Sebastian Hilli
Sebastian Hilli has quickly become one of the most fascinating Finnish composers of his generation. He has written mainly chamber music but has also convinced professional audiences that he has the skills to compose for symphony orchestras as well. In 2015 he won first prize in the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award with his orchestral work Reachings. Instrumental colours and techniques play crucial roles in Hilli’s music. It can be described as active and energetic, but then again sensitive, melancholic and tranquil. “I aim to express my musical thoughts in broad arcs. The overall identity of a work and its various characters and emotional states are important, and through these I outline the shape of the music on a general level; that’s what my music is about.”, says Sebastian Hilli.
More
- Sebastian Hilli's website
- Listen to Sebastian Hilli on SoundCloud
- Merja Hottinen: Reaching for a composer’s career (FMQ)
- Sebastian Hilli and Sauli Zinovjev: emotions in two different aesthetics
- Listen to Reachings performed by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and André de Ridder
- Sebastian Hilli’s Reachings won the 64th International Rostrum of Composers
- Merja Hottinen: Blowing & popping bubbles (FMQ)
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Category | Duration | Available from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Affekt | 3333 4331 12 1, str, chf, chm, 2chx | 2017 | Vocal and Choral Works | 45:00 | Music Finland |
Arachne | 2 sopr, mezzo, bcl, trnb, perc, elguit, vlc | 2016 | Works for the Stage | 20:00 | Music Finland |
confluence/divergence | guit solo, fl, perc, hp, vlc | 2015 | Chamber Works | 27:00 | Music Finland |
Delta | 2vln, vla, vlc, perc | 2012 | Chamber Works | 06:00 | Music Finland |
Elogio de la sombra | 2vln, vla, vlc | 2015 | Chamber Works | 17:00 | Music Finland |
Hypha | fl, cl, vln, vla, vlc | 2013 | Chamber Works | 10:00 | Music Finland |
Kohta | fl, cl, perc, pno, vln, vlc [fl+bfl, cl+bcl] | 2013 | Chamber Works | 06:00 | Music Finland |
Paraphrase | ob +ehn, cl+bcl, pno, db | 2015 | Chamber Works | 09:00 | Music Finland |
Paraphrase II | fl, cl, pno, vln, vla, vlc | 2016 | Chamber Works | 20:00 | Music Finland |
Paraphrase III | fl+afl, cl+bcl, ob+ehn, hn, bsn | 2016 | Chamber Works | 13:00 | Music Finland |
Psycho Wood | 4perc, tape | 2018 | Chamber Works | 10:00 | |
Rack and Pinion | pno | 2018 | Works for Solo Instrument | 15:00 | |
Reachings | 3333 4331 13 1, pno, str [pic, ehn, bcl] | 2014 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 13:00 | Music Finland |
Rift | pno | 2014 | Works for Solo Instrument | 07:00 | Music Finland |
Scintillio | vln | 2014 | Works for Solo Instrument | 07:00 | Music Finland |
Snap Music | 3333 4331 13 1, pno, str | 2018 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 15:00 | |
Stereoactive | 2fl, 2perc | 2013 | Chamber Works | 05:00 | Music Finland |
Unohdan että unohdan | mezzo, fl, bcl, pno, vln, db | 2011 | Vocal and Choral Works | 18:00 | Music Finland |