Haapanen's choral writing extensively uses 'extended techniques' for the human voice, including whispering, shouting, vocal fry, whistling, and various clicks and smacks.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Perttu Haapanen is known for his exploratory and intellectually curious approach to vocal music, often focusing on the human voice.
Compositional Technique
Haapanen treats words for their sonic qualities as much as their meaning, often separating them into individual phonemes or using similar-sounding words to create sonic images.
Performer Biography
Nils Schweckendiek, the conductor, has been the artistic director of the Helsinki Chamber Choir since 2007 and is a professor of choral conducting at the Sibelius Academy.
Performer Biography
The Helsinki Chamber Choir, Finland's only professional chamber choir, was founded in 1962 as the Finnish Radio Chamber Choir and is highly regarded for its work with new music.
Composer Biography
Perttu Haapanen, born in Finland in 1972, studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and IRCAM in Paris.
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