# Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, violin

> Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, violin – 7 recordings on Ondine. Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch is an unusually versatile violinist. Though she plays music of every…

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- **Role:** violin

## Biography

Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch is an unusually versatile violinist. Though she plays music of every era, the emphasis in her repertoire is on the 17th to 19th centuries. She also plays the viola and viola d’amore and leads the orchestra or conducts from the front desk.

After completing her studies at the Sibelius Academy (Yoshiko Arai, Jouko Heikkilä, Kaija Saarikettu) Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch has studied, among others, under Ana Chumachenko and Baroque violin with Monica Hugget and Lucy van Dael.

Kaakinen-Pilch has been active in several orchestras and ensembles, including Avanti!, Finnish Baroque Orchestra, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, Battalia, Orchestra of the 18th Century (Frans Brüggen), La Petite Bande (Sigiswald Kuijken), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (Ton Koopman), Concerto Copenhagen (Lars-Ulrik Mortensen). She has also worked for over a decade as leader of the Collegium Vocale (Philippe Herreweghe).

Kaakinen-Pilch is nowadays in great demand as a leader of countless renowned early music ensembles and orchestras, performing music of the Baroque and of the Classical period. Her solo repertoire includes such works as the 16 Mystery Sonatas by Biber, the Bach Solo Sonatas and Partitas, and solo violin works of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Kaakinen-Pilch has been a Professor of chamber music at Stavanger University, and a Professor of early music at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and the Bremen Institute of Arts. Currently Kaakinen-Pilch works as Professor of early music at Cracow Music Academy and teaches violin at the Tampere University of Applied Sciences. She is also a teacher of Baroque violin at the Sibelius Academy, works as an instructor for the European Union Baroque Orchestra and teaches in several master classes.

Ondine released two CDs by Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch during autumn 2013: Sonatas and Partitas by J. S. Bach for violin solo and Orchestral Suites by Ch. Graupner. On this second CD she is leading the orchestra and playing viola d’amore as one of the soloists. In 2014 two further recordings were released: one with Trio Sonatas by Ch. Graupner (viola d’amore) and a double CD with H. I. F. Biber’s Mystery Sonatas. Together with Tuija Hakkila she has recorded the Violin Sonatas of Thomas Byström. Her most recent recording with Ch. Graupner’s Epiphany Cantatas was released in December 2017. In this recording she is leading the Kirchheimer BachConsort and playing viola d’amore.

## Discography on Ondine (7)

- [Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Sonatas, BWV 1014–1019](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1446-2d.md): Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, violin · Tuija Hakkila, Silbermann fortepiano (ODE 1446-2D, 2024)
- [Johannes Brahms: Sonatas for Piano and Violin](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1315-2.md): Tuija Hakkila, piano · Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch (ODE 1315-2, 2018)
- [Christoph Graupner: Trio Sonatas](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1240-2.md): Members of the Finnish Baroque Orchestra · Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, viola d'amore, violin & leader (ODE 1240-2, 2014)
- [Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Mystery Sonatas](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1243-2d.md): Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, violin · Battalia Ensemble · Annamari Pölhö, keyboards · Eero Palviainen, lutes, guitar, organ · Mika Suihkonen, violone (ODE 1243-2D, 2014)
- [Christoph Graupner: Orchestral Suites](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1220-2.md): Finnish Baroque Orchestra · Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, violin & conductor · Petra Aminoff, transverse flute · Tindaro Capuano, chalumeau · Asko Heiskanen, chalumeau* · Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, viola d'amore · Krzysztof Stencel, baroque horn · Jani Sunnarborg, bassoon (ODE 1220-2, 2013)
- [J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1241-2d.md): Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch (ODE 1241-2D, 2013)
- [A Century of Finnish Chamber Music: Live from the Kuhmo Festival](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-984-2s.md): Various Artists (ODE 984-2S, 2002)

## Links

- [Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch](https://www.kaakinen-pilch.com)