Kimmo Hakola news – Fennica Gehrman

Kimmo Hakola had a profile concert at the Sibelius Academy Concert Hall in Helsinki on 26 April. The programme included two world premieres: his Piano Quintet Op. 111 and Sinfonische Elegien Op. 112. Both address symphonic mechanisms in chamber music and are part of Hakola’s artistic assignment for a Doctorate in music which examines symphonic elements past and present. Kimmo Hakola is at present living in Paris and his next composition will be his second symphony. He is also an active pianist and conductor.