Rautavaara's early works were influenced by Nordic classicism, Bartók, Shostakovich, and folk music, while later works incorporated serial techniques, Orthodox liturgical chant, and taped birdsong.
Composition History
Apotheosis (1996) is a revision of the final movement from Rautavaara's Sixth Symphony (1992), which itself was a symphonic reworking of music from his opera Vincent.
Performer Biography
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1946, is the country's leading professional orchestra, performing over one hundred concerts annually and touring extensively within New Zealand.
Performer Biography
Pietari Inkinen, Music Director of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, is also an accomplished violinist who studied at the Cologne Music Academy with Zakhar Bron.
Composer Biography
Einojuhani Rautavaara, a Finnish composer, studied at the Juilliard School with Vincent Persichetti and with Aaron Copland and Roger Sessions at Tanglewood.
Critical Reception
The New York Times described Rautavaara's Manhattan Trilogy, following its world premiere, as a 'reminiscence of the hopes and anxieties of his student years'.
Composition History
Manhattan Trilogy (2004) was commissioned by the Juilliard Orchestra and premiered by them under Dennis Russell Davies in October 2005.
