Performers & composers

Jukka Tiensuu

Since the 1970's Jukka Tiensuu (born in 1948) has been a leading exponent of new Finnish music. He pursued musical studies at the Sibelius Academy, the Juilliard School, the Freiburg Hochschule für Musik, IRCAM and other musical institutions. Not only a prolific composer over the widest range of musical media, Tiensuu is an eminent harpsichordist, a conductor, and pianist as well. He was the first director of the Helsinki Biennale (now Musica nova Helsinki) and was the founder and first director of the "Time of Music" Festival at Viitasaari.
Jukka Tiensuu's concert appearances have taken him to the North America, to Asia, and to most countries of Europe, and he has often performed free improvisations with many of the international names in the field. He has led courses in several countries on Baroque music and the music of our time.

Just as Tiensuu's repertoire as performer is exceptionally broad, extending from the late Renaissance to the contemporary, his compositional output extends from works for folk instruments to choral and orchestral compositions, and from pieces for accordion ensemble or clarinet orchestra to electronic and computer music.

Spiriti
(2005)
For Accordion and small orchestra.

  • 1. Introduzione
  • 2. Elevazione
  • 3. Esaltazione
  • 4. Incubo nostalgico
  • 5. Scatto finale

Spiriti was commissioned by Tapiola Sinfonietta on the initiative of Mikko Luoma, who played as soloist in the first performance of the work at Musica nova Helsinki, March 5, 2005 with Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Stefan Asbury.