How does the music of tomorrow’s composers sound? Come and find out at the finals concerts of a competition for young composers that has this year attracted more entries than ever before. Since the prizes are awarded on the basis of not only the scores but also their live performance, the tension will be electric right up to the very end! The finals concerts will be conducted by Atso Almila, who is also a composer and a member of the Jury, and members of the Kymi Sinfonietta will also form smaller chamber ensembles. In the words of Almila, the competition is a unique opportunity for composers of the rising generation to express themselves in an exceptionally fine way. It is also a chance for our Kymi Sinfonietta players to demonstrate their diverse skills in a competition broadcast by the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle).
Conductor:
Atso Almila
Soloists:
Vladimir Belov, percussion player; Sonja Fräki, piano; Piia Virtanen, violin; Sergei Tiutiunik, violin
Programme:
Premieres of ten of the competition’s finals works & prize-giving ceremony
Jury:
Atso Almila, Markus Fagerudd, Minna Leinonen, Riikka Talvitie & Sauli Zinovjev
Finals compositions:
10-14-year-olds:
Samuel Ahonen (12, Tampere): Saame
Niilo Halminen (14, Kangasala): Harmonies for string orchestra and solo violin
Siiri Koivula (11, Helsinki): Koralliriutta
Vilho Perttilä (14, Järvenpää): Pikkuinen päräytys päivän päätteeksi
Justiina Syrjänen (10, Hamina): Consertino B minor n.o. 2, movement 1: Hetki
15-19-year-olds:
Sointu Aalto (17, Edmonton, Canada): Trapdoors, Elliptical Paths that Guide us Inward, Love, Observations in Population Dynamics, and the Semiotics of the Sky
Alex Halme (19, Espoo): Vivace for piano and string orchestra
Sofia Kiviniemi (18, Helsinki): from -21 to +35
Gabriel Kivivuori Sereno (18, Joensuu): La pájara
Jino Pieviläinen (16, Kajaani): Poéme tragique op. 14
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