Pulkkinen, Risto
Biography
Born: July 26, 1954
Country: Sievi, Finland
Studies: Sibelius Academy, Helsinki (1983)
Teachers:
Website: http://www.ristopulkkinen.com/
Education Music school of Central Ostrobothnia, teacher Kauko Laukkonen Sibelius Academy from 1973 to 1976, master's degree in percussion Royal Northern College of Music Manchester England, teachers Ian Wright and Heather Corbert Other teachers Rainer Kuisma, Michael Rosen (USA) and John Blade (England) First to graduate as diploma percussionist from the Sibelius Academy in 1983
Career
Pori symphony orchestra, Principal percussionist from 1977-1979
Turku philharmonic orchestra, Associate Principal percussionist from 1979 till present
Teacher in Pori music school, Turku conservatory and Turku Arts Academy up till 2008, a considerable amount of former students play in various professional orchestras
Performed as soloist and in chamber/solo concerts with Pori Sinfonietta, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Turku Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra Dux, youth orchestra Vivo, music summer camps
Played on more than 20 recordings
Kroustikon
Risto Pulkkinen is the founder and conductor of Kroustikon, a percussion group that has been active for over 20 years
Performs contemporary Finnish percussion music and has premiered several works
Performed at the Viitasaari Musiikin aika -festival in 1998 and was invited the same year to play at the biggest percussion festival in the world, Pasic 98 (Orlando, USA)
Piano concerto No. 7 by Mikko Heiniö was premiered and played 12 times in collaboration with dance theater ERI in 2001
Khora was reperformed in a concert held together with the percussion group Kroumata in 2002 and at the Musicanova festival in Helsinki in 2003. At the Turku music festival it was performed in a concert that also showcased Tan Dun's Snow in June, Concerto for Cello and Percussion
The CD Sigyn-Percussion was released in 1999
Compositions
Includes methods, solo pieces, chamber music and orchestral works
Stylistically mainly based on pulsative harmony and strong melody
Currently focused on composing large-scale works for orchestra
Most of the works (at present over one hundred) have been premiered and often played in concerts in Finland and abroad
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Works for Percussion
Aurora, op.16 - Vibraphone/Marimba; Piano
Blizzard, op.9 - Percussion Quintet
Chimes, op.4 - Percussion Quintet
Chistian's Lullaby and Nicholas's Lullaby - Vibraphone
Collection - Percussion Duo; Mallets
Fuga for Marimba in C Major, op.2, n.3 - Marimba
Fuga for Marimba in D Minor, op.2 - Marimba
Introduction and Allegro, op.12 - Vibraphone; Harp
Invention for Marimba in G Minor, op.2, n.2 - Marimba
Mignon, op.1 - Marimba
Orion, op.11 - Percussion Quintet
Snarery, op. 24 - Snare Drum
SΣkkijΣrven Polkka, op.17 - Marimba Ensemble; Percussion Quintet; Mallets
Twelve Concert Etudes, op. 20 - Vibraphone/Marimba; Piano
Two Dialogues for Two Marimbas, op.21 - Percussion Duo; Marimba Duo
Variety, op.5 - Percussion Quintet
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