Risto T.T. Pulkkinen: Curriculum vitae born 26.7.1954 Sievi |
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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 with a master's degree in percussion from the Sibelius Academy in 1983. |
Professional Career
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Kroustikon - Over 30-year-old percussion group founded and conducted by Risto Pulkkinen. - Performs a lot of new Finnish and international percussion music. Many premieres. -Performed at the Viitasaari Time of Music Festival in 1998 and 2001. The group was invited to perform at the world's largest percussion event Percussion Pasic 98 (Orlando Florida, USA). - Mikko Heiniƶ's seventh piano concerto Khora premiered and played 12 times in 2001 with Kroustikon and Dance Theater ERI. - In 2002, Khora was performed at the Kromata / Kroustikon joint concert and in 2003 at the Musicanova Festival in Helsinki as well as at the Turku Music Festival where Tan Dun's Concerto for Cello and Percussion “Snow in June” was also performed. - A CD, Sigyn-Percussion, was released in 1999. |
Compositions
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