Meta4 String Quartet - Glow (2016) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

The conductor, composer and violinist Jaakko Kuusisto (b. 1974) enjoys an extensive career that was launched by a series of successes in international violin competitions in the 1990s. He is among the most frequently recorded of Finnish instrumentalists and has recorded concertos by some of the most pro - minent Finnish contemporary composers. Kuusisto’s compositions consist of more than 30 opuses: chamber and vocal music, orchestral pieces, operas, as well as music for films. He studied composing at the Sibelius Academy with Eero Hämeenniemi and at the Indiana University with David Dzubay. Kuusisto performs regularly as a conductor, soloist and chamber musician, and has held the position of artistic director at several festivals. Currently he is artistic director of the Oulu Music Festival. Kuusisto’s repertoire ranges from baroque to contemporary works, regardless of genre. He has worked with many leading orch - es tras, including the Minnesota Orchestra, Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orches tras, NDR Hannover, deFilharmonie in Belgium, the Tallinn and Lausanne Cham ber Orchestras, the Helsinki, Turku and Tampere Philharmonic Orchestras as well as the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra. Kuusisto enjoys a long-standing relation - ship with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra: he served as its leader for more than a decade and nowadays regularly conducts the orchestra of his home town. His record ings with the orchestra have been critically acclaimed, including the BIS record ing of his own Violin Concerto with Elina Vähälä as soloist.

Tracklist:
01. Play III, Op. 21
02. Valo, Op. 23
03. Play II, Op. 16
04. Loisto, Op. 12
05. Jurmo, Op. 31

Personnel:
Meta4 String Quartet:
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin
Riitta-Liisa Ristiluoma, viola
Jan-Erik Gustafsson, cello
Paavali Jumppanen, piano
Heini Kärkkäinen, piano