Kari Kriikku
Born: 1960
Nationality: Finnish
Kari Kriikku is a Finnish classical clarinetist.
He studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and later with Alan Hacker in England and with Leon Russianoff and Charles Neidich in the United States.
His recordings of the concertos of Carl Maria von Weber was voted "best ever" recording by Classic CD and BBC Music Magazine. In 2006, his recording of Magnus Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto (2002) won both BBC Music Magazine's award and the Gramophone Award.
Concentrating on contemporary music, Kriikku has served as an interpreter of works for the clarinet by composers such as Magnus Lindberg, Vinko Globokar, Kaija Saariaho, Jukka Tiensuu, Jouni Kaipainen, Kimmo Hakola, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Pawel Szymanski, Eero Hämeenniemi, Olli Koskelin and Usko Meriläinen. He has performed Tiensuu's clarinet concerto PURO over 30 times.
Kari Kriikku is a founding member of the Avanti!
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Kari Kriikku (clarinet), Anssi Karttunen (cello) & Magnus Lindberg (piano), Anssi Karttunen (cello)
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Kari Kriikku (clarinet) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2005, Editor's Choice
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Soile Isokoski (soprano), Marita Viitasalo (piano), Kari Kriikku (clarinet), Olli Mustonen (piano), Jorma Hynninen (baritone), Elina Laakkonen (soprano), Helena Juntunen (soprano), Gustav Djupsjobacka (piano) Virtuosi di Kuhmo, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Tapiola Choir, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Peter Csaba, Leif Segerstam, Sakari Oramo, Ulf Soderblom, Jorma Panula, Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, Leonid Grin
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