(b. 1985)
Outi Tarkiainen was born in Finland in 1985. She studied composition at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and then at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In addition Tarkiainen also studied at the University of Miami. Her passion lies in that of choral and vocal composition but she has also composed for orchestra and solo instrumental. Tarkiainen enjoyed a successful collaboration with the Finnish vocalist Aili Ikonen with a series of jazz orchestral works the most notable of which “Into the Woodland Silence” composed in 2013. One of Tarkiainen’s major orchestral works is “The Earth, Spring’s Daughter” from 2015 which showed her compositional skill for a large ensemble. In 2016, Tarkiainen composed “Saivo”, a saxophone concerto for Jukka Perko, a piece of such quality it was nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize in 2018.
Outi Tarkiainen Composition Timpani and Percussion Requirements
Joye
No Timpani + 1 percussion
Ratchet, snare drum, orchestral bass drum, suspended cymbal, tam tam
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Saivo
No Timpani + 2 percussion + celeste
Orchestral bass drum, 2 octaves crotales, glass wind chimes, large gong, marimba, suspended cymbal, medium tam tam, Thai gong F3, timpani, triangle, tubular bell F5, shell chimes, vobraphone, wood blocks
Celeste - doubling bass drum beaters
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The Earth, Spring's Daughter
No Timpani + 1 percussion + celeste
Orchestral bass drum, medium gong, sand paper blocks, suspended cymbal, medium tam tam, timpani, triangle, crotales C4, C#4, F#4, G4, G#4, C5, vibraphone, waterphone, woodblocks
Celeste - doubling crotales F5 & B5, small gong, shell chimes, ratchet, medium tam tam, thunder sheet
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