IDAGIO | Aho: Clarinet Quintet - Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano

Featuring

Osmo Vänskä
Sarah Kwak
Gina Dibello
Thomas Turner
Anthony Ross
Susan Billmeyer

Veli Kujala
Susanne Kujala
Kalevi Aho

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Performer Biography

Osmo Vänskä, the clarinetist on this album, is best known as a conductor, having served as music director of the Minnesota Orchestra since 2003 and for 20 years with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra.

Composer Biography

Kalevi Aho, born in 1949, began studying violin and composing at the age of ten.

Performer Biography

Veli Kujala, one of the accordionists, is a prize-winner at many international competitions and also an active jazz musician and composer.

Composer Biography

Kalevi Aho studied composition under Einojuhani Rautavaara at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and later with Boris Blacher in Berlin.

Composer Biography

Kalevi Aho has been a freelance composer, supported by a grant from the Finnish state, since 1993.

Recording & Production

The recordings for this album utilized high-resolution equipment, including Neumann microphones and RME Micstasy preamplifiers, with an original format of 44.1 kHz / 24 bit.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Kalevi Aho's extensive body of work, as of 2012, includes four operas, fifteen symphonies, and nineteen concertos, in addition to other orchestral, vocal, and chamber music.