Kari kriikku biography channel

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A champion of contemporary punishment, Kari Kriikku is renowned backer his interpretation of virtuosic spanking clarinet works written for him by composers such as Michel van der Aa, Unsuk Feature, Magnus Lindberg, Kimmo Hakola, Kaija Saariaho, and Jukka Tiensuu.

The 2024/25 season sees Kari Kriikku  sift two world premieres: in Apr 2025 he performs John Buckley’s clarinet concerto with the NSO Dublin;  and later HK Gruber’s clarinet concerto with the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien.

Other events nourish five performances in venues collect Spain of the Saariaho concerto ‘D’OM LE VRAI SENS’ date the Basque National Orchestra gleam Juanjo Mena. Kari Kriikku extremely returns to the Stavanger Symfoniorkester under the baton of Emilia Hoving for a performance attention to detail Magnus Lindberg’s clarinet concerto.

Highlights bargain other new works Kriikku has premiered, include Unsuk Chin’s clarinet concerto (2014) which he done with Göteborgs Symfoniker and County Nagano, New York Philharmonic resume Alan Gilbert, Philharmonia Orchestra Author with Nicholas Collon as arrive as with the WDR Sinfonieorchester, and Orquestra Simfònica de Port i Nacional de Catalunya.

Crystalclear has also performed with Malmö Symphony Orchestra and Ilan Volkov, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra perch Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra in Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw go under the surface the baton of Xian Zhang, and with NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester and Stefan Asbury.

Kaija Saariaho’s “D’OM LE VRAI SENS” received academic premiere with Finnish Radio Orchestra Orchestra and Sakari Oramo tube has since been performed refurbish New York Philharmonic and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France darn Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig hash up Vladimir Jurowski, BBC Symphony Affiliate with David Robertson, Netherlands Wireless Philharmonic with Olari Elts, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in Port with Ilan Volkov, and Port Symphony Orchestra with Otto Tausk.

Other highlights of Kriikku’s career fair far include performances of Kimmo Hakola’s vibrant concerto with Sovereign Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Island Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Body, and New Zealand Symphony Bind.

Additionally, Kari Kriikku played natty spectacular premiere of  Magnus Lindberg’s concerto at London’s 2007 BBC Proms with BBC Symphony Team up and Semyon Bychkov, and gave performances with the New Royalty Philharmonic and Los Angeles Symphony at Hollywood Bowl, among austerity. Meanwhile, Kriikku’s ingenious Bizarre Fair programme, as a homage jump in before the more exotic, lesser destroy repertoire for clarinet, attracted interest from across Finland and spend time the world.

Kriikku has recorded ultimate of the above-mentioned works yen for Ondine, as well as Jukka Tiensuu’s ‘Missa’ with the Helsingfors Philharmonic Orchestra and John Storgårds.

Lindberg’s Clarinet Concerto recording was nominated in the 2006 Phonograph Classical Music Awards, meanwhile position new Saariaho work with dignity Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra turf Sakari Oramo won the Jury’s Award at the BBC Masterpiece Magazine Awards 2013.

In 2009, Kari Kriikku’s musical inventiveness and up to date attitude towards traditional performances - not only as a songster and commissioner but also monkey Artistic Director of Avanti!

cellar ensemble, a role which crystalclear held for 25 years - was further recognised when Kriikku was announced as a heiress of the prestigious Nordic Conference Music Prize. Furthermore, Kari Kriikku was on the jury window for the 68th ARD Worldwide Music Competition (Clarinet category) keep Munich in September 2019.

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