikki Nikula – bass clarinet |
| Susane Kujala – organ |
| Markus Ketola – drums |
| Manuel Dunkel – saxophone |
| 2019 |
| Sampo Lassila – double bass |
| Sigurdur Rögnvaldsson – guitar |
| Jarmo Saari – guitar |
| Päivi Järvinen – dance |
| Veli Kujala – accordeon |
| Jukka Perko – saxophone |
| Jeroen Pek – flute |
| Verneri Pohjola – trumpet |
| Susanne Kujala – organ |
| Panu Savolainen – vibraphone |
| Pauli Lyytinen – saxophone |
| Jussi Kannaste – saxophone |
| Mikko Innanen – saxophone |
| Markus Hohti – cello |
| Saku Mattila – clarinet |
| Herbert Könighofer – saxophone & flutes |
| Virpi Taskila – violin |
| Olavi Louhivuori – drums |
| 2020 |
| Tuomas Timonen – drums |
| Pauli Lyytinen – saxophone |
| Tapani Rinne – bass clarinet |
| Heikki Nikula – bass clarinet |
| Herbert Könighofer (internet concert) – saxophone & flutes |
| Herbert Könighofer (internet concert) – saxophone & flutes |
| Virpi Taskila – violin |
| Jori Huhtala – double bass |
| Pepa Päivinen – saxophone & flutes |
| Susanne & Veli Kujala – organ & accordeon |
| Ilari Filander – guitar |
| Herbert Könighofer (internet concert) – saxophone & flutes |
| Joonas Riippa – drums |
| Petri Puolitaival – saxophone & flutes |
| Nathan Riki Thomson – double bass |
| Kari Ikonen – piano & Moog |
| Markus Hohti – cello (50th concert) |
| Olavi Louhivuori – drums |
| 2021 |
| Tapani Rinne – bass clarinet |
| Teppo Mäkynen – drums & electronics |
| Antti Lötjönen – double bass |
| Harri Kerko – organ & voice |
| Raoul Björkenheim – guitar |
| Anni Elif Egecioglu – voice & cello |
| Sid Hille Camerata – string quartet |
| Varre Vartiainen – guitar |
| Jari Perkiömäki – saxophone |
| Sampo Lassila – double bass |
| Jukka Perko – saxophone |
| Turkka Vuorinen – electronica |
| Mika Kallio – drums & percussion |
| Ineke van Doorn & Marc van Vugt – voice & guitar |
| Mikko Raasakka – bass clarinet |
| Jaakko Arola – flute & bass clarinet |
2022 |
| Mikko Innanen – saxophone |
| Juulia Salo – kantele |
| Jussi Kannaste – saxophone |
| Mika Kallio – gongs |
| Sami Klemola – scratching / DJ |
| Mikko Gunu Karjalainen – trumpet |
| Gunnar Linder – shakuhachi |
| Nathan Riki Thomson – double bass |
| Tapani Rinne – bass clarinet |
| Mikko Pettinen – trumpet |
| SAMtal (Hille/Lötjönen/Assefa) – piano, bass, percussion |
| Teemu Mustonen – drums |
| Raoul Björkenheim – guitar |
| Samuel van Dijk – electronics |
| Aija Puurtinen – voice |
| F# (Hille/Huhtala/Ketola) feat. Herbert Könighofer – piano, bass, drums & saxophone |
| Tuomas Timonen – drums |
| 2023 |
| Mikko Iivananinen – guitar |
| Plié – Ville Riippa & Joonas Riippa – electronics & drums |
| Sirkka Kosonen – voice |
| F# (Hille-Huhtala-Ketola) – piano, bass, drums |
| Juho Martikainen – double bass & electronics |
| Pope Puolitaival – sax & flutes |
| Joonas Haavisto – piano |
| Mark Alban Lotz – flutes |
| Jukka Eskola – trumpet |
| Eero Ignatius – double bass |
| Susanne Kujala – organ |
| Linda Fredriksson – saxophone |
| Markus Hohti – cello & electronics |
| SAMtal (Hille/Lötjönen/Abdissa) – piano, bass & percussion |
| Manuel Dunkel – saxophone |
2024 |
| Herbert Könighofer – saxophone (100th concert) |
2025 |
| Antero Priha – trumpet |
| Max Savikangas – viola |
| Timo Alakotila – piano |
| Eero Tikkanen – double bass |
| Teemu Viinkainen – guitar |
| Ilmari Heikinheimo – drums |
| Mark Alban Lotz – flute |
| Juhani Aaltonen – flute |
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