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Helsinki Chamber Choir

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Choral works by Perttu Haapanen,the singularly inventive vocal composer active across the Nordic countriesWith his playfulness and his acute ear for every possibility of the human voice, Perttu Haapanen has established himself as one of the most exploratory and intellectually stimulating composers of vocal music in the Nordic countries. Born in Finland in 1972, he studied at the Sibelius Academy and at IRCAM in Paris, and his highly individual works combine a deep understanding of choral sonority with modernist technique, rigorous structure and a postmodern “deconstruction” of text. “For me, composing is not just assembling ready-made answers, but exploring with a Faustian passion and widening one’s view of the world,” says Haapanen. This new album from the Helsinki Chamber Choir and its artistic director Nils Schweckendiek – whose previous releases include “Kevat kerran on koittava (