This article is about the municipality. For the composer, see Einojuhani Rautavaara. Einojuhani Rautavaara (born October 9, 1928) is a Finnish composer of classical music, probably the best known Finnish composer of his generation. ...
Rautavaara is a municipality of Finland. The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savoniaregion. The municipality has a population of 2,182 (2003) and covers an area of 1,235.11 km² of which 80.00 km² is water. The population density is 1.9 inhabitants per km². Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Eastern Finland is a province of Finland. ... Northern Savonia is a region (maakunta / landskap) in eastern Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
UA der Oper "Alexis Kivi" bei den Opernfestspielen von Savonlinna zum 80jährigen Bestehen der Republik Finnland.
UA der neuesten Oper von Einojuhani Rautavaara Rasputin an der Finnischen Oper in Helsinki.
Matti Salminen singt die Titelpartie des russischen Wandermönchs und Wunderheilers, der einen unheilvollen Einfluß auf die Politik des letzten russischen Zaren nahm und in einer Verschwörung von seinen politischen Gegnern ermordet wurde.
Rautavaara has used his New York experiences as the inspiration for Manhattan Trilogy, the orchestral work he was commissioned by Juilliard to write, to help mark the School's 100th anniversary.
Rautavaara was presented with a bouquet when the Juilliard Orchestra under James DePreist gave the premiere of "Dawn," a movement of the Manhattan Trilogy, in August at the Temppeliaukio Church in Helsinki.
Rautavaara said he recalled Copland at Tanglewood reproving a student for using the 12-tone method saying, "We should not use the techniques of the enemy." But on returning to Europe, Rautavaara himself plunged into dodecaphony and serialism.
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