OLLI LEPPÄNIEMI

Vinder af Carl Nielsen Klarinetkonkurrence 2009.

Olli Leppäniemi is a Finnish clarinetist born in 1980. Mr. Leppäniemi is a versatile clarinetist who works as an orchestral musician, soloist and as a chamber musician. In the spring 2009 he won the position of the Principal Clarinet in the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, where he will begin working in the near future. 2007 he was appointed in the Principal Clarinet position of the Norwegian National Orchestra; the Bergen Philharmonic. Before his tenure in Bergen he was the Principal Clarinet of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra in Finland.
   Mr. Leppäniemi was awarded 1st prize in the Carl Nielsen Competition in 2009. He also received the Odense Symphony Orchestra Prize and the Prize for the Best Performer of Danish Works. He has previously been a prizewinner in the 2008 International Prague Spring Clarinet Competition and in Lahti National Wind Instrumentalist Competition.
   Mr. Leppäniemi is a frequent recitalist and soloist and enjoys also collaborating with the composers of our time. He has premiered works by various Finnish composers, such as Kimmo Hakola, Sampo Haapamäki and Aki Yli-Salomäki. His soloist appearances include performances with the Bergen Philharmonic, Odense Symphony Orchestra as well as several Finnish orchestras . He has given solo recitals in Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen, Bergen, Geneva and Los Angeles.
   As a very active chamber musician, Mr. Leppäniemi has performed a vast amount of chamber literature for the clarinet. He has performed in various important European festivals, such as the Risør, Murten, Tuusulanjärvi and Ruovesi festivals.
   Mr. Leppäniemi has a Masters degree from the Sibelius-Academy. He has also studied in Norwegian Music Academy in Oslo with Hans-Christian Braein and in the University of Southern California in Los Angeles with Yehuda Gilad.

CHARLOTTE THANING

Charlotte Thaning er uddannet fra Det fynske Musikkonservatorium og Det kgl. danske Musikkonservatorium hos Rosalind Bevan og Amalie Malling. Hun har taget mester-klasser hos bl.a. Tatjana Nikolajeva, Istvan Lantos og Helmuth Deutsch og modtaget en række priser og legater. Hun har givet solokoncerter i ind- og udland men er først og fremmest kammermusiker og akkompagnatør. Som pianist i bl.a. Eskær Trioen har hun optrådt overalt i Danmark, i en lang række europæiske lande samt i Japan, Australien og USA.

Programme
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) – Première Rhapsodie (1910)
   Adagio – Allegro

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) – Sonata for clarinet and piano, op. 184 (1962)
   Allegro tristamente (Allegretto-Très calme - Tempo allegretto)
   Romanza (Très calme)
   Allegro con fuoco (Très animé)

Johannes Brahms – Clarinetsonata, no. 2, E flat major, op. 120, no. 2
   Allegro amabile
   Allegro appassionato
   Andante con moto, allegro

Rezsö Kokaì (1906-62) – Four Hungarian Dances