Usko Meriläinen
Usko Aatos Meriläinen (born January 30, 1930 in Tampere , † November 12, 2004 ibid) was a Finnish composer and conductor of modernism .
Meriläinen is an important representative of Finnish post-war modernism. In the 1970s he experimented with electronic music . According to his own statements, the starting point for his experiments was the ballet Sacre du Printemps by Igor Stravinsky . Von Meriläinen has published great orchestral works, chamber music and compositions primarily for piano and violin. His works can be assigned to neoclassicism , twelve-tone music and post- serialism .
From 1954 to 1956 Meriläinen directed the Finnish Opera Choir and from 1956 to 1957 the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra. In 1986 he founded the Avant-Garde Music Festival Tampere Biennale, which he directed until 2000.
In 1965 he was awarded the Wihuri Sibelius Prize .
Web links
- Literature by and about Usko Meriläinen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Usko Meriläinen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- List of Works
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| SURNAME | Meriläinen, Usko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meriläinen, Usko Aatos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tampere |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 2004 |
| Place of death | Tampere |