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Matti
Raekallio • Piano
(Masterclasses only)
Born in 1954 in Helsinki, Matti Raekallio has established
himself internationally as one of Finland's foremost
concert pianists with a huge repertoire. His concerts
and recordings, notably the three-CD set of the complete
Prokofiev Piano Sonatas (ODE947-3T) have been widely
praised. He is also a deeply committed teacher, and
many of his students have won world-class competitions.
After studies in Finland, in England with Maria Diamond
Curcio, in Austria at the Vienna Academy of Music with
Dieter Weber and in Russia at the Leningrad (now St.
Petersburg) Conservatory, |
Mr. Raekallio made his American debut in 1981
at the Carnegie (Weill) Recital Hall. 1983 saw him back
in the United States on tour as soloist with the Helsinki
Philharmonic Orchestra, and he spent 1984-85 as visiting
artist professor at Western Michigan University. Since then,
he has made regular tours of the U.S.A., including performances
with several American symphony orchestras and solo recitals. |
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In 1994, Mr. Raekallio became full
professor at the Swedish Royal College of Music
(Kungliga Musikhagskolan) in Stockholm. Since 1998,
he is a tenured full professor at the Sibelius Academy
in Helsinki. Mr. Raekallio's class there includes
several top prize winners, among them the First
Prize laureates in Leeds, AXA Dublin, London, Vienna
(Beethoven), New York (Artists International), and
Budapest (Liszt-Bartok). In addition, Mr. Raekallio
is professor at the Hannover Academy of Music, and
in 2007, he joined the faculty of The Juilliard
School in New York. He has been a juror in several
international competitions, including Shanghai,
Vienna (Beethoven), Tokyo (PTNA), the Selection
Committee of the "Gilmore Artist" as well
as the American Pianists' Association Awards in
U.S.A, and the "Arthur Rubinstein in Memoriam"
International Competition in Poland. Mr. Raekallio
has given master classes in his home country as
well as in Germany, Austria, Israel, and in the
United States.
Mr. Raekallio's Doctoral Examination at the Sibelius
Academy included the publication of a 300-page treatise
on fingering strategies of 19th and 20th century
pianists. He has done further research on that subject
together with three British professors of cognitive
psychology. The team's articles on piano fingering
have been published in several peer-reviewed scientific
journals. Mr. Raekallio also writes articles for
Finnish music magazines and makes programs for the
Finnish National Public Radio, YLE 1.
In 1994, Mr. Raekallio became the first musician
to have received the Five-Year Artist Grant of the
Finnish state three times. In 1998-2000 he was a
Member of the Research Committee on Culture and
Society of the Finnish Academy of Sciences. |
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