Kari Kriikku
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Kari Kriikku (born 1960) is a Finnish classical clarinetist. He studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and later with Alan Hacker in England and with Leon Russianoff and Charles Neidich in the United States.
His recordings of the concertos of Carl Maria von Weber was voted "best ever" recording by Classic CD and BBC Music Magazine. In 2006, his recording of Magnus Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto (2002) won both BBC Music Magazine's award and the Gramophone Award.
Concentrating on contemporary music, Kriikku has served as an interpreter of works for the clarinet by composers such as Magnus Lindberg, Vinko Globokar, Kaija Saariaho, Jukka Tiensuu, Jouni Kaipainen, Kimmo Hakola, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Pawel Szymanski, Eero Hämeenniemi, Olli Koskelin and Usko Meriläinen. He has performed Tiensuu's clarinet concerto PURO over 30 times. Kari Kriikku is a founding member of the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra and has served as the ensemble's artistic director since 1998. He was the 2009 winner of the Nordic Council Music Prize: the prize committee wrote, "Kari Kriikku is an extraordinary virtuoso on his instrument, the clarinet. His performance is characterised by flexibility and a positive musician's joy â he is a musician in the best sense of the word." In late 2015, he toured with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra under guest-conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya.
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- Mehanna: Mashaal featuring Jan Söderblom
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- al-Sumbáti: Longa featuring Jan Söderblom
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- Piazzolla: Bordel 1900 featuring Jan Söderblom
- Chaim: Deine Söhne seien gesegnet featuring Jan Söderblom
- Traditional Romania: Nokh a glezl vayn featuring Jan Söderblom
- al-Qasabgi: Dhikrayat featuring Jan Söderblom
- Alfonso: Menino do Bairro Negro featuring Jan Söderblom
- Abreu Lima: Feira de Castro featuring Jan Söderblom
- Pansera: Dance of Joy featuring Jan Söderblom
- Crusell: Clarinet Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 7 - 4. Finale (Allegro) featuring Sakari Oramo
- Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Major, Op. 34, J. 182 - II. Fantasia: Adagio ma non troppo
- Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Major, Op. 34, J. 182 - I. Allegro
- Crusell: Clarinet Quartet No. 2 in c minor, Op. 4 - 3. Pastorale: Un poco allegretto featuring Sakari Oramo
- Crusell: Clarinet Quartet No. 2 in c minor, Op. 4 - 2. Menuetto & trio featuring Sakari Oramo
- Crusell: Clarinet Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 7 - 1. Allegro non tanto featuring Sakari Oramo
- Crusell: Clarinet Quartet No. 2 in c minor, Op. 4 - 4. Rondo: Allegro featuring Sakari Oramo
- Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Major, Op. 34, J. 182 - IV. Rondo: Allegro giocoso
- Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Major, Op. 34, J. 182 - III. Menuetto: Capriccio presto
- Crusell: Clarinet Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 7 - 3. Menuetto (Allegro) featuring Sakari Oramo
- Crusell: Clarinet Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 7 - 2. Un poco Largo featuring Sakari Oramo
- Crusell: Clarinet Quartet No. 1 in E Flat Major, Op. 2 - 2. Romanze (Cantabile) featuring Sakari Oramo
- Crusell: Clarinet Quartet No. 1 in E Flat Major, Op. 2 - 3. Menuetto (Allegro) featuring Sakari Oramo
