Name Kalevi Aho Role Composer | Education Sibelius Academy | |
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Compositions Symphony no 8, Symphony no 8, Clarinet Concerto: V Epilogo Misterioso, Clarinet Concerto: V Epilogo Misterioso, Symphony no 10: II Prestissimo, Symphony no 10: II Prestissimo, Syvien vesien juhla, Syvien vesien juhla, Symphony no 15: I Nebbia, Symphony no 15: I Nebbia, Seitseman inventiota ja postludi: III Con tristezza, Seitseman inventiota ja postludi: III Con tristezza, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra: II Presto - leggiero - attacca -, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra: II Presto - leggiero - attacca -, Seitseman inventiota ja postludi: II ♩ = 138, Seitseman inventiota ja postludi: II ♩ = 138, Kiinalaisia lauluja: II Miten taipuisa, Kiinalaisia lauluja: II Miten taipuisa, Kiinalaisia lauluja: III Kultainen lintuhiusneula, Kiinalaisia lauluja: III Kultainen lintuhiusneula, Kiinalaisia lauluja: V Syksyn tuuli, Kiinalaisia lauluja: V Syksyn tuuli, Kiinalaisia lauluja: VI Lumen keskella kevaan viesti, Kiinalaisia lauluja: VI Lumen keskella kevaan viesti, Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra: I Moderato - Passionato, Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra: I Moderato - Passionato, Quintet for Oboe and String Quartet: II Prestissimo - Passionato - Allegretto grazioso - Cadenza, Quintet for Oboe and String Quartet: II Prestissimo - Passionato - Allegretto grazioso - Cadenza, Quintet for Oboe and String Quartet: I Moderato - Piu mosso - Prestissimo - Cadenza (Tempo rubato) - Allegretto, Quintet for Oboe and String Quartet: I Moderato - Piu mosso - Prestissimo - Cadenza (Tempo rubato) - Allegretto, Symphony no 15: IV Musica strana, Symphony no 15: IV Musica strana, Quintet for Alto Saxophone - Bassoon - Viola - Cello and Double Bass: II Allegro marcato - Presto, Quintet for Alto Saxophone - Bassoon - Viola - Cello and Double Bass: II Allegro marcato - Presto, Quintet for Alto Saxophone - Bassoon - Viola - Cello and Double Bass: III Andante espressivo - Allegro, Quintet for Alto Saxophone - Bassoon - Viola - Cello and Double Bass: III Andante espressivo - Allegro, Symphony no 13 “Sinfonisia luonnekuvia”: I, Symphony no 13 “Sinfonisia luonnekuvia”: I, Symphony no 13 “Sinfonisia luonnekuvia”: II, Symphony no 13 “Sinfonisia luonnekuvia”: II, Quintet for Alto Saxophone - Bassoon - Viola - Cello and Double Bass: I Largo - Vivace - Andante, Quintet for Alto Saxophone - Bassoon - Viola - Cello and Double Bass: I Largo - Vivace - Andante, Symphony no 10: III Adagio, Symphony no 10: III Adagio, Symphony no 3 for Violin and Orchestra "Sinfonia concertante": II Prestissimo, Symphony no 3 for Violin and Orchestra "Sinfonia concertante": II Prestissimo, Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra: V Andante cantabile – Adagio, Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra: V Andante cantabile – Adagio, Symphony no 3 for Violin and Orchestra "Sinfonia concertante": III Lento, Symphony no 3 for Violin and Orchestra "Sinfonia concertante": III Lento, Scherzo in B minor, Scherzo in B minor, Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra: IV Misterioso (Cadenza II), Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra: IV Misterioso (Cadenza II), Symphony no 10: IV Vivacissimo, Symphony no 10: IV Vivacissimo, Clarinet Concerto: III Vivace - con brio, Clarinet Concerto: III Vivace - con brio, Tuba Concerto: II Allegro - Cadenza - Tempo I, Tuba Concerto: II Allegro - Cadenza - Tempo I, Kiinalaisia lauluja: I Punainen aurinko, Kiinalaisia lauluja: I Punainen aurinko, Symphonic