XLVI NATIONAL PIANO CONFERENCE IN KAJAANI
12th – 13th February 2022
EPTA Finland will hold its Annual National Conference in Kajaani from Saturday 12th to Sunday13th of February 2022.
The program includes lectures and teaching demonstrations by Eveliina Kytömäki and Eeva Havulehto, a lecture recital by Eveliina Sumelius and memoirs by Katariina Liimatainen, performances by students of the Kainuu Music Institute as well as an Evening recital by Marko Mustonen.
The National Piano Conference takes place at the Kainuu Music Institute, at Kaukametsä Culture and Congress Centre, Koskikatu 2, 87200 Kajaani.
tel. +358 447100934
Programme
Saturday 12th February
10h00 Registration (Registration continues 13h00)
11h00 Opening of the Conference
Katarina Nummi-Kuisma, President of the Piano Teachers’ Association, Eeva-Maria Nivalainen, Rector of the Kainuu Music Institute
11h15 Student Concert performed by students of the Kainuu Music Institute
12h00 HIP and the charming Haydn -Teaching demonstration and lecture
byEveliina Kytömäki
13h00 Lunch (at own cost) Registration continues
14h30 A Moment with Debussy -Teaching demonstrationby Eeva Havulehto
15h30 Exhibition of new learning materials
16h30 Annual Meeting
– Break –
19h00 Evening Recital by Marko Mustonen, F.Chopin: Etudes op.10 and op.25
20h00 Social Evening
Sunday, 13th February
11h00 The significance of the 1920s French Modernism in enriching piano
repertoire and playing methods- Lecture Recital by Eveliina Sumelius
12h00 Guest hour Marko Mustonen interviewed by Eeva Sarmanto-Neuvonen
12h30 Break
12h45 Vienna, Prague, Moscow – Echoes of the past world, Memoirs at the piano by Katariina Liimatainen
14h00 Closing of the Conference
Registration
NOTICE!
Please registrate by paying the participation fee to the bank account of the Piano Teachers’ Association IBAN: FI55 1014 3000 1414 87 BIC/SWIFT: NDEAFIHH by 10th January 2022 at the latest. The name of the participant should be seen in the receipt of the payment.
Participation fees
Members and students 80 €
Pensioners 50 €
Others (non-members) 130 €
No separate daily fees.
The participants marked in the list of members of the Piano Teachers’ Association and having paid the member’s fee of the year 2021 may pay the member’s participation fee.
The reservation fees and the buffet fees are not refundable, except on medical reasons on doctor’s certificate.
NOTICE! Participating in the Piano Conference is free of charge for full-time students of piano pedagogy. Registration by e-mail is required for the participation by 10th January 2022 to the email address sihteeri@pianopedagogit.fi. Remember to mention the name of your institute.
Registration for the Social Evening and Buffet meal in Karanka Restaurant. The Menu and instructions for registration available below.
CALL FOR THE MEETING
The statutory Annual Meeting of the Piano Teacher´s Association will be held on Saturday 12th February 2022 at 16h30 at the Kainuu Music Institute, Koskikatu 2, 87200 Kajaani.
The statutory issues of an annual meeting will be dealt with. The rules are available on the website of the association.
Accommodation
There are rooms reserved for the participants of the conference:
SCANDIC KAJANUS
Koskikatu 3
87200 Kajaani
tel. +358 8 61641
email: kajanus@scandichotels.com
Prices:
1 per Standard 96 €/day
2 pers Standard 116 €/day
The prices include rich breakfast with organic products, wireless internet and customer´s sauna.
Please, make the reservation at latest 29th of January 2022 in the booking centre, webpages www.scandichotels.fi/?bookingcode=BPIA120222 or directly at the hotel by using the contact information above and the reservation code BPIA120222
ORIGINAL SOKOS HOTEL VALJUS
Kauppakatu 20
87100 Kajaani
tel. +358 10 783 2000
e-mail: valjus.kajaani@sokoshotels.fi
Prices:
1 per Standard 92 €/day
2 pers Standard 112 €/day
The prices include rich buffet breakfast, customer´s sauna and s-card benefits.
Please, book the room by yourself using the contact information above and by using the code “Pianoseminaari”, when making the reservation. The reservations should be made by 11th of January 2022.
Information on Dining
Lunch Saturday 12th of February
Hotel Scandic Kajanus next to the Kainuu Music Institute offers a home-cooked lunch (including a day’s soup, salad, bread, spread, two hot dishes, one of which is vegetarian food, coffee/tea and a small sweet, with iced water as a food drink).
Price 11 €, which everyone pays on site.
Binding pre-registrations and announcements of special diets when registering. Last day to cancel 29.1.2022.
Registration for the Social Evening
After the Evening concert, there will be a gathering in the Karanka restaurant of the Music Institute, where a buffet meal is served for 28 €. Please, notice that the buffet has to be paid in advance upon registration. The products are lactose free. Please, indicate your special dietary requirements when registering.
Buffet Menu
Glazed pork neck
Roasted oven roots
Beetroot oatmeal
Cheese bread salad with lingonberry sauce
Vegetable-pumpkin seed salad
Feta sour cream
Peasant baton