Credits:

Pekka Kuusisto, Jonas Ahonen

Description:

Kousist / Sibelius Collection (SACD)Pekka Kousist (1976) recorded Sibeliuss Violin Concerto when he was 19 years old. This recording (ODE878) by the young Finnish musicianwho was the first to win first prize at the Sibelius Violin Competitionbecame a bestseller in Finland alone, selling over 20,000 copies in a single year. Ten years have passed since then. While continuing his concert and recording activities, he has also participated in folk music and jazz sessions. He serves as music director alongside his brother, Jaakko, at the chamber music festival held in Jrvenp, the town of Sibelius, and is steadily advancing his career as an artist.Following the concerto, he performs a collection of works for violin and orchestra: Humoresque, Serenade, and the Suite, which became his final work to bear an opus number. Pekka feels the emotions that Sibelius entrusted to these short piece