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12-Feb-2016
Jouni Kaipainen (1956-2015), Tampere - Finlandby Kevin Friedrich |
 Composer Jouni Kaipainen passed away on November 23rd 2015 after losing his 18 month battle against cancer. He was born on November 24th 1956 and considered one of the greatest Finnish composers of his time. His funeral was held in Tampere on December 19th in the presence of family, friends and colleagues. Mr. Kaipainen is survived by his wife Jaana and five sons. Jouni Ilari Kaipainen was born in Helsinki and studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki under Aulis Sallinen and Paavo Heininen. Pictures left: Jouni Kaipainen (top) and Jouni Kaipainen (center) is pictured with Aulis Sallinen and Mika Väyrynen. A prolific composer, he wrote for the stage, some 10 major works for symphony orchestra, more than a dozen concertos for instrumental and vocal soloists (with soloists such as clarinet, oboe, saxophone quartet, piano, viola, horn, cello, trumpet, bassoon, violin, trombone, soprano, baritone, etc) and orchestra, almost 30 chamber works and the same number of vocal and choral works. Among the numerous works for various instruments, Jouni Kaipainen composed four works for accordion: - ‘Gena Op. 31’ for solo accordion (1987, dedicated to Marjut Tynkkynen) - ‘Vento Op. 58’ for solo accordion (1998, dedicated to Mika Väyrynen) - ‘Placido Op. 68’ for solo accordion (2003/2005, dedicated to Mika Väyrynen) - ‘Elemental Chanting Op. 87’ for accordion & cello (2009, dedicated to Matti Rantanen and Marko Ylönen) Maestro Kaipainen was planning a new solo work for accordion, ‘Tumultuoso’, which would create an accordion trilogy together with the already incredibly demanding ‘Vento’ and ‘Placido’. Finnish accordionist Mika Väyrynen spoke with Jouni shortly before his passing, and he told Mika of his ongoing plans to complete this technically challenging trilogy. Mika reports that in his very special humorous manner he said: "Mika, an extra motivation for me to do this third movement of the accordion trilogy, is your promise to play all of them in one concert! That must be an almost impossible task. I want to see and hear that happen!" Sadly, the world will never hear how ‘Tumultuoso’ would have been, as the world has lost a renowned and respected composer, ahead of his time. Jouni Kaipainen will be greatly missed. |