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Lauri Mäntysaari

Composer, arranger, journalist, critic.

Information and news about one of the most interesting voices of his generation of Finnish composers.

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NEWS:

Happy to be part of reviving the prestigious WAM concert series in Turku! From Sep 10th 2024, I will be curating a series of concerts arranged by Turku Music Festival once a month at Taiteen talo, Nunnankatu 4.

https://taiteentalo.fi/en/

https://turunmusiikkijuhlat.fi/en

https://www.facebook.com/lauri.mantysaari.3/posts/pfbid02BjdAJzf9EtiMy86nMFC1JqAYVdUQgL8hJA6bZNPKjwpzzAseCng3AxpwxsEBnJs6l?notif_id=1714052846462271¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif

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Saturday APR 13th, 9 p.m. Tampere Cathedral

Yöllä (At Night) for mixed choir and tape, performed by Key Ensemble. Part of the Tampere Biennale festival.

https://www.keyensemble.fi/kuorokonsertit/hengitetaan-rauhalle-breathing-for-peace-tampere-biennale-13-04-2024/

https://tamperebiennale.fi/en/portfolio/key-ensemble/

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Wednesday FEB 28th 2024, 7 p.m. Kerava Parish Hall (Papintie 6, Kerava)

Mustarastaan muunnelmat (Blackbird Variations), a new work for piano and tape, performed twice (!) by students of the Kerava Music School.

https://www.keravanmusiikkiopisto.fi/events/kevaan-korvalla-elektroakustisia-pianosavellyksia-28-2/

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Sunday DEC 17th 2023, 6 p.m. Martinkirkko, Turku:

Avain jouluun, Key Ensemble's traditional Christmas Concert, cond. Jutta Seppinen:

Jeesus-lapsen uni (mixed choir SATB)

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Coming up in August 2024: premiere of Loputtomuus (Endlessness), a microtonal monologue opera. Read more:

https://turunmusiikkijuhlat.fi/en/tapahtuma/ooppera-skaala-loputtomuus

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Friday MAR 25th 2023, Arbis (Dagmarink. 3) Helsinki, 2 p.m.:

Marika Kivinen performs Arnaía, arranged from original mixed choir to mezzo-soprano, fl, cl, vl & vc.

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Friday FEB 3rd 2023, Raatihuone, Tampere, 7 p.m.:

Tampere Cappella, cond. by Markus Yli-Jokipii, performing my Viita Suite (Kolme laulua Lauri Viidan runoihin) and new choir arrangements of music by Jean Sibelius and Leevi Madetoja:

Sibelius, arr. Mäntysaari: Toivoinko jotakin? – Cantique op. 77/1 arranged for choir to a poem by Lauri Viita

Madetoja, arr. Mäntysaari: Okon Fuoko Suite, music from ballet-pantomime Okon Fuoko arranged for mixed choir a cappella

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Performances during the summer and fall 2022:

- JUN 1st Orivesi campus, Klemettisali, 7 p.m. Liiton Miehet, cond. Paavo Hyökki. The Cataract of Lodore.

- JUN 2nd Tampere Cathedral, 7 p.m. Liiton Miehet, cond. Paavo Hyökki. Hämärän ääniä & The Cataract of Lodore.

- AUG 14th Lahti, Ristinkirkko, 7 p.m. Kampin Laulu, cond. Saara Aittakumpu. Jumalansynnyttäjän kiitosvirsi.

- SEP 10th Helsinki, Kallio Church, 6 p.m. Female Choir Louhi, cond. Anneli Julén. Käen laulu. (First performance)

- SEP 17th Tampere, Raatihuone, 6 p.m. Tampere Cappella, cond. Markus Yli-Jokipii. Three Songs to Poems of Lauri Viita.

- SEP 22nd Helsinki, Temppeliaukio Church, 7 p.m. Kampin Laulu, cond. Saara Aittakumpu. Jumalansynnyttäjän kiitosvirsi.

- SEP 25th Helsinki, Paavalinkirkko, 4 p.m. Jan Lehtola, organ. Sola gratia. (Part of an organ seminar)

- OCT 8th Turku, Betel Church, 7 p.m. Key Ensemble & Krysostomos Choir, cond. Mikko Sidoroff. Parts from All-night Vigil.

- OCT 9th Helsinki, Uspensk Cathedral, 2 p.m. Key Ensemble & Krysostomos Choir, cond. Mikko Sidoroff. Parts from All-night Vigil.

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APR 18th 2022 at 6 p.m. (15:00 UTC), All-Night Vigil performed by Key Ensemble (cond. Teemu Honkanen), Martinkirkko Church, Turku

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NOV 27th 2021: Helsinki Male Choir Weekend Gala Concert

First performance of The Cataract of Lodore, by Liiton Miehet, cond. Paavo Hyökki

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DEC 4th 2021: extracts from All-Night Vigil in Krysostomos Chamber Choir's Christmas concert in Oulu

Recording on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LH4PzVff2g – starting from 37:08

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JUNE 2021: Élégie performed by Mikko Luoma in a free stream concert, starting at 25:55

https://www.kotimaa.fi/lahetys/harmonikkataiteilija-mikko-luoman-konsertti-maarian-kirkossa/

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MAY 27th 2021:

Three Pieces for Violin & Piano, performed by Aino Szalai & Mariola Aniolek in a stream concert, starting at 45:55

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8GhHBJ3UsM

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FEB 18th 2021, 6 p.m. (4 p.m. UTC)

What Ever Works Festival: Live concert streamed from Manila, Turku:

Élégie, first performance of the revised version.

Performed by Mikko Luoma, accordion

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NOV 25th 2020, 7 p.m.:

First performance of Élégie at the Sibelius Museum, Turku:

Mikko Luoma, accordion

https://sibeliusmuseum.fi/fi/evenemang/sibbe-live-klassinen-keskiviikko-11/

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(photo: Hannu Salo)

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1st FEB 2019

Honored to be part of the Arctic Paradise Contemporary showcase, arranged by Music Finland. In a special event for international guests, Elisa Järvi will give the first performance of my etyde Great Migration for the newly-invented quarter-tone piano. Looking forward to arranging a first public performance soon!

15th OCT 2017

LET THE PEOPLES SING Choir Competition:

https://areena.yle.fi/1-4256753

The Finnish female vocal ensemble Slavonic Tractor performed my work Himot ("Lusts") as part of their competition programme.

4th NOV 2017 at 6 p.m.

All-Night Vigil, first performance of the second part (Matins), by the Krysostomos Chamber Choir (cond. Mikko Sidoroff) at Uspensk Cathedral, Helsinki.

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8th APR 2015: A new recording is out! Cast into the Sea by Key Ensemble is on sale at the choir's website: http://www.keyensemble.fi. New works by Mäntysaari, Tuomela, Långbacka and Honkanen with old ones by Kuula, Mäntyjärvi and Kortekangas.