# Jouni Kaipainen (1956-2015)

> Jouni Kaipainen, composer – 7 recordings on Ondine. Jouni Kaipainen, although a contemporary of Magnus Lindberg and Kaija Saariaho, his career took somewhat…

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- **Role:** Composer
- **Dates:** 1956-2015
- **Photo:** © Maarit Kytöharju/FIMIC

## Biography

Jouni Kaipainen, although a contemporary of Magnus Lindberg and Kaija Saariaho, his career took somewhat different direction as composer. The core of Kaipainen's music is melodic, while the core of his melodies is twelve-tone music and the movements that followed. In addition to composing he was much in evidence as a writer on music and as an active polemist.

Kaipainen learned the rudiments of his profession from his composition teachers at the Sibelius Academy, Aulis Sallinen and Paavo Heininen, who represented fruitfully contradictory approaches to musical thinking. Kaipainen's respect for uncompromising professionalism, technical inventiveness and skill, and his generally modern attitude stem from Heininen, while Sallinen's influence can be detected in a more down-to-earth approach admitting the composer's responsibility for the audience combined, when appropriate, with an unabashed pluralism.

According to Kaipainen, what a composer needs most is imagination. He refuses to let his imagination be curbed in any way, whether musical or social. He is a modernist, but the past, too, is present in his works. 'New' is not a genre for him, but a challenge to study and seek. Kaipainen's oeuvre covers every major genre. Kaipainen was an articulate writer, valuing all forms of contact with the public and the music community. Creative activity is a kind of constant communication.

Kaipainen's background as a member of the Ears Open society founded in the 1970s fits in with his approach to communication. In hindsight, this group played a more important role in stimulating interest in contemporary music than as a unified school of composers. It was there that Kaipainen developed the professional ambition and the open-minded but critical attitude to the world. An eminently cultivated artist, Kaipainen is capable of clothing the widest variety of impulses and ideas in musical garb. No preacher or demagogue, he seeks to arouse the curiosity of his listeners, to entice them with the strength of his imagination, and to share with them the joy of seeking and finding new paths.

## Works

- Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, Op. 74 (2005)
- Symphony No. 3, Op. 72 (2004)
- Symphony No. 2, Op. 44 (1994)
- Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, Op. 46 (1994)
- Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 61 (2001)
- Sisyphus Dreams, Op. 47 (1994)
- Trio No. 3, Op. 29 (1987)
- Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 38 "Carpe Diem!" (1990)
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1, Op. 65 (2002)
- Stjärnenatten (Starlit Night), Op. 35

## Discography on Ondine (7)

- [Finland 100: A Century of Finnish Classics · 5 CD collection celebrating 100 years of Finland's independence · Orchestral Works I & II · Concertos · Vocal Works · Chamber Music](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1300-2q.md): Various Finnish artist, orchestras and conductors (ODE 1300-2Q, 2016)
- [Jouni Kaipainen: Symphony No. 3 · Bassoon Concerto](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1089-2.md): Otto Virtanen, bassoon · Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra · Hannu Lintu, conductor (ODE 1089-2, 2006)
- [Jouni Kaipainen: Horn Concerto · Cello Concerto](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1062-2.md): Esa Tapani, horn · Marko Ylönen, cello · Finnish RSO · Hannu Lintu, conductor (ODE 1062-2, 2006)
- [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)
- [Jouni Kaipainen: Symphony No. 2 · Oboe Concerto · Sisyphus Dreams](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-855-2.md): Helén Jahren, oboe · Finnish RSO · Sakari Oramo, conductor (ODE 855-2, 1995)
- [Kaipainen · Meriläinen · Klami · Nielsen · Strauss: Stjärnenatten · Metamorfora for 7 · Rag-Time and Blues · Serenata in Vano · Till Eulenspiegel - Einmal anders!](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-792-2.md): Karita Mattila, soprano · Lahti Chamber Ensemble · Osmo Vänskä, conductor (ODE 792-2, 1992)
- [Claude Debussy · Jukka Tiensuu · Jouni Kaipainen: Works for Clarinet and Orchestra](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-778-2.md): Kari Kriikku, clarinet · Finnish RSO · Avanti! Chamber Orchestra · Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor (ODE 778-2, 1992)

## Links

- [Edition Wilhelm Hansen](http://www.ewh.dk/Default.aspx?TabId=2449&State_2955=2&composerId_2955=805)
- [Finnish Music Information Centre](http://www.fimic.fi/kaipainen)
- [Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra](http://www.tampere.fi/english/philharmonic/orchestra/index.html)