{"id":1468,"date":"2013-09-30T06:22:14","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T05:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geraldgarcia.com\/wordpress\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2013-09-29T07:34:49","modified_gmt":"2013-09-29T06:34:49","slug":"more-finnish-touches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/?p=1468","title":{"rendered":"More Finnish touches"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Following hard on the the heels of \u00a0works by\u00a0KORPIJAAKKO<\/a>,\u00a0there is another Finnish Guitar Concerto recording – in fact,\u00a0world premi\u00e8re recordings of two Guitar Concertos<\/strong>: one by Kimmo Hakola<\/a><\/strong> and the other by Toshio Hosokawa<\/a><\/strong>. These are performed by Timo Korhonen \u2013 the guitarist for whom the concertos were written \u2013 and the Oulu Symphony Orchestra conducted by Santtu-Matias Rouvali.<\/p>\n

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Timo Korhonen <\/a><\/strong>is one of the world\u2019s most acclaimed guitarists. He has premiered over 40 new works during his career, and has made several critically acclaimed and award-winning recordings.
\nHe was also\u00a0artistic director of the Suomenlinna Culinary Concerts in Helsinki, which means he likes food, probably! He is also Co-Founder of the international\u00a0Sibelius Guitar-project<\/a>.
\nHere he is playing some Bach
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