Erkki Melartin, the composer, was a versatile and prolific composer whose music was influenced by National Romanticism, folk music, late Romanticism, Symbolism, and Impressionism.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Erkki Melartin, the composer, had a strong affinity for visual art, carrying a sketchbook and holding two exhibitions of his work in Helsinki.
Composer Biography
Erkki Melartin, the composer, once wrote, "If only I could compose again, that is my daily prayer," when he was admitted to a tuberculosis sanatorium at age thirty.
Composer Biography
Erkki Melartin, the composer, served as rector of the Helsinki Conservatoire (now the Sibelius Academy) for a quarter of a century and taught music theory there for over thirty years.
Composer Biography
Erkki Melartin, the composer, continued composing even when mortally ill, ignoring doctors' advice to get out of bed and compose in peace.
Composer Biography
Erkki Melartin, the composer, studied composition with Robert Fuchs in Vienna, whose other students included Gustav Mahler, Jean Sibelius, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
Album & Artwork
This album aims to raise the profile of Erkki Melartin's settings of Swedish texts for voice and piano, an element of his output that remains largely unknown.
