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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… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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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