Antti Auvinen

Antti Auvinen is a composer with a particular interest in timbre and rhythm. The majority of his output is chamber music scored for unusual ensembles, an example being Orior (2012), written for the Atlas Ensemble that brings together instruments from all around the world. “Using polyrhythmic and polypulsational effects, he creates an impression of musical direction in his works,” writes Jouko Laaksamo. “Although Auvinen takes a Modernist attitude towards composition, he does not neglect emotional tensions, which play a very important part in his music.”
More
- Antti Auvinen on Fennica Gehrman website
- Listen to Junker Twist on Yle Areena
- Antti Auvinen on Soundcloud
- Autuus, Chamber Opera (trailer 1)
- Autuus, Chamber Opera (trailer 2)
- Listen to Lifted on YouTube
- Wif Stenger: Keyboardist Kari Ikonen: “We take risks every night” (FMQ)
- Teosto Prize 2016 to Antti Auvinen and Paperi T
Title | Instrumentation | Year | Category | Duration | Available from |
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Aalto | 3333 4331 02 0, pno, str | 2004 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 17:30 | Fennica Gehrman |
Aengus' Birds' Palestrinian Heiligenschein | guit | 2008 | Works for Solo Instrument | 06:00 | Music Finland |
Aerial Alegria | guit solo, mand, guit, hp, perc, pno, 2vln, vla, vlc, db | 2009 | Electro-acoustic Works, Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 14:30 | Music Finland |
Allusion Fragments | mezzo, pic, kantele, vlc [Estonian kantele] | 2002 | Vocal and Choral Works | 07:20 | |
Angularity | ssax, hn, ttrb, btrb, perc, live electr | 2002 | 15:00 | Music Finland | |
Autuus | chx, fl/bfl, bcl/dbcl, hp, pno, vlc, tape, live electr, bbaryt, ten, bbaryt, sopr [video] | 2015 | Works for the Stage | 01:10:00 | Music Finland |
Below | fl, hp, vibr | 2004 | Chamber Works | 02:00 | |
Beneath | fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn | 2007 | Chamber Works | 07:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Breathe | str, pno solo (str min. 5-4-3-2-1) | 2005 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 11:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Campiogesang | bfl, cl, perc, pno | 2014 | Chamber Works | 11:00 | Music Finland |
Digital Madrigal | 2222 2200 02 0, str, keyb (for video) | 2018 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 25:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Double Excelsis | 2db | 2005 | Chamber Works | 07:00 | |
Eliangelis | cl | 2005 | Works for Solo Instrument | 05:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Facta | sopr, 2rec | 2006 | Chamber Works | 08:00 | Music Finland |
Februa | 2212 2210 02, pno, str, cl solo [fl+pic, ehn, bcl, ttrb] | 2006 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 15:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Felix Pisara | 2222 2221 01 0, str | 2005 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 03:00 | Music Finland |
Flecto Filigran | snorec, 2vln, vla, vlc | 2014 | Chamber Works | 08:00 | Music Finland |
Flecto Filigran | str, cemb, snorec solo | 2014 | Chamber Works | 10:30 | Music Finland |
Himmel Punk | 3333 4331 13 1, pno, str [pic, afl, ehn, bcl, cbsn, btrb] | 2016 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 14:30 | Fennica Gehrman |
Junker Twist | 3333 4331 13 1, pno, str [pic, afl, ehn, bcl, cbsn] | 2015 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 09:30 | Fennica Gehrman |
Kaarea | fl +afl, cl, perc, pno, vln, vlc | 2006 | Chamber Works | 10:00 | Music Finland |
Karkija | bcl, mar | 2007 | Chamber Works | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Lifted | fl, cl, perc, hp, pno | 2007 | Chamber Works | 11:00 | |
Melt Elegy | ensemble | 2018 | Chamber Works | 10:30 | |
Mènage à Trois | db | 2001 | Works for Solo Instrument | 04:00 | Music Finland |
Nulla Salus | guit, rec | 2002 | Chamber Works | 07:30 | Music Finland |
Obviously Foreign Infantry | chx | 2017 | Vocal and Choral Works | 10:00 | |
Obviously Foreign Infantry | 4sopr, 4alto, 4ten, 4basso [chx] | 2017 | Vocal and Choral Works | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
On, -ne, -ni | 2sopr, 2alto, 2ten, 2basso | 2010 | Chamber Works | 15:00 | Music Finland |
Orior | 25instrs | 2012 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 17:30 | Music Finland |
Palo Inferno | bfl, cl, vlc, hp, pno [midi-clarinet] | 2010 | Chamber Works | 08:00 | Music Finland |
Perplex Longa | 4perc | 2011 | Chamber Works | 17:00 | Music Finland |
Reflecta | arec, live electr | 2005 | Electro-acoustic Works, Works for Solo Instrument | 05:00 | Music Finland |
Regions | fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn, trp, trb, tba, pno | 2004 | Chamber Works | 07:00 | Music Finland |
Relatio | vln | 2002 | Works for Solo Instrument | 05:30 | Music Finland |
Retinas In Coronas | 2perc (2tubes) | 2000 | Chamber Works | 11:30 | |
Rise | fl, hp, vibr | 2004 | Chamber Works | 01:30 | |
Sanomalehti | chx | 2015 | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | Sulasol |
Singel Excelsis | org | 2012 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Spheres | ob, cl, bsn, pno, vln, vlc | 2005 | Chamber Works | 07:00 | |
Tore In Nomine | fl, cl, perc, str, live electr, arec solo [str: 54321] | 2009 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 20:00 | Music Finland |
Tore In Nomine | perc, str, live electr, arec solo | 2009 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 20:00 | Music Finland |
Trio | guit, mand, pno | 2016 | Chamber Works | 07:00 | Music Finland |
Trio | guit, mand, cemb | 2016 | Chamber Works | 07:00 | Music Finland |
Turbo Aria | 3333 4331 14 1, pno, sampler, str | 2017 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Twelve Fn Kies | 221 4 4, pno, elbas, dr, synth solo | 2017 | Works for Big Band | 25:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Warp my Simone | bfl+voc, bcl+voc, 2sampler+voc | 2019 | Chamber Works | 12:00 | Music Finland |
Wave | 2222 2111 02 0, pno, str [afl, ehn, bcl] | 2003 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 17:00 | Music Finland |