{"id":10198,"date":"2022-10-20T15:10:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T12:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/majlindcompetition.fi\/?p=10198"},"modified":"2025-11-11T14:01:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:01:44","slug":"comissioned-work-by-outi-tarkiainen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/majlindcompetition.fi\/en\/old-news\/comissioned-work-by-outi-tarkiainen\/","title":{"rendered":"comissioned work by Outi Tarkiainen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


Outi\u00a0 Tarkiainen\u00a0 is\u00a0 a\u00a0 Rovaniemi-born\u00a0 composer,\u00a0 whose\u00a0 works\u00a0 have\u00a0 earned\u00a0 well-deserved\u00a0 admiration\u00a0 around\u00a0 the\u00a0 world.\u00a0 Her\u00a0 works\u00a0 have\u00a0 been\u00a0 commissioned\u00a0 and\u00a0 performed\u00a0 by\u00a0 the\u00a0 BBC\u00a0 Philharmonic\u00a0 and\u00a0 the\u00a0 Radio\u00a0 Symphony\u00a0 Orchestra.\u00a0 Tarkiainen\u2019s work includes stage performances, orchestral and chamber music, and\u00a0 music\u00a0 for\u00a0 soloists\u00a0 and\u00a0 jazz\u00a0 orchestras.\u00a0 In\u00a0 2019,\u00a0 her\u00a0 work\u00a0 Midnight\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 Variations premiered at the BBC Proms Festival and her opera A Room of One\u2019s Own premiered in Germany in May this year. Her commissioned composition Tenderness, composed for the International Maj\u00a0 Lind\u00a0 Piano\u00a0 Competition,\u00a0 is,\u00a0 according\u00a0 to\u00a0 the\u00a0 composer,\u00a0 a\u00a0 musical\u00a0 study\u00a0 on\u00a0 tenderness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo\u00a0 matter\u00a0 how\u00a0 obscure,\u00a0 intangible\u00a0 and\u00a0 fleeting,\u00a0 the\u00a0 power\u00a0 of\u00a0 tenderness\u00a0 sustains\u00a0 all\u00a0 humanity.\u00a0 We\u00a0 all\u00a0 need\u00a0 tenderness.\u00a0 The\u00a0 work\u00a0 alternates\u00a0 between\u00a0 various\u00a0 jingling\u00a0 and\u00a0 gossamer\u00a0 textures\u00a0 that\u00a0 gradually\u00a0 converge\u00a0 into\u00a0 timbral\u00a0 clouds,\u00a0 eventually\u00a0 dispersing\u00a0 into\u00a0 a\u00a0 rustic\u00a0 hymn.\u00a0 I\u00a0 composed\u00a0 the\u00a0 piece\u00a0 holding\u00a0 my baby boy in my arms\u201d, Tarkiainen says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tarkiainen graduated with a Master of Music degree from Sibelius Academy in 2010, after which she continued her studies at the Guildhall School of Music in London and the University of Miami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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