New Music Edmonton is happy to return with a new series of The No Normal. We have some great interviews with amazing people lined up for the coming months, and we’re looking forward to sharing their work and their words with you!To get things going, we are delighted to present composer Sointu Aalto, in conversation with Suzette Chan. Born in Helsinki, raised in Edmonton, Sointu Aalto is a composer and cellist, who has emerged as one of the most compelling emerging artists, with a formidable output of uncompromising instrumental and audio-visual works. She has studied with many eminent teachers in Edmonton and elsewhere, and has been a competition winner, and participant in festivals across Canada and abroad. In June, 2022, Aalto and her colleagues in The JAMS Quartet performed in the Now Hear This Festival in Edmonton, where they gave a rare, full-length performance of works by Aalto and other composers. Compositions by Sointu Aalto Included in this episode: Audio portion of audio-visual work, commissioned by New Music Edmonton for the Summer Solstice Series, 2021.Performed by The JAMS Quartet: Jessica Ortlieb, Anna Vlasova, Mora Clarke, Sointu Aalto, with Kauri Aalto, tam-tam Performed by Bergamot Quartet at MATA Jr., Music at the Anthology Festival, NY, 2021Performed by The JAMS Quartet: Jessica Ortlieb, Anna Vlasova, Mora Clarke, Sointu AaltoAudio portion of audio-visual work, commissioned by New Music Edmonton for the Summer Solstice Series, 2021.Performed by Daniel Aalto, piano, Eija Aalto, sopranoText: Yösinfonia, 1, by Kirsi KunnaFor more Information:Sointu Aalto:https://soundcloud.com/user-759064400https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-z7kOEcb8OZ9B2wiBmlo9ASuzette Chan: (https://suzettechan.wordpress.com)