Esko Linnavalli composition competition finalists were chosen on 10 April. The final competition will be aired on YLE Radio 1 on 19 May 2015.
The semi-finals of the Esko Linnavalli composition competition took place on 10 April in Helsinki. UMO Jazz Orchestra having played all 22 compositions in Antti Rissanen’s conduction, the jury – Jukka Linkola (chair), Heikki Sarmanto and Pessi Levanto – selected ten finalists. All composers competed anonymously in the qualifying heat.
Finalists (composer / composition):
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 final concert will be broadcast on YLE Radio 1 on Tuesday 19 May at 19.03.
The biennal Esko Linnavalli composition competition is co-organised by Suomen Big Band yhdistys (Finnish Big Band Association), UMO Jazz Orchestra and YLE.
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