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Ilkka Taneli Kuusisto (born 26 April 1933) is a
Finnish
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composer of popular opera and father of
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 Sib ...
and
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 t ...
. He was born in
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
, and was the general manager of the
Finnish National Opera
The Finnish National Opera and Ballet ( fi, Suomen Kansallisooppera ja -baletti; sv, Finlands Nationalopera och -balett) is a Finnish opera company and ballet company based in Helsinki. It is headquartered in the Opera House on the coast of the T ...
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'' (1966)
References
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External links
Ilkka Kuusistoon Music Finland
1933 births
Living people
People from Helsinki
Finnish classical composers
Finnish opera composers
Male opera composers
Finnish male classical composers
20th-century Finnish composers
20th-century Finnish male musicians
20th-century classical composers
21st-century classical composers
21st-century Finnish male musicians
21st-century Finnish composers
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