Kidsplay By Jay Nordlinger olli mustonen, a Finn born in 1967, is a quite popular pianist, who is also acomposer and conductor. At the keyboard, he is a talented disaster, http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/20/sept01/jay.htm
Extractions: by Jay Nordlinger W One thing that seems certain about young musicians is that they have little trouble getting recording contracts. The market is flooded with such recordings, and we will survey a few of them, beginning with that of a violinist, Alexander Sitkovetsky, born in Russia in 1983. He grew up under the eye of the late Lord Menuhin, and his new album is entitled Sasha EMI CD H Rococo Variations The Swan EMI Carnival of the Animals A G T Diabelli Variations VAI .) It has been some time since a single piano performance was so heavily marketed. Anderszewski, born in 1969, is the son of a Polish father and a Hungarian mother, and his career has for many years attracted attention. In 1990, he withdrew from the Leeds Competition, dissatisfied with his playing in the semifinal round. Many observers had figured he would win. Anderszewski is the type of musician thought psychologically interesting. Perhaps he is. The Diabelli Variations Thirty-three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli A s for those in the singing trade, the world is bursting with them, and we have a particular abundance of new, or newish, mezzo-sopranos. One of them is the Finn Monica Groop, who has made her name in Baroque music. She happens to be a beauty, which will do no harm to her career; her record label, Finlandia, lays her out like a film star. The latest CD is Arie Amorose Giulio Cesare Alcina , should be spellbinding; from Groop, though, it is a bit stiff and unremarkable. Nevertheless, she imparts dignity and stateliness, which are recurrent qualities in her work.
THE NEW CRITERION COLLECTION: JAY NORDLINGER Piotr Anderszewski, Monica Groop, Ian Bostridge olli mustonen. Earl Wildat 85 Reflections on the pianists recent recital two new recordings. http://www.newcriterion.com/constant/nordlinger.htm
Extractions: The first reunion will take place at the 47th Regular Concert, with the violinist Rainer Kussmaul. In the autumn of 1998, Kussmaul appeared at MCO as a soloist along with the pianist Andreas Steieir. Their performance of Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings drew resounding applause. This time, he will parlay his brilliant career as the former concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic as he sits in the concertmaster's chair throughout the program, leading the MCO. Another piece in the program that is being much talked about is Beethoven's Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello, which features two string soloists that MCO is proud of Takumi Kubota on the violin and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi on the cello together with one of the most exciting pianists of the younger generation, Olli Mustonen. These artists of remarkable talent, who have captured the attention of the world's music circles with their distinctly individual performances, will join forces with MCO to produce a thrilling moment. They will fulfill all your expectations.
ODE 9552 mustonen is as capable a pianist as he is a conductor. olli mustonen, bestknown for the edgy individualism of his piano playing, secures an excellent http://home.wanadoo.nl/ovar/sovrev/shchedrin/ODE552.htm
Extractions: Marko Ylönen (cello) This takes me back to 1998 when I first began reviewing for the site. BMG-Melodiya were good enough to support us at that time by allowing us review copies of some of their (still available) Shchedrin series. These included the first two symphonies and the three piano concertos (there are five now) with the Fifth premiered in Los Angeles in 1999 by Mustonen, its dedicatee. Mustonen is as capable a pianist as he is a conductor. Shchedrin is known for his Carmen ballet written for a supercharged vast string band and a battery of percussion. The ballet is an overwhelming work in virtuoso hands. The composer is a Muscovite who studied with Yakov Flier (piano) and composition with Yuri Shaporin. He refused to conform to Soviet norms and maintained links with exiled dissidents such as Rostropovich. He now divides his time between Munich and Russia. His Third Symphony (Sinfonia Concertante) has been written for Lorin Maazel and the Bayerische Rundfunk. The Seagull suite is made up of seven movements based on Chekhov's play. No movement is longer than 4.52. This is restless more demonstrative music but downbeat consistent with the gloom of the original. The mood is lightened (or perhaps intensified) by the flickering interludes which dance in rapid unrest like a collision between Kastchei's skittering Firebird, Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Flowers and a feral Prokofiev waltz.
