Einojuhani Rautavaara
12 Concertos
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Einojuhani Rautavaara
Violin Concerto
Isle of Bliss · Angels and Visitations
Elmar Oliveira, violin
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, conductor
Track listing
4 tracks · 54:42Listen to samples on selected tracks.
Einojuhani Rautavaara
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1977) 24:10
- 1 I. Tranquillo 12:48
- 2 II. Energico 11:18
- 3 Lintukoto (Isle of Bliss) (1995) 11:20
- 4 Angels and Visitations (1978) 19:16
Features
Booklet with liner notes written by the composer, in English, German, French and Finnish
Press
Cannes Classical Awards 1998: Solo with Orchestra Award
The artists
Elmar Oliveira
Elmar Oliveira received his first violin lessons at the age of nine from his brother John and was soon sent to the Hartt College of Music to study with Arianna Bronne and Raphael Bronstein. Oliveira won his first violin competition and made his début as a soloist with an orchestra at the age of 14. Two years later, Leonard Bernstein selected him to perform with the New York Philharmonic (at a Young People's Concert). In 1975 he won the prestigious Naumberg Competition. In 1978, he became the first non-Russian violinist to win the Gold Medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. In 1983 he received the highly-esteemed Avery Fisher Prize.
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the first professional symphony orchestra to be founded in the Nordic countries (1882), has grown from a band of 36 players to an orchestra of 102 regular members.
Leif Segerstam
Leif Segerstam (1944-2024) received diplomas from the Sibelius Academy in violin and conducting. He won the Maj Lind Piano Competition in 1962 and gave his first violin recital in 1963. He rounded off his studies at the Juilliard School in New York, where he was awarded a conducting diploma in 1964.