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Ilkka Taneli Kuusisto (born 26 April 1933) is a
Ilkka Kuusisto
on 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 {{finland-composer-stub
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
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, 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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Ilkka Kuusisto
on 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 {{finland-composer-stub