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
15.7.
5. Kuhmo Arts Centre 18.00

W. A. Mozart (1756—1791):

Sonata No. 35 in A, K. 526 for violin and piano (1787)

Wed
17.7.
13. Kuhmo Arts Centre 18.00

Claude Debussy (1862—1918):

La fille aux cheveux de lin, Prelude No. 8 from Préludes, bk I for piano (1909–10)

Wed
17.7.
13. Kuhmo Arts Centre 18.00

Jean Sibelius (1865—1957):

Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte (The Girl returned from Meeting her Lover), Op. 37 No. 5 (1900–01, lyrics: J. L. Runeberg)

Sat
20.7.
25. Kuhmo Arts Centre 11.00

Erik Satie (1866—1925):

Trois morceaux en forme de poire for piano four hands (1903)

Mon
22.7.
34. Kuhmo Church 11.00

Felix Mendelssohn (1809—1847):

Piano Quartet in D minor (1821)

Mon
22.7.
35. Tuupala Primary School 15.00

Thomas Byström (1772—1839):

Sonata No. 1 in B flat, Op. 1 No. 1 for violin and piano (1801)

Wed
24.7.
42. Kuhmo Church 11.00

Johann Christian Bach (1735—1782):

Piano Sonata in A, Op. 17 No. 5 (1780 ca.)

Thu
25.7.
48. Kuhmo Arts Centre 18.00

Johannes Brahms (1833—1897):

Piano Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 26 (1861)

Thu
25.7.
49. Kuhmo Arts Centre 21.00

Arnold Schönberg (1874—1951):

Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 for speaker, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano (1912, lyrics: Albert Giraud)

Fri
26.7.
52. Kuhmo Arts Centre 18.00

Franz Schubert (1797—1828):

Fantasy in F minor, D. 940 for piano four hands (1828)

Sat
27.7.
54. Kuhmo Arts Centre 11.00

Francesco Darmanin (1995):

The Sudden Lightness for piano quartet (Winner of the Vladimir Mendelssohn Composition Competition 2023, Finnish premier)