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29-Jul-2016
by Kimmo Mattila
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  Video 1: Historical video clip.Video 2: One of his famous compositions Nuoruusmuistoja. The 100th anniversary of the birth of Lasse Pihlajamaa (1916-2007) is celebrated in Finland in several concerts, exhibitions and events. Lasse Pihlajamaa (1916-2007) was a Finnish accordionist, composer-arranger, teacher, entertainer and world-class accordion comedian and father of a range of accordion models. He was born on the 1st August 1916 in Jämijärvi, in a small village in Western Finland. He was the pioneer of Finnish accordion music. As a composer he was searching for the musical and technical limits of the instrument as early as the 1940's, when 'The Dance of the Wind', 'The Dragonfly', 'Variations in Minor' and many other compositions were written, one generation ahead of their time. Picture left, 1942. Picture right, 1986. Teaching in his own Accordion Institute in Helsinki from 1957 to 1972, Lasse Pihlajamaa had a crucial impact in the professional pedagogy of accordion playing. Due to his work, in 1977 the accordion began being accepted in several major conservatories including the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Lasse Pihlajamaa is described as one of the leading figures in modern Finnish (and Nordic) accordion art. Lasse Pihlajamaa passed away 14th November 2007 in Helsinki. During next days the national Finnish TV YLE presents interesting documents from 1975 and 1986. Kevin Friedrich made an interview for Accordion Worldwide: 2004 Celebrity Interview with Lasse Pihlajamaa at: http://www.accordions.com/finland/04_interview.htm Picture below: Lasse Pihlajamaa pictured with Pietro Deiro Jr, Charles Magnante and Merja Ikkelä (visiting in USA in 1968). |
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