This brief concert will unite the music of flutists/composers Jane Rigler (USA) and Livia Schweizer in which they combine Deep Listening® practices (developed by the US composer Pauline Oliveros) and music designed for calming the nervous system. This soothing concert promotes regulation through communal listening, sounding, and relaxing.

The audience is invited to bring pillows/cushions/to sit or lay down on the floor or against gallery walls.

Jane Rigler (flute/electronics/composer) creates music influenced by nature, movement, languages, and dreaming. She has received numerous awards like the Japan-US Friendship Creative Artist Fellowship, the Fulbright award, an NEA Arts Projects grant, and residencies at the Civitella Ranieri, UCROSS, Hambidge, Harvestworks, and Montalvo, among others. She is a certified Deep Listening® facilitator, an Affiliate Faculty at the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience, and former Associate Professor at University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

Livia Schweizer (b.1994) is a flutist, improvisor, educator and artistic researcher based in Helsinki. She is known for her interest in improvisation and non-conventional music notation as a tool of bringing together creative souls from different backgrounds, ages and cultures. Livia grew up in Tuscany and has lived in Finland since 2014. Since moving to Helsinki Livia has been performing solo and in chamber ensembles for festivals such as the Flow Festival, Helsingin Juhlaviikot, the UNM Festival, Tulkinnanvaraista, Luosto Soi, Uuden Musiikin Lokakuu, Jauna Muzika (Lithuania), SoundScapes (Germany), Hiljaisuus Festival and Musica Nova. She is at the moment member of the new music group Earth Ears Ensemble, and she is doctoral candidate in the arts study program at University of the Arts in Helsinki.

The event will last about 45-50 minutes. Donations welcome.

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