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Focus on Pasi Lyytikäinen
Seven questions for Karin Rehnqvist
Repertoire tips – music reflecting peace, hope, light and freedom
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Pasi Lyytikäinen
Pasi Lyytikäinen will be 50 years on 2 October. He is an inspiring composer, rich in ideas, and a man of many talents. His new Piano Concerto will be premiered in Kuopio on 2. October with Risto-Matti Marin as the soloist.
Lyytikäinen’s monologue opera Der unveröffentlichte Film der Eva Braun (The Unpublished Tape of Eva Braun, 2021), is a 35 minute work for soprano and chamber ensemble of 9 players. It is an absurd, surreal description of the aging Eva Braun tracing her life, choices, emotions, regrets and forgotten dreams. This highly entertaining work also has its dramatic, more serious turns. The German libretto by Maritza Núñez is also available in English and Spanish.
Other works by Pasi Lyytikäinen include Taival (Trek) for ensemble dating from 2018, the First Symphony (2008) and the popular Jiän iänj (The Sound of Ice) for solo accordion. You can browse a selection f his other chamber and instrumental works in our web shop.
