Biography of Kalevi Aho (*1949)

Portrait of Kalevi Aho
Photo: Fennica Gehrman/Ghadi Boustani
09.03.1949
Born in Forssa, Finland
1958
Member of a mandolin orchestra and lessons in violin
1959
First compositions
1964
First piano playing
Studies at Sibelius Academy with Einojuhani Rautavaara, Helsinki, studying mathematics in parallel
1971
Studies with Blacher in Berlin
1990
Composition of the first movement of Solo III, commissioned by the Crusell music festival of Uusikaupunki in Finland based on a quarter tone scale
1991
Second movement of Solo III
14.04.1991
Premiere of both movements of Solo III played by Tapio Jalas in Helsinki

CDs with/from Kalevi Aho

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    Kalevi Aho: Solo III:
  1. I. Viertel = 66 (08:57:00)
  2. II. Presto (04:09:00)
  3. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonate a-moll W. 132:
  4. Poco Adagio (05:06:00)
  5. Allegro (05:02:00)
  6. Allegro (04:53:00)
  7. Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy for Flute (04:30:00)
  8. Jurriaan Andriessen: Pastorale d'été:
  9. Lento ad libitum (02:19:00)
  10. Allegro molto (00:46:00)
  11. Eugène Bozza: Image pour flûte seule Op. 38 (1940) (05:13:00)
  12. Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita a-moll BWV 1013:
  13. Allemande (05:20:00)
  14. Corrente (03:58:00)
  15. Sarabande (05:34:00)
  16. Bourree Anglaise (02:43:00)
  17. Luciano Berio: Sequenza I per flauto solo (1958) (07:23:00)
Ich liebe diese Interpretation der Sequenza.... tolle Tonkultur.
Last edit 14.07.2020