Esko Linnavalli composition competition final is aired on YLE Radio 1 on 19 May 2015 at 19.03. UMO, conducted by Antti Rissanen, will play the 10 compositions that qualified for the final.
Finalists (composer / piece):
Teemu Halmkrona: An Evening at River
Sid Hille: Hashtag
Sampo Kasurinen: Samson
Aleksis Liukko: Mind the Gap
Matias Långbacka: The Bliss of Ignorance (Tiedoton)
Vesa Pisto: Santtu
Johannes Salomaa: Soon I'll be Gone
Tuomas J. Turunen: On a Winter Night
Martti Vesala: Piper's Park
Janne Vihavainen: Cat Heaven
The biennal Esko Linnavalli composition competition is co-organised by Suomen Big Band yhdistys (Finnish Big Band Association), UMO Jazz Orchestra and YLE.
Further information: www.sbby.com, www.umo.fi