Henrik Otto Donner

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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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hufvudstadsbladet , July 12, 2013, p. 21.
  2. ↑ Announcement of death (Finnish)
  3. ↑ Obituary of June 29, 2013 (English) on Finnish Radio
  4. ↑ Donner on Jazz Finland
  5. ↑ Tom Lord - Jazz Discography
personal data
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