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A Twelve Cello Finale

18.6.2022 @ 19:00 - 21:00

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Our festival will conclude and culminate with a unique collection of works arranged for twelve cellos. Distinguished soprano Kaisa Ranta will join the twelve top cellists in this extraordinary concert. Could there be a more spectacular finale!

Aulis Sallinen: Sonata per quattro violoncelli – Sonata for four cellos, Op. 116

Arto Noras
Senja Rummukainen
Samuli Peltonen
Jussi Vähälä

J.S. Bach: Sonata for four cellos, Op. 116 (BWV 1007), parts Prelude, Sarabande, Gigue
Arr. for 12 cellos Jeajoon Ryu

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras nro 5, osat Aria ja Dansa

Kaisa Ranta, soprano

Aulis Sallinen: Four Dream Songs: IV There is no stream, Op. 30 (lyrics Paavo Haavikko)
Composer’s arrangement for soprano and cellos, premiere

Kaisa Ranta, soprano

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Arvo Pärt: Fratres

Astor Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, arr. James Barralet

Julius Klengel: Hymnus, Op. 57

Cellists:
Arto Noras
Samuli Peltonen
Senja Rummukainen
Young Song
Sirja Nironen
Niklas Schmidt
Sanna Palas-Lassila
Jussi Vähälä
Riitta Pesola
Artturi Aalto
Oliver Erlich
Hannu Kiiski


The concert will be about 2,5 h in duration Tickets 49 € / 30 €

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Information

Date:
18.6.2022

Time:
19:00

Event location

Naantali Church

Nunnakatu 1
Naantali

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The event's artists

Arto Noras

 Arto Noras is a contemporary giant of cello art. After studying under Yrjö Selin at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and Paul Tortelier in Paris, his success at the 1966 Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition marked the start of a notable international career.

Private: Young Song

 One of Korea’s most sought-after cellists, Young Song combines perfect technique with warm sensitivity. He has performed as a soloist to critical acclaim with several orchestras, and has toured the world extensively as a chamber musician.

Private: Samuli Peltonen

 Samuli Peltonen is one of Finland’s leading young cellists. He has served as a soloist with several orchestras in Finland and abroad, and has also enjoyed competition success, for example by winning the first International Krzysztof Penderecki Cello Competition in 2008.

Hannu Kiiski

 Hannu Kiiski is one of Finland’s most highly esteemed cello teachers. He has taught cello at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki since 1977, serving as a lecturer in cello music since 1995 and raising nearly ten generations of Finnish musicians.

Private: Kaisa Ranta

 The expressive and versatile soprano Kaisa Ranta has discharged a wide range of assignments for stage and concert soloist. She won the Lappeenranta Singing Competition in 2006, thereafter immediately making her début at the Finnish National Opera in the title role of Mozart’s unfinished opera Zaide.

Private: Niklas Schmidt

 Cellist Niklas Schmidt has performed actively as a soloist, for example at various chamber music events. Since 1987 he has served as Professor of Cello and Chamber Music at Hamburg University of Music and Theatre. He also regularly teaches master classes around the world.

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