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Kuusisto (surname)
Kuusisto is a Finnish surname. As of 2013, there are more than 10,000 Finnish people registered with this surname. Notable people Some notable people with this surname include: * Ilkka Kuusisto (born 1933), Finnish composer of popular opera * Jarmo Kuusisto (born 1961), Finnish ice hockey player * Jaakko Kuusisto (1974—2022), Finnish violinist and composer, son of Ilkka Kuusisto * Jesse-Juho Kuusisto (born 1991), Finnish football player * Mika Kuusisto (born 1967), Finnish cross country skier * Pekka Kuusisto (born 1976), Finnish violinist, son of Ilkka Kuusisto * Stephen Kuusisto (born 1955), American poet * Taneli Kuusisto (1905–1988), Finnish composer, music critic, teacher and choir leader * Timo Kuusisto Timo Kuusisto (born 28 June 1959) is a retired Finland, Finnish pole vaulter. He finished eighteenth at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Pole Vault, 1983 World Championships. He also competed at the 1982 European Championships in ... (born 1959), Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilkka Kuusisto
Ilkka Taneli Kuusisto (born 26 April 1933) is a Finnish people, Finnish composer of popular opera and father of Jaakko Kuusisto and Pekka Kuusisto. He was born in Helsinki, and was the general manager of the Finnish National Opera between 1984 and 1992. Works Orchestral *''Symphony No.1'' (1998) *''Concertino improvvisando'' for violin & small orchestra (2006) Vocal work(s) *''Kun talo alkaa soida'' ''(When the House Begins to Resound)'' for baritone & orchestra (1992) Operas *''Muumiooppera'' (1974) *''Miehen kylkiluu'' (1977) *''Sota valosta'' (1980) *''Jääkäri Ståhl'' (1981) *''Pierrot ja yön salaisuudet'' (1991) *''Postineiti'' (1992) *''Neiti Julie'' (1994) *''Gabriel, tule takaisin!'' (1998) *''Isänmaan tyttäret'' (1998) *''Nainen kuin jäätynyt samppanja'' (1999) *''Kuninkaan sormus'' (2000) *''Pula!'' (2002) *''Matilda ja Nikolai'' (2003) *''Kotia kohti'' (2006) *''Vapauden vanki'' (2006) *''Taipaleenjoki'' (2009) Film music *''Rakkaus alkaa aamuyöstä ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarmo Kuusisto
Jarmo Kuusisto (born April 5, 1961) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. Kuusisto played a total of 714 games in the Liiga, SM-Liiga, 696 games for Lukko and 18 for Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey), Ässät. In the 1990–91 SM-liiga season, he won the Juha Rantasila Trophy for scoring the most goals by a defenceman with 16. He also played in France's Ligue Magnus, Élite Ligue for Brest Albatros Hockey and Drakkars de Caen, Sweden's Swedish Hockey League, Elitserien for AIK IF and Denmark's Metal Ligaen, Codan Ligan for the Herning Blue Fox. Kuusisto played for the Finland men's national ice hockey team, Finland national team in the 1987 Ice Hockey World Championships, 1987, 1989 Ice Hockey World Championships, 1989 and 1990 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 1990 Ice Hockey World Championships. References External links * 1961 births Living people AIK IF players Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) players Brest Albatros Hockey players Drakka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaakko Kuusisto
Jaakko Ilkka Kuusisto (17 January 1974 – 23 February 2022) was a Finnish violinist, composer, and conductor. Education After initial studies under Géza Szilvay and , Kuusisto went on to win the 1989 , place 4th in the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition the following year, and share the 2nd prize in the 1996 Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition, among others. Kuusisto studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, majoring in violin, as well as at Indiana University under Miriam Fried. Career As a violinist, Kuusisto has appeared in 30 recordings, of which at least 17 credited as a primary artist, performing works from composers such as Sibelius, Prokofiev, Kalevi Aho and Armas Järnefelt; as a conductor, he has recorded a dozen times. On some recordings he collaborated with his brother and fellow violinist Pekka Kuusisto. After an early career as violinist, Kuusisto increasingly turned his attention to composing and conducting. He composed approximatel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse-Juho Kuusisto
Jesse-Juho Kuusisto (born 27 March 1991) is a Finland, Finnish football player who currently plays for Tampere United in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. ReferencesGuardian Football Living people 1991 births Finnish men's footballers Tampere United players Men's association football defenders {{Finland-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mika Kuusisto
Mika Kuusisto (born 13 December 1967 in Jurva) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed during the 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and also had his best individual Winter Olympics finish with a 23rd in the 50 km event in those same games. Kuusisto also won a bronze in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1991 Nordic skiing World Championships. He also won his only individual race at a 1997 event in Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B .... Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games * 1 medal – (1 bronze) World Championships * 1 medal – (1 bronze) World Cup Season standings Team podiums * 1 victory – (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pekka Kuusisto
Pekka Kuusisto (born 7 October 1976 in Espoo) is a Finnish musician. Biography Kuusisto comes from a musical lineage. His grandfather was a composer and organist, his father is a jazz musician who has composed operas, and his mother is a music teacher.Anna King Murdoch, "An aural homecoming", ''The Age'', 14 March 2009, A2, p. 16 He began studying the violin at the age of three. His first violin teacher was Geza Szilvay at the East Helsinki Music Institute in East Helsinki. In 1983 he enrolled in the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and he began to study with Tuomas Haapanen there in 1985. From 1992 to 1996 he studied with Miriam Fried and Paul Biss at the Indiana University School of Music. In 1995, Kuusisto became the first Finn to win the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition and was also awarded a special prize for the best performance of the Sibelius violin concerto. He has won other prizes, concertised widely, and recorded works for the Ondine label. Kuusisto play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Kuusisto
Stephen Kuusisto is an American poet who is known for his work on depicting disabilities, specifically blindness. He is a professor at Syracuse University, where he teaches poetry and creative non-fiction. He also directs the Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach Initiative at the university's Burton Blatt Institute. Biography Early life Stephen Kuusisto was born in Exeter, New Hampshire in March 1955 where he spent most of his childhood. His father worked as a professor of government at the University of New Hampshire and wanted to study the Cold War, so he moved his family to Helsinki, Finland, from 1958 to 1960. Later in 1963, his father took a job working for New York (state), New York's governor, Nelson Rockefeller, to improve the state's university system, so the Kuusisto family moved to Albany, New York.Stephen Kuusisto "Eavesdropping: A Memoir to Blindness and Listening" He was born three months premature, along with his identical twin brother, who died at one day old. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taneli Kuusisto
Taneli Kuusisto (19 June 1905 – 30 March 1988) was a Finnish composer, Music critics, music critic, teacher and choir leader. His son is composer Ilkka Kuusisto, and his grandsons composer Jaakko Kuusisto and musician Pekka Kuusisto. Filmography * ''Kirkastettu sydän'' (1943) * ''Ihmiset suviyössä (film), Ihmiset suviyössä'' (1948) * ''Opus 7'' (1949) * ''Kirkko suomalaisessa maisemassa'' (1956) * ''Tunne maasi'' (1957) References External links * 1905 births 1988 deaths Musicians from Helsinki People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish male composers University of Helsinki alumni 20th-century male musicians 20th-century Finnish composers {{finland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timo Kuusisto
Timo Kuusisto (born 28 June 1959) is a retired Finland, Finnish pole vaulter. He finished eighteenth at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Pole Vault, 1983 World Championships. He also competed at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Pole Vault, 1982 European Championships and the 1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Pole Vault, 1987 World Championships. His personal best jump was 5.61 metres, achieved in July 1987 in Somero. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
