Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
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- Laulava puu
- Suomalainen musiikki ja Kalevala
- Die finnische Musik
- Suomen musiikki
- Finnish music
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Finland
- Active from
- 1949-03-09
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Discography
- Symphony no. 1 / Hiljaisuus / Violin Concerto1989
- Symphonies 5 & 71991
- Symphony no. 9 for Trombone & Orchestra / Concerto for Cello & Orchestra1995
- Symphony no. 10 / Rejoicing of the Deep Waters1997
- Symphony no. 8 / Pergamon1998
- Symphony no. 2 / Symphony no. 7 "Insect Symphony"1998
- Quintet for Bassoon and String Quartet / Quintet for Alto Saxophone, Bassoon, Viola, Cello and Double Bass1999
- Quintet for Oboe & String Quartet / Seven Inventions & Postlude for Oboe and Cello / Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola & Cello2000
- Chinese Songs / Symphony no. 42000
- Aho: Symphony no. 3 / Mussorgsky/Aho: Songs & Dances of Death2003
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- Listeners
- 5,304
- Total plays
- 72,604
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Kalevi Aho (born 9 March 1949 in Forssa, Finland) is a Finnish composer. He studied composition at the Sibelius Academy under Einojuhani Rautavaara, receiving a diploma in 1971. He continued his studies for a year in Berlin with Boris Blacher. His teaching positions include music theory at the University of Helsinki from 1974 to 1988, and a professorship at the Sibelius Academy from 1988 to 1993. Aho has worked as a freelance composer, with a state scholarship, since 1993. He lives in Helsinki
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Forssa
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- University of Helsinki
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Native language
- Finnish
- Student of
- Einojuhani Rautavaara
- Genre
- symphony
- Instrument
- violin
- Image
- Kalevi Aho.jpg
- Work location
- Lahti
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- date of birth
- 1949-03-09
- birth name
- Kalevi Ensio Aho
- related category
- Category:Compositions by Kalevi Aho
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