Nuorvala: 3 Impromptus / String Quartet Nos. 1 and 2

Featuring

Heikki Nikula
Aino Meisalmi-Minklainen
Jaakko Vuornos
Erkki Palola
Atso Lehto
Kirsti Väyrynen

Mikko Luoma
John Storgårds
Anna Hohti-Jaatinen
Tuula Riisalo
Lea Pekkala
Petri Alanko
Pasi Pirinen
Jari Valo
Risto Poutanen
Kerava Quartet
Avanti! Quartet
Juhani Nuorvala

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Composer Biography

Juhani Nuorvala, the composer, studied composition at the Sibelius Academy and privately with Tristan Murail in Paris, and also spent a year as a Fulbright scholar studying with David Del Tredici in New York.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The composer blends various ingredients to create his own mode of expression, rather than being a 'collage artist'.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The composer's use of popular ingredients is driven by appreciation and love, rather than the postmodern irony typical of collage or quotation techniques.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Nuorvala's musical idiom is characterized by a variety of influences, including French 'spectral' music, American Minimalism and New Romanticism, popular music, and techno.

Instruments

The kantele, a traditional Finnish folk instrument resembling a zither, is increasingly used by contemporary classical composers and has a tuning mechanism similar to a harp.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Nuorvala finds inspiration for his music in both classical and various forms of urban popular music, blurring the line between 'high' and 'popular' culture.