Person · violinist
Pekka Kuusisto
Albums
46
Members
4
Active
1976–present
Origin
Finland
Biography
Born 7 October 1976. He is a multi-talented Finnish violinist best known for his work in the field of classical music. Kuusisto was the first Finn to win the Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in 1995. He appears regularly as soloist with different symphony orchestras and as leader with chamber orchestras like the Virtuosi di Kuhmo. Pekka Kuusisto is also at home with jazz, folk, soul and rock music. He is known for his improvisational skills on different instruments, including singing. His older brother Jaakko Kuusisto is a violinist, composer and conductor. Their father is the musician and composer Ilkka Kuusisto.
Discography
Sibelius ja Segerstam Japanissa
Violin Concerto in D minor / Karelia Suite / Belshazzar’s Feast
Strings Attached
Double Bow
Sibelius Festival
The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons
Concert Suite for Violin and Orchestra / Entr'acte / Oresteya Overture
Triple Concerto / Petite Suite / Nonets 1 & 2
Violin Concertos
Folk Trip
Music!
Violin Concertos 3, 4 & 5
Violin Sonatas / Double Sonata
Musical Soirée at Ainola
Complete Symphonies / Violin Concerto / Finlandia
Works for Violin and Orchestra
A Five-Star Sibelius Celebration
The Absolute Sibelius: Violin Concerto / Symphony no. 2
Idylli: Musiikkia rauhallisiin hetkiin
Subterráneo
Subterráneo
Kiestinki
Orchestral Works
Summer Thoughts: Works for Violin and Piano
Violin Concerto / Jubilees / Souvenir
Kaksi astetta – Live in Concert
The Essential Orchestral Favourites with Photo Album
Darkness in Light
Metamorphoses
Peregrinus ecstaticus / Noēsis / Le Poids des vies non vécues
Piano Sonata no. 2 “Concord” / Violin Sonata no. 4 “Children's Day at the Camp Meeting”
First Light
Occurrence
Märchentänze / Hotel Suite from Powder Her Face / Lieux retrouvés / Dawn
Mishima
Salonen: Cello Concerto / Ravel: Sonata for Violin & Cello
Violin Concertos
Recharged by Nature
Symmetria pario: Creation
Symphony, Op. 39 / Pictured Within: Birthday Variations for M.C.B
Shorthand
Solos
Beethoven 5, Vol. 3
MOOMINVALLEY - Original Score Music
Willows
Credits
Opus 1
Tortured Soul
Stones Grow Her Name
Imaginaerum
Imaginaerum: The Score
My Own Private Sunday
Pilvet liikkuu, minä en
Reaches Out for You
Our Map to the Monster Olympics
Open Scenes
Love Tracks
Oasis
+
Anna-Mari Kähärän Orkesteri
At The Presence Of Great Beauty
Broadway
Complete Symphonies · Violin Concerto · Finlandia
Dialogues
Espionage
Feeling Free
Keep Reachin' Up
L.L.H.
Magnificent Bird
Mozart Violin Concertos 3, 4 & 5
Music Of The Spheres
Peregrinus Ecstaticus / Le Poids Des Vies Non Vécues / Noēsis
Rakkaus On Murhaa
Records Are Forever
Salonen: Cello Concerto / Ravel: Sonata For Violin & Cello
staRRk
Subterráneo
Surreal
The Four Seasons
Varjopuoli
Violin Concerto / Karelia Suite / Belshazzar's Feast
Violin Concertos