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Veli-Matti Puumala

Veli-Matti Puumala, who will be 60 on 18. July, lists here some of his works which have had a particular meaning for him.
1990s: My first composition concert at the Helsinki Biennale and the world premiere of Tutta Via for chamber orchestra.
My First String Quartet and its half-premiere by the Danske Kvartet in Denmark and full premiere by the New Helsinki Quartet at Kuhmo.
2000s: The piano concerto Seeds of Time commissioned by Susanna Mälkki and Hannu Lintu.
The opera Anna Liisa  premiered at the Helsinki Festival.
2010s: The orchestral works Rope and Tear .
2020s: The violin concerto Tree of Memories written for Carolin Widmann.