Conductor Kari Heinilä
On Saturday 21 April, UMO will be giving the world premiere of composer Mikko Heiniö’s ninth piano concerto at the Tampere Biennale. Written for UMO and pianist Kirmo Lintinen, Nonno – Concerto no. 9 for amplified piano and big band explores memories from the composer’s youth, including echoes of blues rhythms which he enjoyed in his teens.
Mikko Heiniö is one of Finland’s most distinguished contemporary composers. His piano concertos typically feature ensembles unusual in the classical music tradition.
The concert also includes a vocal work by young composer Outi Tarkiainen entitled Metsän hiljaisuudessa (In the stillness of the forest), with jazz vocalist Aili Ikonen as soloist. Written for UMO and Aili Ikonen, the work was premiered in Helsinki on 18 March 2010.
Program
Outi Tarkiainen (1985): Metsän hiljaisuuteen (2010) 15’ (Eeva-Liisa Manner & Sirkka Turkka)
Pertti Jalava (1960): Pluto? It’s Still Swinging There! (2007) 7’
Paroni Paakkunainen (1943): Ingria (2002) 7’10 (Åke Grandell)
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928): Hypyt (1952) 2’ (arr. Paroni Paakkunainen 2001)
From Pelimannit op. 1
Mikko Heiniö: Nonno (Piano concerto n:o 9) (ke) (2011) 20’
1. Sequenza
2. Ninna nanna
3. Cavalcata
Mikko Heiniö (b. 1948)
- Finnish composer and musicologist
- has written nine piano concertos and also two symphonies, two operas and several other orchestral and chamber music works
- hundreds of musicological articles and two dozen books
- studied composition with Joonas Kokkonen and Witold Szalonek
Kirmo Lintinen (b. 1967)
- pianist, composer and artistic advisor of UMO
- joined UMO as pianist in 1989 and has been focusing on conducting and repertoire planning since 1994
- a versatile musician known not only as a jazz performer but also as a composer of contemporary classical music
- catalogue of more than 100 works, including jazz, opera, children’s music and film music
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