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Premiere: Folk Suite for Treble Viol
Jukka Rautasalo will premiere Virtaperko’s Folk Suite for Treble Viol (original Finnish title Kansanmusiikkigambaa) in Porvoo Cathedral on 17 September, 2015. Written in 2013, Folk Suite consists of five short movements that reflect Virtaperko’s recent, growing interest in the Nordic… -
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Of composing and playing consort music
”As a professional composer I primarily write commissioned works – music, that someone is willing to pay for. Obviously, you have a freedom (to a certain extent) to decide which musicians/ensembles/orchestras you want to work with and what kind of… -
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New work: In nomine ‘Shivering’
Virtaperko’s new viol consort work In nomine ‘Shivering’ continues the instrumental polyphonic In nomine tradition of the English Renaissance. Like few hundred other In nomines, In nomine ‘Shivering’ is built around John Taverner’s plainchant melody from 1530, a melody that… -
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Music for Yle Radio Theatre drama with Bravade Recorder Quartet
“While working on the Renaissance recorder quartet piece for Bravade I was approached to write music for the Yle Radio Theatre production Urian kirje. I choose Bravade to be the vecihle for creating the musical content for the drama, which… -
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YLE “Record of the Year” nomination for 2014
Clarinetist Mikko Raasakka’s record Eliangelis – Contemporary Finnish Music for Clarinet has been selected as a one of the six candidates for Yle Broadcasting Company’s Record of the Year 2014 nomination. Containing music by Olli Virtaperko (Glass Orifice),… -
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Work Completed: Multikolor
New work by Olli Virtaperko, Multikolor for baritone saxophone and a 10-piece ensemble is completed. Commissioned by TampereRaw ensemble and written for the soloist Joonatan Rautiola, the 18-minute work explores the multiphonic and timbral possibilities of the baritone saxophone. Click… -
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Work on progress – Multikolor
“I’m currenly working on a piece for solo barytone saxophone and a 10-piece TampereRaw ensemble. Commissioned by TampereRaw, Multikolor will be premiered at Autumn 2015 with Joonatan Rautiola as the soloist. During the compositional process I’ve worked exceptionally intensively with… -
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New videos – Ambrosian Delights & Klüftwerk
Visualisation for the full 27-minute Ambrosian Delights is now available from Finnish Baroque Orchestra at Youtube Recent additions also include a video of Klüftwerk, perfomed and provided by Antero Pellikka.… -
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Latest videos
Two visualisations from Ensemble Ambrosius concert on 10 August 2010 at St. Catharine’s Church, Hamburg, Germany: GACH & Questa storia del mago non mi convince (for ensemble) and Kalkkeen meri ahtona (for accordion and kantele).… -
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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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New biography by Andrew Mellor
Frank Zappa once said that a composer is ‘a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.’ Olli Virtaperko’s career so far appears to bear that phrase out, and in a… -
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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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Latest video
Orchestral work Kuru performed by Helsinki Filharmonic orchestra at Nordic Music Days 2013, Helsinki, 17 October 2013. http://areena.yle.fi/tv/2060767… -
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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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