Tuija Hakkila

Tuija Hakkila

Tuija Hakkila studied at the Sibelius Academy with Liisa Pohjola and Eero Heinonen, continuing her studies at the Conservatoire de Paris under Jacques Rouvier and Theodor Parachivesco. She was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University in New York in the period 1985-86. She gained a Doctor of Music degree at the Sibelius Academy in 2005 and has lectured in piano there since 1987. She regularly gives masterclasses in Finland and elsewhere in Europe and from 2005 to 2008 taught in the Ancient Music Department of the Royal Danish Conservatory. Hakkila received a Finnish Pro Musica Foundation award in recognition of her work in 2009. She has appeared at most Finnish festivals and is a regular soloist with orchestras. Tuija Hakkila’s repertoire ranges from Baroque to the latest contemporary music, and she has collaborated with many composers, giving first performances of a huge number of works. Her disc of all the Mozart piano sonatas won acclaim in the international press.

Programme

Mon
13.7.
3. Kuhmo Church 11.00

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770—1827):

Piano Trio in E flat, Op. 1 No. 1 (1793)

Mon
13.7.
6. Kuhmo Arts Centre 21.00

Johann Strauss II (1825—1899):

Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 (1869, arr. for salon ensemble by Alban Berg, 1921)

Tue
14.7.
7. Kuhmo Church 11.00

Johannes Brahms (1833—1897):

Allegro molto moderato from Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78 for violin and piano 'Regenlied Sonata' (1878–79)

Wed
15.7.
11. Kuhmo Church 11.00

W. A. Mozart (1756—1791):

Piano Trio in E, K. 542 (1788)

Wed
15.7.
13. Kuhmo Arts Centre 18.00

Igor Stravinsky (1882—1971):

Le Sacre du Printemps (the Rite of Spring) for piano four hands (1912–13)

Fri
17.7.
20. Kuhmo Church 11.00

C. Ph. E. Bach (1714—1788):

Piano Trio in D, H. 530 (1776 or earlier)

Fri
17.7.
23. Kuhmo Arts Centre 17.00

Robert Schumann (1810—1856):

F. A. E. Sonata (Frei aber einsam) mov. II for violin and piano (1853)

Sun
19.7.
30. Kuhmo Arts Centre 11.00

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770—1827):

Grosse Fuge in B flat, Op. 133 (1825–26, arr. for piano four hands by composer)

Sun
19.7.
32. Kuhmo Arts Centre 17.00

W. A. Mozart (1756—1791):

Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K. 304 for violin and piano (1778)

Wed
22.7.
43. Kuhmo Church 11.00

Olivier Messiaen (1908—1992):

Le merle noir (Eurasian Blackbird - Turdus merula) for flute and piano (1951)

Wed
22.7.
44. Tuupala Primary School 15.00

Franz Berwald (1796—1868):

Quartet in E flat, Op. 1 for piano and winds (1819)