Olli Mustonen

Finnish pianist Olli Mustonen started his studies on the keyboard on the sensitive age of five; his initial instructor was the eminent pianist Ralf Gothoni. Starting at age seven, Mustonen examined composition with among Finland’s most prominent voices in modern music, Einojuhani Rautavaara, and Mustonen stocks along with his compatriot Esa-Pekka Salonen a dichotomy; beyond Finland, Mustonen is certainly more respectable as an interpreter of music, whereas within Finland compositions make his name. Mustonen is certainly a conductor and co-founder from the Helsinki Celebration Orchestra; he also network marketing leads the Tapiola Sinfonietta with some regularity and serves as the music movie director from the Turku Music Celebration. In 1991 he agreed upon a agreement with Decca Information in the U.K. and documented Shostakovich’s Preludes, Op. 34, with Alkan’s Preludes, Op. 31. As the disk won the esteemed Gramophone Prize in 1992 for Greatest Instrumental Functionality, Mustonen didn’t wind up documenting thoroughly with Decca and generally information for the Finnish label Ondine. He’s a well-known fixture in the concert circuit non-etheless, and it is active in European countries and Australia. One of is own lasting musical interactions has been Rodion Shchedrin, who devoted his Piano Concerto No. 5 to Mustonen. Schott International publishes Mustonen’s first music; his early Toccata for piano, string quartet, and twin bass (1989) originally established his popularity. Since that time he has created Three Mysteries for orchestra (2003), many concerted works, several functions for the piano, and several items for the cello. In interpreting the cello functions, Mustonen has loved partnerships with cellists Steven Isserlis and Daniel Müller-Schott. The Helsinki Philharmonic commissioned his 1st symphony, Tuuri, for any 2012 premier another one, Johannes Angelos, for the next season.