HS Culture 2.5.2001 - You Can Call It Postmodernism... pianist, composer olli mustonen praises the world and its nature. Link to a largerimage By Päivi Loponen. It is unfortunate if a pianist does not even http://www2.helsinginsanomat.fi/english/archive/news.asp?id=20010502IE16
Eventcalender Concerts by olli mustonen, pianist. 4.10. 5.10.1999. Concert by talented artist,pianist olli mustonen (classical music) http://presidency.finland.fi/netcomm/eventcal/eventInfo155.html
Harrison/Parrott - Projects And Consultancy olli mustonen Weds 20 Oct RFH STEVEN KOVACEVICH Weds 3 Nov QEH Mikhail Pletnevas conductor and PierreLaurent Aimard as pianist with Russia s finest http://www.harrisonparrott.com/consultancy.asp?pg=10
Young Concert Artists Alumni CHRISTOPHER O RILEY, pianist; JEANYVES THIBAUDET, pianist; HUNG-KUAN CHEN,pianist; RINA DOKSHINSKY, pianist; olli mustonen, pianist. top of page http://www.yca.org/Pages/alumni.html
Extractions: - THE NEW YORK TIMES Young Concert Artists Alumni YCA Alumni have had a pervasive impact on virtually all facets of classical music with alumni all over the world active in composing, conducting, performing, teaching, and founding of music institutions and festivals. They have thriving solo and chamber music careers in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Young Concert Artists Alumni have founded more than twenty-five music festivals and chamber groups, including the Chamber Orchestra of Europe; the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival; TASHI; Speculum Musicae; Chamber Music Society of Boston; and the Seattle Chamber Music Festival. They have served as the conductors and artistic directors of such music institutions and festivals as The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival; Mostly Mozart; Bravo! Colorado Music Festival in Vail; Dallas Symphony International Summer Music Festival; Bard College Chamber Music Festival; and Music from Angel Fire. The alumni can currently be heard on more than a thousand recordings on such major labels as Sony, RCA, and Denon, and have won nine Grammy Awards. Young Concert Artists are also professors at twenty-four major institutions, including Harvard, Yale, M.I.T., Seoul University in Korea, New England Conservatory, The Juilliard School, the Detmold Conservatory, and the Hochschule fur Musik in Leipzig, Germany.
Classical Music - Andante - Hidden Treasures I got to know the Finnish pianist olli mustonen, who recommended me to hismanagement, and that s when the telephone started ringing more often. http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=13836
Eesti Kontsert - Kontserdikalender - Kontsert Maailmanimega pianist olli mustonen esineb regulaarselt klaveriõhtutega Londonis,Viinis, Pariisis, Tokyos, kuulsaimate orkestrite ees (Berliini, New Yorgi, http://www.concert.ee/eesti/ek/kalender/kontsert.php?kid=2671&lhk=yk&a=2005&k=8
Visitors Dazzle CSO Audience this Nordic invasion with the debuts of Finnish pianist olli mustonen, 37, a . Finnish pianist mustonen, Estonian conductor Elts show their wizardry http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050226/ENT/502260394/-1/ba
Http//www.radio.cbc.ca/insite/MUSIC_AND_COMPANY_TORONTO/1998/10/ COMPOSER BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN PIANO mustonen, olli ORCHESTRA GERMAN CHAMBERPHILHARMONIC COMPOSER HARLINE, LEIGH pianist ARPIN, JOHN http://www.cbc.ca/insite/MUSIC_AND_COMPANY_TORONTO/1998/10/23.html
Radio 4 Programma's Muziek aan tafel (TROS) Aandacht voor pianist olli mustonen. 1. Bach. Preludium enFuga nr. 1 in Cuit Wohltemperierte Klavier. olli mustonen, piano. 2. http://portal.omroep.nl/radio?nav=fbbucBsHdDoBdDmF&offset=1
CLASSICAL Archives - May 2004 Bach Shostakovich Preludes Fugues from olli mustonen (108 lines) Haskell Small As pianist and Composer (69 lines) http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?A1=ind0405&L=classical
This List Reflects The Programming Of WUNC Radio All Things pianist Rachel Franklin reviews two CDs by fellow pianist olli mustonen which Franklin reviews two new recordings by Finnish pianist olli mustonen. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/music/album-reviews/1996/b-November/96.11.18
PIANO, HARPSICHORD, ORGAN / PIANO, CEMBALO, URUT Little pianist / Pikku pianisti, 12 studies for beginners. M042-12560-1 mustonen, olli. Ballade. M-042-06885-4. Nieminen, Kai http://www.fennicagehrman.fi/salescat/piano.htm
