Pekka Kuusisto (violinist)
Pekka Kuusisto (born October 7, 1976 in Espoo ) is a Finnish violinist .
biography
Pekka Kuusisto started playing the violin at the age of three . His first teacher was Géza Szilvay. From 1985 he studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Tuomas Haapanen. From 1992 to 1996 he studied with Miriam Fried and Paul Biss at the Indiana University School of Music.
From the 2009/10 to 2011/12 season, Pekka Kuusisto was an artist in the “Junge Wilde” series at the Dortmund Konzerthaus . Kuusisto has appeared as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra , Cleveland Orchestra , Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra , Philadelphia Orchestra , Philharmonia Orchestra London, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , BBC Symphony Orchestra , Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin , Australian Chamber Orchestra and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra . He worked with the conductors Valery Gergiev , Yuri Temirkanov, Vladimir Ashkenazy , Osmo Vänska, Paavo Berglund, Thomas Dausgaard and Leif Segerstam .
Pekka Kuusisto is artistic director of the Lake Tuusula Chamber Music Festival in Finland with his brother Jaakko .
Kuusisto is also interested in other types of music such as folk , jazz and electronic music . He has made jazz recordings with the Töykeät trio and plays progressive jazz. He experimented with electronic instruments and has performed with the Finnish electronic jazz group Rinneradio and with the Norwegian noise duo Fe-Mail . His albums Sibelius: Viulukonsertto and Vivaldin vuodenajat were honored with a gold record in Finland .
Awards
- 1995: 1st prize at the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki as the first Finn and prize for the best interpretation of the Sibelius violin concerto
instrument
Pekka Kuusisto plays on a violin made by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini in 1752 and made available to him by the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
Web links
- Works by Pekka Kuusisto in the catalog of the German National Library
- Record label website about Pekka Kuusisto
- Agent's website via Pekka Kuusisto
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the record company about Pekka Kuusisto ( Memento of the original from December 9th, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Biography on the agent's website ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Awards for music sales: FI FI2
- ^ Homepage of the Sibelius Competition
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kuusisto, Pekka |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish violinist |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1976 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Espoo |