Henrik Otto Donner
Henrik Otto Donner (born November 16, 1939 in Tampere , † June 26, 2013 in Jakobstad ) was a Finnish composer and jazz musician .
Career
Donner studied at the Sibelius Academy with Joonas Kokkonen and Nils-Eric Fougstedt . In the early 1960s he was a student of György Ligeti in Vienna . He studied electronic music with Gottfried Michael Koenig and at the Siemens studio for electronic music in Munich.
Donner is considered to be one of the most determined representatives of avant-garde and experimental music in Finland. In the 1960s he made a name for himself with a number of musical happenings : the Street Piece Helsinki (a street happening , 1963), the Pasila Piece (a television happening, 1963) and Studio Sleeper (a radio happening, 1963). In the piece Ideogramme I (1962) he combined twelve radios with an instrumental ensemble of flute, clarinet, trombone and drums. Ideograms II is a composition for tape and instruments. In his Six Bagatelles for String Quartet , the musicians' actions between the pieces become part of the composition. His string quartet from 1970 ends with an aphorism by Lenin , performed by a baritone.
In addition, Donner worked as a jazz trumpeter and composer. He led the group Free for All , played with Juhani Aaltonen and arranged for MA Numminen . In the field of jazz he was involved in 17 recording sessions from 1965 to 2012. He also composed over 50 film scores , including a. for Eino Ruutsalos Two Birds , and was one of the founders of the Finnish label Love Records , which mainly released prog rock and fusion jazz .
Works
- Ideograms I , 1962
- Street Piece Helsinki , street happening, 1963
- Pasila Piece , television happening, 1963
- Studio Sleeper , radio happening, 1963
- Ideograms II , 1963
- Six bagatelles for string quartet, 1965
- Music for the film Pine Cone Under Your Back , 1966
- String Quartet, 1970
- The Spirit of the Valley , orchestral suite, 1987
- Tyst musik for voice and piano, 1992
- Amalia , Opera, 2000
literature
- Risto Nevanlinna: Otto Donner in memoriam . In: Finnish Music Quarterly . No. 3 , 2013, ISSN 0782-1069 , p. 7 .
Web links
- Short CV on Fennica Gehrman
- List of works at Music Finland
- Henrik Otto Donner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hufvudstadsbladet , July 12, 2013, p. 21.
- ↑ Announcement of death (Finnish)
- ↑ Obituary of June 29, 2013 (English) on Finnish Radio
- ↑ Donner on Jazz Finland
- ↑ Tom Lord - Jazz Discography
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Donner, Henrik Otto |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Donner, Otto |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish composer and jazz musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1939 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tampere |
DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 2013 |
Place of death | Jakobstad |