1992/06/01 by Martin Anderson · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Psychology · #Research in Social Sciences #Symphony #Concerto #Violin #Piano #Cello #Conversation #Musical #Art #Literature #History #Visual arts #Art history #Psychology #Communication
paper · doi:10.1017/s0040298200015138
openalex publication_date 1992/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
At the relatively young age of 43 (which his schoolboyish looks nonetheless belie), Kalevi Aho is one of the best-known of Finnish composers, with a substantial corpus of music to his credit – seven symphonies and other orchestral pieces, two operas and several smaller vocal works, three concertos (for violin, cello and for piano), and a healthy amount of chamber and instrumental music. I visited him in Helsinki last summer, in the offices of the Helsinki Festival, where he has a hand in the planning of the programmes, and remarked first on the richness and sheer vigour of Finnish musical life; anyone visiting Finland will be struck by the fact that it seems to have an awful lot of composers.