The title of Virtaperko’s first solo guitar composition, Klüftwerk (2003), refers to Swedish athlete Karolina Klüft. Her victorious performance in the heptathlon at the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris was the composer’s inspiration during the compositional process, and resulted in the performing instruction con “attitude” with several references to rock and jazz guitar playing techniques.
Klüftwerk was selected to represent Finland in the 2004 International Rostrum of Composers in Paris.
Instrumentation
for guitar solo
2003