Mäntysaari, Lauri

    Lauri Mäntysaari's solo accordion work Élégie (2020-2021) was forming into a serene, melancholic passacaglia, when the devastating news shocked the world: the iconic cathedral of Notre Dame was on fire....

    Lauri Mäntysaari's Prelude to Future Life (Preludi tulevalle elämälle, 2005, op. 10) explores how strongly a limited harmonic selection, appearingly anxious and tight, can result to positivity and warmth. The...