
“Dualism” is a dance performance that takes you into the everyday life of a multicultural individual. The performance is created by Alexander Montgomery-Andersen and Madeleine Fairminer, both with multicultural backgrounds. They play with the inner processes, from the conscious to the subconscious. They raise questions about our daily actions and social interactions, based on the cultural differences we carry with us. How do I navigate through crowds, which interactions do I engage in, and which do I choose not to? Am I visibly multicultural to those around me? And what expectations does the outside world have of me?


Music by Tuomas Rounakari (FIN) and Hans-Ole Amossen (GRL)

Dualism - music for Alexander Montgomery's choreography

The F-train: Fairytales CD-single/EP (1996)
feat: Jari Perkiömäki (saxophones)

The first ever publication of Tuomas Rounakari's music including a jazz-arrangement of Khachaturian's ´Sabre Dance´ and two original compositions ´Hobby Horses Fairytale´ and ´The Witch and Jezebell`.

Hobby horse

Sabre Dance

Tuomas Rounakari: Itku - lamentation for strings (2002), is based on ancient Carelian melodies of ritual laments. 

The composition earned a 3rd prize in the 40th Anniversary Competition of Turku Conservatory Finland for Scandinavian Composers in 2002. This recording is from the 40th Anniversary Celebration with the Anniversary Orchestra conducted by Juha Kangas.

Subsequently it was performed at the University of Sorbonne, Paris as part of the 8th International Congress on Musical Signification 2004.

Itku - Lamentation for string orchestra

Five Finno-Ugric Folksongs for Mixed-Choir (2003) by Tuomas Rounakari.

A winner of the Toronto Camerata International Folk Song Competition for Composers.

CWU Chamber Choir. Cond. Gary Weidenaar.
Amateur recording from a concert on May 20th 2007 at Washington State University.

Choral Concert 5-20-2007

5 Finno Ugrian Folksongs - #5 Kyz'y Cidalod

5 Finno Ugrian Folksongs - #2 Terem Ulo

Ama no Gawa (2007) by Tuomas Rounakari 
Performed by Anti Quartet (amateur recording)

Ama no Gawa is written in memory of Toru Takemitsu and it is based on a Japanese myth about two lovers that circulate in the milky way. The composition uses the soundboard of a grand piano in a special way, creating echos and resonances with the wind instruments. 

This is the original version for pno, fl, ob and cl. There is also a version for pro, fl, vl and a cl.

Ama No Gawa

Seal Me Beneath

Tuomas Rounakari - Straw flute and randomly tuned violin
Otzir Godot - Percussions

Improvisations I

Tuomas Rounakari - randomly tuned violin
Otzir Godot - Percussion

Sabre Dance

Tuomas Rounakari

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