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Interview with Einojuhani Rautavaara

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English subtitles in the captions.
Interview with composer Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016) in February 2015.
The personal history that Rautavaara refers to is the destructive relationship with his first wife, including physical violence. He married mezzosoprano Heidi Suovanen (later Mariaheidi Rautavaara) in 1959, and stayed married until 1982. Rautavaara married Sinikka ("Sini") Koivisto in 1984. Journalist Samuli Tiikkaja published a biography on Rautavaara titled "Tulisaarna" in 2014. Rautavaara suffered a near-fatal aortic dissection in 2004.

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@stephenpierce4136 9 лет назад

my favorite composer. tears in headphones on a regular basis

@yowzephyr 5 лет назад

I only recently learned about Rautavaara. I've listened to his 7th Symphony, "Angel of Light", repeatedly. I can't seem to get enough of it. I knew the piece was inspired by spiritual experiences he had as a child that involved an angel. Just now I found this interview. I very much enjoyed hearing him discuss the angel here. Begins at 1:35 and continues to 5:27.

@jdiwkall 6 месяцев назад

his piano concerto no. 3 is meditative, calming, and mystical

@MrCC379 8 лет назад

R.I.P. Einojuhani Rautavaara.

@rogernichols1124 2 года назад

I encountered Rautavaara's music only 4 years ago and wish I'd known about it earlier.Cantus Arcticus is a stunning evocation of wild northern landscapes and their bird populations. It speaks so profoundly to the senses and is particularly powerful in these times where our natural world is so threatened by human greed and carelessness. More impressive still for me is the 7th symphony. I listen to it over and over again and find something new there each time.

@davidmehnert6206 6 лет назад

“And it has been necessary. All of it.” A fitting interview with the composer I think most serious North American listeners of classical contemporary music are least likely ever to have heard of before, and whom I find the most essential and rewarding in these latter days.

@alvinwyllie8502 6 лет назад

As Mr Tucker says, Rautavaara seems to carry on from Sibelius. My own thoughts on Rautavaara is that so much of his music touches the human emotions, far more than any modern composer I can think of. So much has warmth and real feeling, even in the symphonies. I personally think that perhaps his vocal and choral music are his special achievements.

@davidmehnert6206 6 лет назад

Alvin Wyllie I don’t think he carries on from Sibelius, certainly not in any linear sense, apart from also from being Finnish. I am sure the two composers would have enormous respect for each other. But I think they would be rather baffled about being compared to each other all the time. Sibelius fits into a late Romantic tradition. Rautavaara is very much inscribed in a serialist and post-serialist landscape, inflected by Boulez, Messaien, Dutilleux, and many Russians as well, while always being his own voice. A maverick? A genius? Yes, of course, both, which goes without saying. That he drew inspiration from deep vessels of faith and was the (hard-working) medium through which Divine Inspiration passed? Well, that too often DOES go without saying. So I am saying it here.

@jackgeitz1548 9 лет назад

Yes, I fully agree, Rautavaara is the greatest living composer....but I also personally feel that Sebastian Fagerlund,a fellow Finn is also wonderfully gifted and a dynamic composer, and let me not forget the British John Pickard,who knocks my socks off!!! After listening to serious classical music for over 40 years I regard John Pickard as IT !!! What a talent! What feeling! All three of these composers have enriched my life...... I thank them for it! Jack,Launceston,Tasmania,Australia

@konosxatz1 8 лет назад

+Jack Geitz I think that Krzysztof Penderecki can also make the cut as one of the greatest living composers.And a younger Japanese composer Takashi Yoshimatsu has a really unique style.Also John Adams is an incredible composer too.I haven't really listened anything from Pickard,but now that i listened i must say he is incredible.

@L.Kujari 11 месяцев назад

Sebastian Fagerlund is stunning! I just went to listen to a premiere of a new symphonic work of his a week or so ago

@musicencyclopedia 6 лет назад

I was introduced to this wonderful composer in the year of 2003, and his first piece that I heard and bought was his 7th Symphony entitled Angel of Light. after that Symphony, I heard an amazing piece called Angels and Visitations. I fell in love with Rautavaara's music ever since!

@JT29501 9 лет назад

Perhaps the greatest living composer.. certainly the living composer who's music has the most emotional impact on me, he seems to carry right on from Sibelius, taking on board some of modernisms best effects and techniques without any of the baggage of rules and restrictions.. a true inspiration.

@MajorAndMinor 5 лет назад

This is wonderful. Thank you for uploading!

@audicoes 5 лет назад

Great found this video recommend to me by RU-vid. Loved it.

@kimsground7190 9 лет назад

Maestro

@enricomiaroma6802 8 лет назад

is it possible to have an english translation? It could be very interesting for all the non finnish-speaking people

@massnave2878 8 лет назад

Already available, just click the 'CC' button on the video

@enricomiaroma6802 8 лет назад

Thank you!

@bazdesh 7 лет назад

whats the music that starts around 5:26?

@bazdesh 5 лет назад

@avien84 thank you!

@friedrichowl Год назад

@@bazdesh any luck, what is this piece?

@bazdesh Год назад

@@friedrichowl yup, look for 'Canticum Mariae Virginis' from his sacred choral works album. a magnificient piece

@Scriabin_fan 3 года назад

Does anyone know what happened to his voice?

@anttivirolainen8223 7 месяцев назад

Rautavaara's vocal problems were related to the medical episode he experienced in 2004. He spent nearly six months in the intensive care unit due to an aortic dissection. I'm not sure about the details, but apparently, some opening, breathing tube, or a similar issue severely damaged his vocal cords, and the problem was never fixed. You can get an idea of Rautavaara's old speaking voice by listening, for example, to his conversation with Vladimir Ashkenazy, which is also available on RU-vid.