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New work for male choir – premiere and Japan tour
Olli Virtaperko’s latest work Yhdessä kuluu syysyö joutuin (“Together, the autumn night flies”) will be premiered 2 October 2026 in Espoo Cultural Centre by The Academic Male Choir Psaldo, followed by the choir’s concert tour in Japan, 17–24 October 2026.… -
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World premiere: Aarre for symphony orchestra and concert organ
Olli Virtaperko’s new work Aarre for the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rieger concert organ of the Helsinki Music Centre will be premiered on February 14, 2024, at the Musica nova Helsinki festival. The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Nicolò… -
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Virtaperko premiere at Avanti Chamber Club, September 14th
The second edition of Avanti! Chamber Orchestra’s new Chamber Club Series is programmed by Olli Virtaperko, who also hosts the event. The concert takes place on September 14th in Avanti’s Rehearse Hall at Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki. The program includes the premiere… -
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Autumn Updates and Progress Report on a New Composition for the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and the Concert Hall Organ at the Helsinki Music Centre
Olli Virtaperko’s new orchestral composition is set for its premiere in Autumn 2024 at the Helsinki Music Centre, performed by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and organist Susanne Kujala. While the composer has been hard at work in his studio on… -
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XIV Turku Cello Competition – premiere of Sitka (for violoncello solo)
Olli Virtaperko’s new work for cello, Sitka, receives 12 premier performances by the semifinalists of the XIV Turku Cello Competition on August 29-30. Sitka is Virtaperko’s sixth work for solo cello and it was commissioned by the Musical Society of… -
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Autumn 2021: November Festival, Moiré and more
Olli Virtaperko’s autumn season 2021 highlights include the premiere of the new version of the natural horn concerto Moiré and Eija Kankaanranta performing Virtaperko’s kantele output in November Music festival. Composer himself remains busy with a solo cello commission for… -
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Premiere – Moiré for natural horn and Baroque orchestra
Olli Virtaperko’s brand new natural horn concerto Moiré (2020) will be premiered in Musica Nova Helsinki 2021 festival on the 7th of February 2021 by Tommi Hyytinen and Finnish Baroque Orchestra FiBO under Tomas Djupsjöbacka. Due to Covid-19 restrictions the… -
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Arctic Viol Book in Musica nova Helsinki
Finland’s largest contemporary music festival, Musica nova Helsinki, features a concert of Olli Virtaperko’s compositions for viols, 5 February 2019 in Kamppi chapel, Helsinki. Under the title Arctic Viol Book, the concert includes solo pieces for treble and bass… -
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Two premieres: In nomine ‘Shivering’ & Meren päällä ohuempaa
Two ensemble works for early music instruments by Olli Virtaperko, In nomine ‘Shivering’ for viol consort a5 and Meren päällä ohuempaa (Thinner above the sea) for Renaissance recorder quartet will be premiered in May-June. In nomine ’Shivering’ (2015) continues Virtaperko’s… -
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Premiere: Ambrosian Delights, the new chamber orchestra version
The new chamber orchestra version of Ambrosian Delights, Olli Virtaperko’s concerto for Knifonium synthesizer, will be premiered on October 21 by Jonte Knif (Knifonium) and Jyväskylä Sinfonia under Ville Matvejeff. Originally written for Knifonium and Baroque orchestra, the new… -
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Ambrosian Delights at Vaasa & Nordmaling ’Baroque and Beyond’
Following the succes of its premiere, Olli Virtaperko’s crossover concerto Ambrosian Delights (for Knifonium and Baroque orchestra) will travel to Vaasa, Finland and Nordmaling, Sweden with Finnish Baroque Orchestra FIBO under Ville Matvejeff. The Knifonium soloist will be the designer… -
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New work for accordeon premiered in Berlin
Veli Kujala will premiere Virtaperko’s latest work for accordeon, “Celestial Bodies” in Neuköllner Originaltöne -Festival, Berlin, Saturday 10 May. “Celestial Bodies“ continues Virtaperko’s long-term collaboration with Kujala, which, so far, has resulted four solo works, one chamber music piece and… -
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Dawkins and Kuru at Tampere Biennale
The grand opening of Tampere Biennale on 9 April will feature Tuulia Susiaho‘s video work Lummelampi with Virtaperko’s orchestral soundtrack (Kuru, 2009). On 12 April at Tampere Cathedral the organist Susanne Kujala will perform Virtapeko’s Dawkins in a… -
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Tampere Biennale 9-13 April 2014. Welcomming words by the Artistic Director Olli Virtaperko
This April, Tampere will once again showcase the newest and most intriguing things in Finnish contemporary classical music. This year, the five-day festival is focusing on works that combine music with visual elements. There will be multimedia works with sound… -
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Two performances of Virtaperko at Nordic Music Days 2013
Nordic Music Days 2013 present two works by Olli Virtaperko. Orchestral work Kuru will be performed on Friday 18 October at 19:00 in the Concert Hall of Musiikkitalo, Helsinki by Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (cond. Baldur Brönnimann). The pedacogigal saxophone piece… -
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HS: “Olli Virtaperkon konsertto knifonium-soittimelle oli tapaus”
Crossover nousi puheenaiheeksi säveltäjä Olli Virtaperkon Ambrosian Delights -teoksen kantaesitykseen valmistautuessa. Siinä barokkiorkesterin soolosoittimena on Jonte Knifin rakentama knifonium, analogisyntetisaattori, jonka pehmeä ujellus on sukua 1960-luvun sähköiselle Bachille ja “tajuntaa laajentavalle” hörhöilylle. https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/konserttiarvostelu/art-2000002666226.html…
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