Kalevi Kiviniemi

Kalevi Kiviniemi, 2010

Kalevi Kiviniemi (born June 30, 1958 in Jalasjärvi ) is a Finnish concert organist and composer. He is known for Finnish and French organ music, which he has played and recorded on period organs, including in Notre-Dame de Paris . He is also a great improviser .

Life

Kalevi Kiviniemi passed his exams as a cantor and organist in 1981 and continued studying for the concert diploma at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, literary play with Eero Väätäinen, improvisation with Olli Linjama. Kalevi Kiviniemi's international career began in the early 1990s with concerts in Japan and London. He has given concerts in Europe, the USA, Asia, Australia and the Philippines.

Kiviniemi performed several times in the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral . His first concert in 2000, with Olivier Latry ( titulaire des grands orgue ), was recorded for television. His first solo concert was in 2002.

In 2009 he played organ transcriptions in the Konzerthaus Dortmund . In autumn 2010 he gave concerts in the Laurenskerk in Rotterdam, at the International Düsseldorf Organ Festival at the Rieger Organ in St. Lambertus , at the Wuppertal Organ Days at the Seifert Organ of the Beyenburger Klosterkirche , at the Mebold Organ in St. Martin Idstein and at XII. International Organ Autumn in Straelen .

Kiviniemi was a member of the jury at international organ competitions, such as the 1996 International Organ Weeks in Nuremberg , 1998 in Capri , 2001 at the Speyer Cathedral and 2005 at the International Organ Week in Korschenbroich . He held master classes, for example at the Ruhr University in Bochum . He was Artistic Director of Lahti Organ Week in Finland from 1991 to 2001.

Recordings

2010 Kiviniemis discography includes more than 140 titles, including recordings on historical organs in the United States, Japan, the Philippines, Australia, Italy, France, Switzerland and Germany, for example, the Cavaillé-Coll - Organ of St-Ouen de Rouen . Kiviniemi was the first to record all of Jean Sibelius's organ works .

Recordings OrganEra

Under the Finnish label Fuga, he began a series of recordings, OrganEra , in 2001 , for which 20 episodes are planned.

• Vol. 1 Renaissance dances , works by Francesco Bendusi , Antonio Valente , Tielman Susato , Adriano Banchieri , Hans Neusidler and Claude Gervaise , among others, recorded on the Renaissance organ of the castle church of Wilhelmsburg Castle in Schmalkalden , 2001 fuga.fi
• Vol. 2 Bamboo Organ , works by Michel Corrette , Jean-Baptiste Lully , Jean-Philippe Rameau , Antonio de Cabezón , Juan Bautista José Cabanilles , Luis de Milán , Luys de Narváez , Fortunato Chelleri , Johann Kaspar Kerll , Gaetano Piazza , Gioachino Rossini , John Blow and John Stanley , among others, recorded on the bamboo organ of Las Piñas in Manila , 2003 fuga.fi
• Vol. 3 Heroic Song , recorded on the organ of Lapua Cathedral, 2003 kalevikiviniemi.com
• Vol. 4 Angel Dream , transcriptions for organ, recorded on the organ of Lapua Cathedral, 2003 fuga.fi
• Vol. 5 Waltzing Matilda , recorded on the Grand Concert Organ of Melbourne Town Hall kalevikiviniemi.com
• Vol. 6 Serassi , Italian organ music, works by Niccolo Moretti , Antonio Diana , Baldassare Galuppi , Vincenzo Palafuti , Michelangelo Rossi , Domenico Zipoli and Padre Davide da Bergamo , among others, recorded on the Serassi organ of San Biagio in Caprino Bergamasco , 2004 fuga.fi
• Vol. 7 Sibelius , Jean Sibelius Complete Organ Works , recorded on the Walcker organ of the Stadtkirche in Winterthur , 2004 fuga.fi
• Vol. 8 Canonnade , recorded on the Holzhey organ of Neresheim Abbey , 2004 kalevikiviniemi.com
• Vol. 9 Bombarde , recorded on the organ of the Matthäuskirche in Stuttgart , 2004 fuga.fi
• Vol. 10 Liszt
• Vol. 11 Wurlitzer
• Vol. 12 Jehan Alain , works by Jehan Alain , recorded on the organ of the Church of the Cross in Lahti , 2006 fuga.fi
• Vol. 13 Franck , works by César Franck , recorded in the Central Pori Church, 2009 fuga.fi
• Vol. 14 Cavaillé-Coll , works by Marcel Dupré , Henri Nibelle , César Franck , Alexandre Guilmant , Charles-Marie Widor and improvisation by Kiviniemi, recorded on the organ of St-Ouen de Rouen in 2008 and 2009.

