Mikko Kyösti Heiniö (born 18 May 1948) is a Finnish composer and musicologist.

Life

Mikko Heiniö was born in 1948 in

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, and studied composition with

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and piano with Liisa Pohjola at the

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in Helsinki from 1971 to 1975, and then studied composition with

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from 1975 to 1977 while at the same time beginning studies in musicology at the

University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki (, ; UH) is a public university in Helsinki, Finland. The university was founded in Turku in 1640 as the Royal Academy of Åbo under the Swedish Empire, and moved to Helsinki in 1828 under the sponsorship of Alexander ...

. He earned a diploma in composition from the Sibelius Academy in 1977, and a doctorate in musicology in 1984 from the University of Helsinki, where he lectured between 1977 and 1985 (Murtomäki 2001). He was appointed professor of musicology at the

University of Turku The University of Turku (, shortened ''UTU'') is a multidisciplinary public university with eight faculties located in the city of Turku in southwestern Finland. The university also has campuses in Rauma and Pori and research stations in Kevo ...

in 1986–2005 and he is composer-in-residence of the

Turku Philharmonic Orchestra The Turku Philharmonic Orchestra (Finnish: ''Turun Filharmoninen Orkesteri'') is a Finnish orchestra based in Turku, Finland. The oldest orchestra in Finland, the Turku Philharmonic is resident at the Turku Concert Hall, the first purpose-built ...

since 1997. Heiniö has been a member of the Board of Teosto (the Finnish Composers’ Copyright Bureau) and he has served as Chairman of the

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in 1992–2010. Heiniö's compositions include nine piano concertos, three symphonies and numerous chamber works for various instrument combinations. He has written four operas: the church opera ''Riddaren och draken'' (The Knight and the Dragon, 2000), ''Käärmeen hetki'' (The Hour of the Serpent), premièred in September 2006, and ''Eerik XIV'' (Erik XIV), premièred in November 2011, and Johanna (2018). His work list also includes solo works as well as vocal and choral music. Heiniö is also a noted writer on music, specialising in the subject of new Finnish music. He has written twelve books and over two hundred articles. His music has been recorded on the BIS, Finlandia and Sony labels, among others.

Work list

Operas *Riddaren och draken (2000) *Käärmeen hetki (2006) *Eerik XIV (2008–2010) *Johanna (2016–2018) Orchestral Works *Framtidens skugga (The Shadow of the Future) (1980) for soprano and 4tpt/4tbn/tba *Concerto for piano and orchestra no 3, op 39 (1981) *Vuelo de alambre, op 43 (1983) for soprano and orchestra *Genom kvällen (Through the evening), op 48 (1986), Concerto for piano and orchestra no 4, for solo piano, mixed choir and string orchestra *Possible Worlds – a Symphony, op 49 (1987/99) *Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no 5, op 53 (1989) *Wind Pictures (Tuulenkuvia), op 56 (1991) for mixed choir and orchestra *Dall'ombra all'ombra, op 58 (1992), seven variations, theme and coda for orchestra and synthesizer *Hermes (Piano concerto no 6) for piano, soprano and string orchestra, op 61 (1994) (Dance Pictures) *Trias, op 62 (1995) de "O quam mundum" (Piae Cantiones 1582: lxxi) *Minne, op 64 (1996) for string orchestra *Symphony no 2 "Yön ja rakkauden lauluja" ("Songs of Night and Love"), op 66 (1997) *On the Rocks, op 68 (1998) *Khora (Piano concerto no 7) (2001) (Dance images for piano and five percussionists) *Envelope (2002) for Haydn's trumpet concerto in eb (for solo trumpet and orchestra) *Sonata da chiesa (2005) for 4hn, 3trp, 3trb, tba, cel, timp, 3perc *Alla madre (2007), for solo violin and orchestra *Moon Concerto (Kuukonsertto, 2008) (Piano concerto no 8) for piano, mezzo-soprano and orchestra *Maestoso, Variations of a Fragment by Eric XIV (2008) for orchestra *Syyskesän laulu (Late Summer Song) (2008) for voice and orchestra *Nonno (Piano concerto no 9) (2011) for amplified piano and big band *Concerto for Organ and Orchestra (2013) *Syvyyden yllä tuuli (Wind above the Depths) (2019) for barytone, mixed choir and orchestra Chamber Music *Duo per violino e pianoforte (1979) *Brass mass (1979) for 4tpt/4tbn/tba(ad lib) *Piano trio (1988) *In g for cello and piano (1988) *Piano quintet (1993) *Relay for violin and cello (1998) *Sextet (2000) for baritone and ensemble: fl, cl, vl, vc, pf *Treno della notte, for clarinet, cello and piano (2000) *Café au lait, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2006) *Canzona per trio d'archi (2006) *Piano Quartet (The voice of the tree/Puun ääni) (2006) *Duo per violino e pianoforte (1979) *Brass mass (1979) for 4tpt/4tbn/tba(ad lib) *Piano trio (1988) *In G for cello and piano (1988) *Piano quintet (1993) *Relay for violin and cello (1998) *Sextet (2000) for baritone and ensemble: fl, cl, vl, vc, pf *Treno della notte, for clarinet, cello and piano (2000) *Café au lait, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2006) *Canzona per trio d'archi (2006) *Piano Quartet (The voice of the tree/Puun ääni) (2006) *Mot natten (Towards Night) (2018) for cello and guitar Choral Works *Kolme kansanlaulua (Drei Finnische Volkslieder), for double mixed choir (1977) *Landet som icke är, for children's or women's choir and piano (1980) *Luceat, for mixed choir (1992) *Non-Stop, for mixed choir (1995) *Juhlamarssi hiljaisille miehille, for male choir (1996) *Pikavuaro Turkku, for mixed choir (2002) *Tomumieli, for male choir and two djembe drums (2003) *The Bishop's Spring Dream, for five male voices (5 or 15 singers) (2005) *Maria Suite, for mixed choir (2011) *Evening, for mixed choir (2015) *Amen, for male choir and tubular bell (2016) Works for other instruments *Five Preludes for Guitar (2015)

References

* Karlson, Anu. 1996. "Musicology at the University of Turku and Mikko Heiniö's Divided Year". ''Finnish Music Quarterly'', 1996 no. 1:33–36 * Kennedy, Michael. 2006. ''The Oxford Dictionary of Music'', second edition, revised. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. . * Korhonen, Kimmo. 1990. "Composer and Analyst of the Postmodern Age". ''Finnish Music Quarterly'', 1990 no. 1:30–35. * Murtomäki, Veijo. 2001. "Heiniö, Mikko (Kyösti)". ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, edited by

Stanley Sadie Stanley John Sadie (; 30 October 1930 – 21 March 2005) was a British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the '' Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (1980), which was published as the first edition ...

and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers. * Starikova, Natal'â. 1998. "Koncert dlja orkestra Mikko Hejniö: K voprosu o postmodernizme v finskoj muzyke" oncerto for Orchestra by Mikko Heiniö: The Question of Postmodernism in Finnish Music In ''О музыке композиторов Финляндии и скандинавских стран'' he Music of Finnish and Other Scandinavian Composers edited by Kiralina Iosifovna Ûžak, 79–93. Saint Petersburg: Gosudarstvennaâ Konservatoriâ imeni N.A. Rimskogo-Korsakova. .

External links

Mikko Heiniö page at Finnish Music Information Centre siteMikko Heiniö page at Fennica Gehrman siteMikko Heiniö
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