aava

Score / parts

Instrumentation and duration

Amplified guitar with live and fixed electronics (4 channels)

Duration: 16 minutes

Movements

I. RAIN; fantasy

II. in the distance: Cadenza

III. Exposed

Commission / dedications

Commissioned by Timo Korhonen with funding from Teosto Commission Fund. Dedicated to Timo Korhonen

First performance

Timo Korhonen, guitar, Josue Moreno, Davis Ozolins and Markku Klami, electronics, Musica nova Helsinki Festival, Black Box hall, Helsinki Music Centre, Helsinki, Finland, February 9, 2015

Reflections

Composer's Notes

I have already composed a number of works for the guitar, partly because, the guitar having once been my main instrument, I'm familiar with it and naturally I know lots of guitarists. aava expands the instrument's timbral potential by electronic means. It is dedicated to my former teacher, Timo Korhonen, who commissioned and now premieres it.

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I didn't become a guitarist, but then that wasn't my dearest wish – I had wanted to be a composer from a pretty early age. Timo has been one of the important people who has taught me to come to grips with the essential, and he has encouraged me along my own road forwards.

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I am extremely grateful to be able to collaborate with him over our communal passion, music.