Other recordings

• Chicago Concert , works by Gabriel Pierné , Joseph Bonnet , Marcel Dupré , Charles-Marie Widor , Camille Saint-Saëns , Aulis Sallinen , Joonas Kokkonen , Aimo Känkänen , Jean Sibelius and improvisation by Kiviniemi, 2000 arkivmusic.com
• Lakeuden Ristin urut (organ of the Lakeuden Risti church), works by Franz Liszt (arr.Kiviniemi), César Franck , Alexandre Guilmant , Marcel Dupré , Pierre Cochereau , own works, Oskar Merikanto , recorded in Seinäjoki in Lakeuden Risti (architect Alvar Aalto ) , Organ of the Kangasala Organ Factory, 2009

Awards for recordings

Many of his recordings have won awards. Improvisation became the Star Recording of The Organ, Visions , Finnish Organ Music magazine in 1999 and received the Janne Prize for the best Finnish solo recording. His CD Lakeuden Ristin Urut was voted best organ album in the USA in 2009.

Compositions

• Suite francaise
  • Caprice héroique , homage to Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
  • Souvenir , homage to Madame Dupré
  • Carillon , homage to Marcel Dupré
• Fantasia Suomalainen rukous (2008)

Awards

Kalevi Kiviniemi received the Luonnotar Prize at the Sibelius Festival in Lahti in 2003 and the Organum Society Prize in 2004 for his services to Finnish organ music. In 2009 he received the State Prize for Music in Finland for his life's work.

Web links

• Kalevi Kiviniemi website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kalevi Kiviniemi on griola.de, accessed on March 24, 2016
2. ↑ Kalevi Kiviniemi . International Organ Concerts St. Joseph Bonn-Beuel. 2004. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
3. ↑ Master of organ transcription: Kalevi Kiviniemi presents virtuoso polyphony . ( Memento from April 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Konzerthaus Dortmund
4. ^ Concerten archief ( Dutch ) stichtingvoxhumana.nl. 2010. Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
5. ↑ Kalevi Kiviniemi ( Memento from May 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) at ido-festival.de
6. ↑ Veronika Pantel: Wuppertaler Organ Days: Kalevi Kiviniemi plays baroque music in hit quality . West German newspaper . October 6, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
7. ^ Kalevi Kiviniemi, Finland . Geistliche-musik-straelen.de. 2010. Archived from the original on May 5, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
8. ↑ Ruth-Esther Hillila, Barbara Blanchard Hong: Historical dictionary of the music and musicians of Finland ( English ). Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997, ISBN 978-0-313-27728-3 , p. 210 (Retrieved July 3, 2010).
9. ↑ Circular letter, November 2004 ( Memento of April 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) at The Sibelius Society of Finland
10. ^ ^{A b} Da Morgan: Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Complete Organ Works . musicweb-international.com. January 2010. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
11. ↑ OrganEra ( Finnish ) fuga.fi. 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
12. ↑ Organera Recordings ( English kalevikiviniemi.com). 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
13. ↑ Da Morgan: César Franck Organ Era - Volume 13 ( English ) musicweb-international.com. September 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
14. ↑ ^{a b} Da Morgan: Organ Era Volume 14: Cavaillé-Coll à Paris Kalevi Kiviniemi ( English ) musicweb-international.com. September 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
15. ↑ Kalevi Kiviniemi Cavaillé-Coll ( English ) sa-cd.net. September 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
16. ↑ ^{a b} Da Morgan: Lakeuden Ristin urut ( English ) musicweb-international.com. November 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2010.