Pekka Kuusisto, the Finnish violinist, is internationally renowned for his fresh approach to repertoire and is described by The Guardian as 'a violinist whose rare gift is to become rather than perform the music he plays'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The concerto's title, Darkness in Light, refers to the subtle narrative style of Japanese author Haruki Murakami, mixing reality and the surreal, and illustrates the music's transcendence of distinctions like dark/light or tonality/atonality.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The orchestral work Ignite (2010) is also dark in mood and uses a spiral form, where the music becomes more peaceful the further 'in' one travels.
Composer Biography
Sebastian Fagerlund, born in Finland in 1972, is a spiritual postmodernist composer who explores modes of being in the 21st-century world through his orchestral works.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Fagerlund's compositions often resemble journeys into the inner being, encountering unknown forces, Kafkaesque nightmares, and destructive maelstroms, with a style characterized as 'magic realism'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Fagerlund's music is characterized by incessantly flowing, layered soundscapes with forceful, angular figures and static, brooding motifs, creating an impression of inexorable processes.
Composition History
The Violin Concerto Darkness in Light (2012) is dedicated to Pekka Kuusisto, a Finnish violinist, whose skill and artistic collaboration fueled the compositional process.
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