His first success in the United States came in theatre. Entirely unknown abroad, the operetta uses popular Magyar song as its inspiration ![]() Russian pianist, writer, arranger and composerĬomposer, conductor and teacher, whose best known work, the Missa in Honorem Immaculati Cordis Beatae Mariae Virginis for soloists (1951), mixed choir, organ and brass, marries Gregorian chant and medieval organum with the atonality of his own styleĬomposer of Hungary's most popular operetta John the Hero, based on Petofis folk-tale epic of the same title. His most extensive work to date is the opera Osiris (2000), commissioned by the Finnish National Opera and premiered at the Musica nova Helsinki festival in 2003įinnish singer and member of a folk band called Värttinä His first orchestral work was the luscious Your color (1999) for chamber orchestra, followed by Per-Djet (The house of eternity) (2001) for large orchestra. ![]() His chamber music output includes the Piano Quintet Hohto (Glow, 1995), the String Quartet (1996) and Zen (1996) for chamber ensemble. Kääriä has written works for a variety of ensembles. Kääriä won the Einojuhani Rautavaara Prize in 1998. If any detail is incorrect or incomplete please advise us, using our dictionary amendment form.
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