Composer
Sallinen, Aulis
Finnish composer
b. 1935
1 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1935
- Birthplace
- Salmi
- Citizenship / historical state
- Finland
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Aulis Heikki Sallinen (born 9 April 1935) is a Finnish contemporary classical music composer. His music has been variously described as "remorselessly harsh", a "beautifully crafted amalgam of several 20th-century styles", and "neo-romantic". Sallinen studied at the Sibelius Academy, where his teachers included Joonas Kokkonen. He has had works commissioned by the Kronos Quartet, and has also written seven operas, eight symphonies, concertos for violin, cello, flute, horn, and English horn, as well as several chamber works. He won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1978 for his opera Ratsumies (The Horseman).
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; musicologist
- Education
- Sibelius Academy
- Teachers
- Joonas Kokkonen; Aarre Merikanto
- Notable works
- The Palace Rhapsody; Chamber Music III; Symphony No. 2
- Awards
- Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland; Wihuri Sibelius Prize; Sibelius Medal; Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres; Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland; Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
- Birth name
- Aulis Heikki Sallinen
- Native languages
- Finnish
- Languages used
- Finnish
- VIAF ID
- 39359123
- ISNI
- 0000000114422720
- GND ID
- 121808130
- Library of Congress ID
- n81081338
- MusicBrainz ID
- 30ed19b3-2e06-43b9-a1cc-72ad95e6baa3
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Lear's Distant War | See work details |
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 39359123. Portrait: Soppakanuuna, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.