Composer gets his own footpath
mainThe Finnish composer Kalevi Aho has been honoured with a “Kalevi Aho Path” in Luosto, Lapland, 100 km north of the Arctic circle. His Symphony No. 12 (Luosto-Sinfonia) was first performed at Luosto in 2003. The 2 km path was officially opened 2 August.
Just one drawback. It’s frozen solid in winter, swarmed by mozzies in summer.
Nice. Aho is one of my favorite living composers, along with Jennifer Higdon. Penderecki is still around – I like him too.
He’s a fine composer with great skills and creativity regarding the orchestration of his symphonies.
Probably just as accessible as the compositions.
The Rautavaara path runs directly through The Bog.
The legendary Segerstam path has imaginative signposts for an infinite number of destinations.
The description of the path on the Kalevi Aho Society’s Facebook page has additional interesting information.
Kalevi Aho has been honoured with a KALEVI AHO PATH in Luosto, Lapland, 100 km north of the Arctic circle. His Symphony No. 12 (Luosto-Sinfonia) for Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, 10 off-stage musicians (percussion and brass) and 2 soloists (soprano and tenor) was commissioned by Luosto Classic Festival, and first performed at Luosto 16 August 2003. The 2-km path was officially opened 2 August. It leads from the centre of Luosto to the open-air “concert hall“ at the majestic Luosto Fjell.
Sounds an absolutely wonderful site. And, coming as I do from Northwestern Ontario, the path being frozen in winter and swarmed with mosquitoes in summer sounds less like drawbacks and more like par for the course.
Only walk it when sufficiently protected against mosquitos…
Years ago, I traveled by bus through the area on the way from Rovaniemi to Norway during summer. Lots of clapping fellow passengers, and it was not the excellent driver they applauded.