Dances Hommage a Uuno Klami: III Grotesque Dance, Symphonic Dances Hommage a Uuno Klami: III Grotesque Dance, Symphonic Dances Hommage a Uuno Klami: IV Dance of the Winds and Fires, Symphonic Dances Hommage a Uuno Klami: IV Dance of the Winds and Fires, Symphonic Dances Hommage a Uuno Klami: I Prelude, Symphonic Dances Hommage a Uuno Klami: I Prelude, Hiljaisuus, Hiljaisuus, Liederen en dansen van de Dood, Liederen en dansen van de Dood, Minea, Minea, Acht seizoenen, Acht seizoenen, Seitseman inventiota ja postludi: VIII Postludi, Seitseman inventiota ja postludi: VIII Postludi, Quintet for Bassoon and String Quartet: II Parodie (Andante), Quintet for Bassoon and String Quartet: II Parodie (Andante), Haamarssi I, Haamarssi I, Seitseman inventiota ja postludi: I Andante, Seitseman inventiota ja postludi: I Andante, Haamarssi II, Haamarssi II, Kysymysten kirja: V Nainen unessa, Kysymysten kirja: V Nainen unessa, Symphony no 14 "Rituals": Incantation I (Zeal), Symphony no 14 "Rituals": Incantation I (Zeal), Kysymysten kirja: X Kukkiva omenapuu, Kysymysten kirja: X Kukkiva omenapuu, Kysymysten kirja: XI Perhoset, Kysymysten kirja: XI Perhoset, Symphony no 12 "Luosto": II Winter Darkness and Midsummer, Symphony no 12 "Luosto": II Winter Darkness and Midsummer, Quintet for Bassoon and String Quartet: VI Epilog (Andante), Quintet for Bassoon and String Quartet: VI Epilog (Andante), Quintet for Bassoon and String Quartet: IV Cadenza (Prestissimo), Quintet for Bassoon and String Quartet: IV Cadenza (Prestissimo), Kysymysten kirja: III Merenneitojen kyynelet, Kysymysten kirja: III Merenneitojen kyynelet Similar People Osmo Vanska, Carolina Eyck, John Storgards, Martin Frost, Einojuhani Rautavaara | ||
Kalevi Aho: Symphony No. 15 / Lahti Symphony Orchestra (excerpt)
Kalevi Ensio Aho (born 9 March 1949) is a Finnish composer.
Contents
- Kalevi Aho Symphony No 15 Lahti Symphony Orchestra excerpt
- Kalevi aho concerto for 2 cellos and orchestra live
- Career
- Music
- Literature
- References
Kalevi aho concerto for 2 cellos and orchestra live
Career
Born in Forssa, Finland, he studied composition at the Sibelius Academy under Einojuhani Rautavaara, receiving a diploma in 1971. He continued his studies for a year in Berlin with Boris Blacher. His teaching positions include music theory at the University of Helsinki from 1974 to 1988, and a professorship at the Sibelius Academy from 1988 to 1993. He became composer-in-residence for the Lahti Symphony Orchestra in 1992, and conductor Osmo Vänskä has recorded many of his recent large-scale works with the orchestra. Aho has worked as a freelance composer, with a state scholarship, since 1993. He lives in Helsinki.
Music
Known principally as a composer of large-scale works, to date Aho has composed seventeen symphonies, twenty-eight concertos, five operas and several vocal works. His chamber music includes several quintets, quartets, sonatas and solo works. He first came to fame with his first symphony (1969) and second string quartet (1970). His works of this time showed such neo-classical traits as a preoccupation with counterpoint (particularly fugues), and stylized renderings of older forms, such as the waltz. In the following decade he wrote in modernist and post-modernist styles. His use of irony and juxtaposition of contrasting moods and musical styles and genres has been compared to Gustav Mahler and Alfred Schnittke. His work also shows the influence of Einojuhani Rautavaara (especially when evoking mysterious textures) and Dmitri Shostakovich. His music has been extensively recorded by BIS records and is published by Fennica Gehrman.