Juhani Nuorvala

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Juhani Nuorvala (born on 5 December 1961) studied composition at the Sibelius Academy under Eero Hämeeniemi. He also studied in Paris under Tristan Murail and in New York under David Del Tredici. A notable variety of influences – microtonality, American minimalism, New Romanticism, popular music, techno – has been regarded as a special feature of Nuorvala's idiom. Despite this he is not a collage artist; instead he has blended various ingredients to create a mode of expression entirely his own. Nuorvala’s works are often marked with frenzied rhythmic drive. He makes music using elements and materials that both the mind and the body respond to. He finds these elements not only in old or new classical music but in various forms of urban popular music, such as the electronic music of modern dance clubs. Nuorvala has composed chamber, orchestral and electronic works. The orchestral Pinta ja säe (Surface and Phrase) received a special commendation in the Vienna Modern Masters Competition in 1991. The Notturno urbano for chamber orchestra (1996) resounds with urban night life and is one of his most popular works. The Clarinet Concerto (1998) contains references to jazz, film music, Minimalism and techno. Septimalia (2014) was commissioned and premiered by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Among his recent works is the string orchestra piece Variationes ex Bene Quondam which received enhuasiastic reviews after its premiere in September 2017 by the South Ostrobothnian Chamber

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Nuorvala 7.13

Nuorvala: 3 Impromptus / String Quartet Nos. 1 and 2

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Nuorvala: What's A Nice Chord Like You Doing In A Piece Like This?

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Trio Fratres: Ac Lab

Music from 6 Continents (1996 Series)

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Define Function

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Music from 6 Continents (1992 Series)

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Tiksu (Mun on ikävä sua, pentu)

What's A Nice Chord Like You Doing In A Piece Like This?

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Kuuntele

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Sounds!

Music from Six Continents (1996 Series): Gallagher, Pelinka, Beath, Nuorvala, Mageau

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