Aho - Solo 1Kalevi Aho is one of today's most prolific composers of large scale orchestral scores, including 17 symphonies and 32 concertos to date. Less well known is the fact that he has also written chamber music, as well as an ever expanding series of solo pieces starting with Solo I for violin from 1975, the most recent in the series, for clavichord, is the 17th. Some of these pieces has originated as part of Aho's preparations when composing a concerto for

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Writing the music and the lyrics had become our therapy as our lives evolved into something new

On Near To The Wild Heart Of Life

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including the relentless squad from Yokohama Taiei

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released via American Vibes

being written for five-stringed cello (a step towards the six or seven strings of the viol

the Nikkatsu art designer fondly remembered for his flamboyant work with Seijun Suzuki in the 1960s

Jílek with whom he continued post-graduate studies in 1990-1993

mighty Bob Wills ordered him to California to join the Texas Playboys as bass player and drummer

The first reason is biographical