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Hannu Alasaarela (Piano)

Born: April 27, 1994 - Oulunsalo, Finland

The Finnish pianist, Hannu Alasaarela, started to play the piano at the age of 8 with a private teacher, Anna-Maija Kinnunen. At the age of 12 he entered the Oulunsalo Art School, where he studied with Kimmo Pihlajamaa and Jouko Tötterström. In 2014 he entered the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, where he studied with Tuija Hakkila and Ilmo Ranta. He has also received guidance from Hui-Ying Liu-Tawaststjerna, Erik T. Tawaststjerna, Liisa Pohjola, Matti Raekallio and Niklas Pok. His awards include: 1st prize at the National Leevi Madetoja Piano Competition in Oulu (2012); laureate of the Helmi Vesa Piano Competition in Helsinki (2015); final place and a special prize in the Maj Lind Piano Competition (2017); awarded a recognition prize at the Tampere Piano Competition (2017); advanced to the top eight at the Geneva International Piano Competition (2018).

Hannu Alasaarela has performed at various Finnish events in Sweden, the Baltic countries, Germany and Switzerland. He has played as a soloist with the Oulu Symphony, the Helsinki City Orchestra and the Lappeenranta City Orchestra. He also composes.


Sources:
Maj Lind Piano Competition Website (2017)
Finnish Wikipedia Website (June 2020), English translation by Aryeh Oron (October 2020)
Hannu Alasaarela Website & Facebook profile
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (October 2020)

Hannu Alasaarela: Short Biography | Bach Discography: Recordings of Instrumental Works

Links to other Sites

1 ALASAARELA Hannu (Maj Lind Piano Competition)
Hannu Alasaarela (Wikipedia) [Finnish]
Hannu Alasaarela, Pianist (Official Website) [Finnish]
Hannu Alasaarela on Facebook
Hannu Alasaarela Channel on YouTube


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