Helsinki Academic Male Choir KYL (in Finnish: Kauppakorkeakoulun Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat or KYL), founded in 1949, is an academic male choir from Helsinki, Finland. The choir is associated closely with

Aalto University School of Business The Aalto University School of Business ( fi, Aalto-yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu; sv, Aalto-universitets handelshögskola), is the largest business school in Finland. Founded in 1911, it is the second oldest business school in Finland and one of ...

, consisting mainly of students and alumni of the university. The choir's artistic range spans classical Finnish (e.g. by

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, Selim Palmgren, and

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) and international male choir music, modern compositions (e.g. by

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and

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), barbershop, as well as pop music arrangements. KYL has participated in several international competitions and toured extensively abroad. The choir performs regularly in the Helsinki metropolitan area. In 2018 Master of Music Visa Yrjölä became the artistic director of the choir. Previous artistic directors include Matti Apajalahti (1997–2017), Raul Talmar (1992–97),

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(1975–92), Aapeli Vuoristo,

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, Ensti Pohjola, Ahti Sonninen, and Jorma Tolonen.

Awards

* Winner (40 voices and under) & Champion Choir - The V Cornwall International Male Voice Choir Competition 2011 * Winner (international series) - The V International Leevi Madetoja Choir Competition 2010 * Finnish Male Choir of the Year 1998

Tours

* USA and Canada 2010 * Spain 2009 * China 2006 * Germany 2003 * Brazil 2002

Discography

* Larin-Kyösti - Elämän kertoja (2013, "Larin-Kyösti - Narrator of The Life") * Kirje Korvatunturille (2008 "A Letter to Santa Claus") * Hämärän ääniä (2008, "Sounds of Twilight") *

Kullervo Kullervo () is an ill-fated character in the ''Kalevala'', the Finnish national epic compiled by Elias Lönnrot. Growing up in the aftermath of the massacre of his entire tribe, he comes to realise that the same people who had brought him up, t ...

(2005) * Maailma jääkukkien takana (2001, "The World Behind Frost Flowers") * Legenda (1999, "Legend")

External links

Official Website

Aalto University School of Business

References

{{authority control Finnish choirs Musical groups established in 1949 1949 establishments in Finland

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