{"id":272,"date":"2014-02-05T20:22:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T20:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/?page_id=272"},"modified":"2024-11-02T17:09:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T17:09:22","slug":"solo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/?page_id=272","title":{"rendered":"Solo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve performed solo piano improvisation concerts at the Temppeliaukio Church in Helsinki on an almost weekly basis since 2002.<br \/>\nOn November 7th, 2024 I played there for the 666th time, can you believe it?<\/p>\n<p>It is such a fantastic place!<br \/>\nThe church has wonderful acoustics, it is an architectural beauty (talking about Wow-architecture) and the Steinway grand piano they have is the best piano I&#8217;ve had the honor to play on, ever.<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;ve played on quite a few to be sure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"656\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1578\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sid-Hille-in-Temppeliaukio-Church-1024x656.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sid-Hille-in-Temppeliaukio-Church-1024x656.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sid-Hille-in-Temppeliaukio-Church-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sid-Hille-in-Temppeliaukio-Church-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sid-Hille-in-Temppeliaukio-Church-1536x983.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sid-Hille-in-Temppeliaukio-Church-2048x1311.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sid-Hille-in-Temppeliaukio-Church-1200x768.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sid-Hille-in-Temppeliaukio-Church-1000x640.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sid-Hille-in-Temppeliaukio-Church-640x410.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In March 2015 I spent two evenings in the church recording <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/?p=598\">improvisations<\/a> based on songs of the Finnish Book of Hymns. The CD was released on Midsummer Day, June 20th, 2015 and has sold several thousand copies by now.<br \/>\nHere is a short video from the recording session:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dN5-0NDVljc?rel=0\" width=\"280\" height=\"158\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During the corona pandemic I played my concerts in an Empty Church, streaming them to a worldwide audience through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SidHilleOfficial\/videos\">Facebook<\/a>.<br \/>\nOne of the concerts (*Empty Church concert XI&#8217;, on May 27th, 2020) was recorded for CD publication.<br \/>\nTwo weeks later, on June 2nd, I added some classic analogue synthesizers to the live performance.<br \/>\nListen to &#8216;Gratitude&#8217;, the video being live in concert, the audio including the later added Mellotron and Fender Rhodes electric piano:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2WvnbkY-9-w\" width=\"280\" height=\"158\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Here &#8211; Beyond The Infinite&#8217; is available for download and\/or as a CD on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.bandcamp.com\">Bandcamp-site<\/a>.<br \/>\nAlso the version without added synthesizers, the &#8216;Empty Church concert nro XI&#8217; as it was played live in the church, can be listened to and downloaded there on Bandcamp.<\/p>\n<p>My concerts usually take place on Wednesday mornings (by exception sometimes on Tuesday or Thursday, if the Wednesday is occupied for some reason) starting at 10.15am.<\/p>\n<p>Please check the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/?page_id=57\">Gigs page<\/a> for upcoming dates!<\/p>\n<p>On selected Fridays at 2.30pm I also organize a series of chamber concerts called &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sidhille.com\/?page_id=1331\">Two Moons chamber concerts<\/a>&#8216;.<br \/>\nIn these concerts I am improvising in a Duo setting with some of Finland&#8217;s most renowned instrumentalists and a couple of international visiting friends, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the magical Temppeliaukio Church!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve performed solo piano improvisation concerts at the Temppeliaukio Church in Helsinki on an almost weekly basis since 2002. 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