Albero

Kari Heinilä - flutes

Marko Portin - clarinets

Juho Laitinen - cello

At the initiative of Kari Heinilä, Albero started playing its unique mix of contemporary classical and improvised music. Inspiration for the music may come from diverse sources like Spanish renaissance, Charles Mingus or Claude Debussy, but a four-part polyphony full of colours and articulated details from which solos and duos emerge, remains. Members of the group are some of the most versatile musicians in Finland, with ambitious projects ranging from solo Bach recitals to playing with John Zorn, with and without electronics.

During its history of two years Albero has given concerts in Helsinki , Porvoo and Lapua and has made a recording for Finnish Broadcasting Company. During the season 2006-7 Albero produced a series of four concerts at Balder Hall in Helsinki as well as played at festivals out of town. One of the concerts was dedicated to new exciting arrangements of works by Charles Mingus, in another the group traveled to Paris 100 years ago with the theme "World Exhibition".

At the moment the group is preparing for its first cd release and getting ready for concerts in 2008.

Listen to our music!

Music:

Anbar (comp. Kari Heinilä)

Balva (comp. Marko Portin)

Frames 4 (comp. Seppo Kantonen)

Seconds (comp. Juho Laitinen)

Live recordings from Porvoo, October 2006.