Extractions: PIANO, HARPSICHORD, ORGAN / PIANO, CEMBALO, URUT PIANO SOLO / PIANO Aho, Kalevi Sonata M-042-06529-7 Bach, Johann Sebastian Music for Piano / Pianomusiikkia (ed. Matti Rautio) I, M-042-03638-9 II, M-55009-122-1 (M-042-03639-6) III, M-55009-123-8 (M-042-03640-2) 31 Little Preludes and Fugues / 31 pientä preludia ja fuugaa (ed. Ekman M-042-12258-7 Bashmakov , Leonid Six Preludes M-042-06108-4 Bergman, Erik op Espressivo M-042-07807-5 op. 79 À propos de B-A-C-H M-042-06114-5 op. 119 Omaggio a Cristoforo Colombo M-042-08283-6 Santa Maria Guanahani Bruk Fridrich Golden Autumn Kultasyksy , suite for young pianists M-042-07844-0 Golden Autumn Kultasyksy The Ship Sails into the Horizon / Etääntyvä laiva Picking Berries / Marjassa The Swallows' Departure / Pääskysten lähtö The Elk Hunt / Hirvijahti Evening by the Fireside / Takkailta Sprinkling / Ripottelee Autumn Morning / Syksyn aamu The Bear Goes to Sleep / Karhu menee nukkumaan The Storm / Myrsky The Dark Season Begins / Kaamos alkaa Lyrical Images / Lyyrisiä kuvia M-042-06963-9 Prelude / Preludi Teddy Bear / Nalle The Whimsical Doll / Oikullinen nukke A Quiet Chat / Hiljainen keskustelu Skipping / Hypähdellen A Lyrical Fairy Tale / Lyyrinen satu Winter Seen through a Window / Ikkunasta näkyy talvi A Little Stream / Pieni puro Dance of the Chicks / Kananpoikien tanssi Song of the Woods / Metsälaulu A Fanciful Journey / Mielikuvituksellinen retki Spring / Kevät , suite for little pianists M-042-06759-8 Ilta Leikki Uni Poni Peipponen Harakat Kuva Norsu Laulu Tanssi Juna Pohjola Leikinlasku Kevät Niityllä
Dubrovnik Festival - ENGLISH ; Finish pianist and conductor olli mustonen, one of the best piano players in theworld, who will perform tonight in Rector s Palace Atrium, introduced us http://www.dubrovnik-festival.hr/default.asp?ru=2&gl=200508030000007&sid=&jezik=
RONDO-Archiv: Schostakowitsch, Bach, Präludien Und Fugen, Mustonen Translate this page Der junge finnische pianist olli mustonen hat die Hälfte des Zyklus mit der Hälftedes ersten Buches von Bachs Wohltemperiertem Klavier originell verwoben. http://www.rondomagazin.de/klassik/s/schostakowitsch/ds08.htm
Extractions: (2 CDs, 111 Min., aufgenommen 6/97) Als Juror des Bach-Wettbewerbs 1950 in Leipzig hatte Schostakowitsch sich jede Menge Präludien und Fugen anzuhören - genug Inspiration für 24 eigene Versuche im Genre, sein Opus 87. Der junge finnische Pianist Olli Mustonen hat die Hälfte des Zyklus mit der Hälfte des ersten Buches von Bachs Wohltemperiertem Klavier originell verwoben. Beide Größen erscheinen in dieser ungewohnten Nachbarschaft in reizvoll neuem Licht. Zwar versöhnt der Kontrapunkt des 20. Jahrhunderts die Stimmen nicht immer bruchlos, stellt sie vielmehr auch häufig genug dissonant gegeneinander. Und doch gewinnt man tiefe Hochachtung vor Schostakowitsch, spricht doch die Dissonanz hier die Wahrheit unseres Jahrhunderts aus. Die pianistische Aufgabe besteht für Mustonen hier darin, das Groteske, Scharfe, zwar kenntlich zu machen, es aber nicht zu übertreiben - schließlich soll Bach von seinem russischen Bruder im Geiste nicht erschlagen werden. Umgekehrt muß Bach sich aber auch aus eigener Kraft gegenüber der Modernität von Schostakowitsch behaupten können. Hier zeigt Mustonen, was für ein begabter Pianist er ist. Er arbeitet mit allen Mitteln des modernen Konzertflügels, pedalisiert hauchzart, zaubert dann wieder irisierendes Farbenspiel aus allen Registern - und doch wohnt man nie einer Romantisierung der barocken Klänge bei. Vielmehr bleibt Mustonen immer ganz nah am polyphonen Gefüge, das uns dadurch auf einmal erschreckend heutig vorkommt - am beklemmendsten vielleicht in der das erste Buch (und diese Aufnahme) beschließenden h-Moll-Fuge BWV 869.
Olli Mustonen — Virtual Finland olli mustonen. born 7.6.1967 Vantaa, Finland; studied piano under Ralf Gothoni and Although still in his late twenties, olli mustonen has established http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=26169
Mustonen, Olli artist in residence at the Usedom Music Festival in October 2005. As apianist and conductor, olli mustonen is represented by Van Walsum Management. http://www.schott-music.com/autoren/KomponistenAZ/show,3532.html
Extractions: scriptpath="/cms/webresources/_common/js/milonic/" Composers / Concerts Featured Composers Mustonen, Olli Contemporary Music - Featured Composers Banks, Don Beaser, Robert von Bose, Hans-Jürgen ... Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Born in Helsinki on 7 June 1967, Olli Mustonen took his first harpsichord lessons at the age of five and was taught to play the piano by Ralf Gothóni at the age of seven. A year later he made his first composition attempts, and from 1975 studied composition with Einoiuhani Rautavaara. Soon, Mustonen was much sought after, both as a conductor and as a concert pianist (studies with Eero Heinonen). Since 1989, Mustonen has been playing an active role in the musical scene of his home country; first, he became artistic director of the Korsholm Music Festival and from 1990-1992 of the Turku Music Festival as well. He is co-founder and director of the Helsinki Festival Orchestra, and since 2003 has been conducting the chamber orchestra Tapiola Sinfonietta. As a pianist, Mustonen has given concerts with numerous major international orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orkest, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonics, and others. In addition, he maintains close working relations with renowned conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez and Christoph Eschenbach. In 1999, he performed the world première of Rodion Shchedrins Piano Concerto No. 5, which is dedicated to him, with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. For his recording of 24 Preludes and Fugues by Dmitri Shostakovich and 25 Preludes by Charles-Valentin Alkan, Mustonen received both the Edison Award and the Gramophone Award in 1992.
