Hannu-Markus Tapio Norjanen (
Mynämäki
Mynämäki (; sv, Virmo) is a municipality of Finland located in the Southwest Finland region. Neighbouring municipalities are Aura, Eura, Laitila, Masku, Nousiainen, Pöytyä, Rusko, Taivassalo, Turku and Vehmaa.
The municipality has a popul ...
, 25 February 1964) is a
conductor and has worked as the conductor of the Helsinki Cathedral Boy's Choir
Cantores Minores since 2005.
[(9 March 2011)]
Cantores Minores tuo Matteus-passion Loviisaan
'' Loviisan Sanomat'', Retrieved July 12, 2011 He is also a part of the Cantores Minores head council. In the years 1990-1997 Norjanen worked as the conductor of the male choir
Amici Cantus, and during 2006-2011 as the conductor of Helsinki Philharmonic Choir. In the years 1998-2001 he was the main conductor of the city orchestra of Lappeenranta. Norjanen graduated from the
Sibelius Academy
The Sibelius Academy ( fi, Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemia, sv, Sibelius-Akademin vid Konstuniversitetet) is part of the University of the Arts Helsinki and a university-level music school which operates in Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland. It als ...
as an organist (1990), choir director (1992), and as a conductor in 1997. Norjanen has also been taught by
Eric Ericson
Eric Gustaf Ericson (26 October 1918 – 16 February 2013) was a Swedish choral conductor and influential choral teacher.
Life and career
He graduated from the Royal College of Music (''Kungl. Musikhögskolan'') in Stockholm in 1943 and we ...
and studied conducting in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
. He was appointed the conductor of the Tapiola Chamber Choir.
Hannu Norjanen has also been as a teacher in the Sibelius-Academy, and has also conducted many operas, for example: Mozart's Magic Flute, Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, Puccini's La Bohème, Tosca, Verdi's La traviata and Falstaff.
Tapiola Chamber Choir - The Conductor
, Retrieved July 12, 2011
References
1964 births
Finnish conductors (music)
Living people
21st-century conductors (music)
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