Two Moons Chamber Concerts

Sid Hille’s Two Moons chamber concerts in Helsinki’s Temppeliaukio Church are held on selected Friday afternoons at 3pm.

In over 70 concerts Hille has performed mostly in a duo setting with some of Finland’s best jazz and classical musicians as well as international guests, improvising spontaneously without any plans or agreements. Some of the musicians Sid met for the first time just before the concert, most are musicians Sid has never played with before.

So, the outcome is always completely unpredictable, fresh, courageous and unrepeatable – unique.

Here is a list of musicians that have played with Sid Hille 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 (50th concert) – cello
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 (NL) – 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 – guitar
Mikko Gunu Karjalainen – trumpet
Gunnar Linder – shakuhachi
Nathan Riki Thomson – double bass
Tapani Rinne – bass clrainet
Mikko Pettinen – trumpet
SAMtal (Hille/Lötjönen/Assefa) – piano, bass, percussion
Teemu Mustonen – drums
Raoul Björkenheim – guitar
Samuel van Dijk – electronics
Aija Purtinen – 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