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Instructions · What links here · Sami Junnonen (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 50 minutes ago by Pa61302 (talk: D · +) · Last edited 3 minutes ago by Bobby Cohn

Sami Juhani Junnonen (born July 1, 1977) is a Finnish flutist from in Tampere.^[1]^[2]

Junnonen received his professional training in classical music at the Sibelius Academy, the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Lyon, the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, and numerous master classes. He graduated with a Master's degree in music, with excellent grades, from the Sibelius Academy's performance program in 2008. Junnonen gave his debut recital at the Helsinki Music Centre in 2012.

He has premiered several works by prominent contemporary composers, including Jimmy López, Judith Bingham, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Uljas Pulkkis, and Jennah Vainio. Junnonen has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Houston Symphony^[3], Ensemble du Monde, the Oltenia Philharmonia, and the Moldova National Symphony Orchestra. His concert tour in Russia in December 2017 was part of the global Suomi 100 project, commemorating Finland's centenary of independence.

Junnonen has served as the principal flutist in the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Cairo Symphony Orchestra in Egypt, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, the Royal Northern Sinfonia in Northern England, the Helsinki Chamber Orchestra, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in New Zealand, where he also taught flute and chamber music at the University of Auckland. Additionally, he has taught orchestral playing at Fordham University in New York, USA.

Junnonen has recorded for Resonus Classics, Alba Records, and SibaRecords. His performances have also been recorded by Yleisradio, Radio Television Hong Kong, Radio New Zealand, and labels including Sony BMG, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Naxos, and Ondine. His recording of Mozart's flute quartets won the audience award for Yleisradio's "Record of the Year 2018".^[4] Junnonen has received numerous prizes at international music competitions and has served as a juror in several of them.

Discography

Ibert, Jolivet & Rodrigo: Flute Concertos – Helsinki Chamber Orchestra – Conductor: James S. Kahane, Resonus Classics – RES10335, 2024

Georg Philipp Telemann – 12 Fantasias for solo flute, Resonus Classics, 2023

Johann Sebastian Bach – Flute Oeuvre I & II, Sami Junnonen, flute & Markku Mäkinen, organ, Alba Records, 2022

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Flute Quartets, Sami Junnonen, flute & Chamber Domaine, Resonus Classics, 2018

Laet lauloi – The Chant Enchanted, Sami Junnonen, flute, Eva Alkula / Elisa Kerola / Heidi Äijälä, kantele, SibaRecords, 2015

References

^ "JUNNONEN SAMI, flute". Solistiyhdistys. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
^ "Sami Junnonen – Flute Artist". samijunnonen.com. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
^ "Houston Audiences Get Sneak Peek of Houston Symphony's Upcoming European Tour". Houston Symphony. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
^ "Tässä ovat Vuoden klassinen levy 2018 -ehdokkaat - voittajat julkistetaan 6.2" (in Finnish). yle.fi. Retrieved 2022-08-14.

External links

[1] "JUNNONEN SAMI, flute". Solistiyhdistys. Retrieved 2022-08-15.

[2] "Sami Junnonen – Flute Artist". samijunnonen.com. Retrieved 2022-08-15.

[3] "Houston Audiences Get Sneak Peek of Houston Symphony's Upcoming European Tour". Houston Symphony. Retrieved 2024-10-01.

[4] "Tässä ovat Vuoden klassinen levy 2018 -ehdokkaat - voittajat julkistetaan 6.2" (in Finnish). yle.fi. Retrieved 2022-08-14.

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