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Eero Hämeenniemi
12+ albums
composercontemporary classicalfinlandClassicalwestern classical music
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Eero Olavi Hämeenniemi (born April 29, 1951 in Valkeakoski) is a Finnish composer, musician and writer. He is docent and professor at the University of the Arts Helsinki. Hämeenniemi has written several books about Indian culture and translated Tamil poetry.[1] Hämeenniemi is properly called a symphonist: first, because he has four symphonies to his name and second, because he is an orchestral composer whose music is based on the development and relationships of melodies, themes, and gestures. Early twentieth-century atonality is an important stylistic influence in his work; his sonorous lyricism may bring Alban Berg to the listener’s mind. Sibelius’s late symphonies are another source of inspiration. Hämeenniemi, however, is a seeker, a pioneer who finds his own way: there is no room for imitation or quotations in his music. Hämeenniemi’s music displays its sources without affectation; it also reveals his deep knowledge and personal reworking of tradition. This living relationship with tradition is the keystone of musical communication: Hämeenniemi admires the way in which classical Indian music is transmitted from one generation to the next, with gradual, organic change. After completing his studies at the Sibelius Academy (diploma 1978) under Paavo Heininen, Hämeenniemi studied with Boguslaw Schäffer in Cracow and with Franco Donatoni in Siena. He spent the academic year 1980 - 81 in the United States as a graduate student at the Eastman School of Music. There he compos
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Valkalam
912Violin Concerto: I. Andante sostenuto
163Nattuvanar
164Violin Concerto: III. Lento Misterioso
155Viola Concerto: II. Adagio
146Symphony No. 1
147Violin Concerto: II. Allegro di molto
138Sade ja punainen maa (Red Earth and Pouring Rain): I. Malai vilaiyadum
119Sade ja punainen maa (Red Earth and Pouring Rain): II. Malaiyidaiyitta
1110Symphony No. 2: II. —
10albums
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Wennakoski, L.: Procris / Vuori, H.: From Day To Dream / Hameenniemi, E.: Valkalam / Fantazia / Tiensuu, J.: Musica Ambigua
Hameenniemi, E.: Violin Concerto / Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2
Hameenniemi, E.: Symphony No. 3 / Viola Concerto
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Hämeenniemi: Red Earth and Rain
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Loviisa
Red Earth And Rain
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Mies
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Vuodet - Polyteknikkojen Kuoro 100 vuotta
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Eero Hämeenniemi : Loviisa
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Tuntematon albumi (2.7.2009 0:18:11)
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Eero Hämeenniemi
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Violin Concerto, Symph. No. 1 & Symph. No. 2