Arto Noras (Finnish cellist)

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Arto Noras (born 12 May 1942, in Turku) is a Finnish cellist who is one of Finland's most celebrated instrumentalists and amongst the most outstanding internationally acknowledged cellists of his generation.

At the age of 8, Arto Noras started his studies at the prestigious Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. After completing his studies with Professor Yrjö Selin at the Sibelius Academy, Arto Noras studied with Paul Tortelier at the Paris Conservatoire where he gained the coveted Premier Prix diploma in 1964. Two years later, in 1966, he was awarded second prize in the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, which immediately opened his way to the most important concert halls in Europe and both North and South America where he has performed regularly ever since. Arto Noras also won the Danish Sonning Prize in 1967 and Finnish State music prize in 1972.

Arto Noras' repertoire covers all the principal works that have been written for his instrument, including those by contemporary composers, and he has recorded them extensively for the Finlandia recording label. In 1970 Arto Noras was appointed Professor of Cello at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Noras has served as a jurist for some of the most important music competitions in the world, including the Tchaikovsky, Casals and Cassado competitions. He can be heard as a most distinguished chamber musician as a member of the Helsinki Trio and as a founder member of the Sibelius Academy Quartet as well as with several other groups of similarly distinguished musicians.

In 1980, Prof. Noras founded the Naantali Music Festival in Naantali, Finland, and as of 2013 he is still the Artistic Manager of the festival. He also founded in 1991 and remains the Artistic Director of the V Paulo International Cello Competition, whose former winners include internationally renowned French concert cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and Perttu Kivilaakso, member of the popular cello rock band Apocalyptica.

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Discografie

Album

JaarTitelArtiestWaarderingUitgaven
1979Kalevala Suite, op. 23 / Fantaisie Tschérémisse, op. 19Uuno Klami; Arto Noras, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Jorma Panula1
1985Symphony no. 4 / Cello Concerto / ShadowsAulis Sallinen; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Okko Kamu, Arto Noras1
1991Russian Cello SonatasSergei Rachmaninoff, Sergei Prokofiev; Arto Noras, Eero Heinonen1
1991Sonatas for Cello and PianoShostakovich, Schubert; Arto Noras, Tapani Valsta1
1998Symphony no. 9 / Cello Concerto / Serenade for Strings / Serenade for WindsAntonín Dvořák; Arto Noras, Oramo, Inbal, Wolff1
2001Shostakovich: Cello Concertos 1 & 2 / Strauss: Romanze in FShostakovich, Richard Strauss; Arto Noras, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen1
2003Sextet / Clarinet QuartetPenderecki; Michel Lethiec, Régis Pasquier, Bruno Pasquier, Arto Noras, Markus Maskuniitty, Juhani Lagerspetz1
2006Chamber Musics III, IV, VAulis Sallinen; Arto Noras, Mika Väyrynen, Virtuosi di Kuhmo, Ralf Gothóni1
2008Works for Cellos and Orchestra: Concerto Grosso no. 1 / Largo / Cello SonataPenderecki; Ivan Monighetti, Arto Noras, Rafał Kwiatkowski, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit1
2015Chamber Music I-VIIIAulis Sallinen; Arto Noras, Alexis Roman, Meta4, Jyväskylä Sinfonia & Wind Quintet, Ville Matvejeff, Ralf Gothóni1
2015Clarinet Concerto / Flute Concerto / Concerto Grosso no. 1Penderecki; Michel Lethiec, Łukasz Długosz, Arto Noras, Bartosz Koziak, Rafał Kwiatkowski, Polska Orkiestra Sinfonia Iuventus, Krzysztof Penderecki2
2015Piano Trio, op. 96 / Cello Sonata, op. 86 / From a Swan Song, op. 67Aulis Sallinen; Elina Vähälä, Arto Noras, Ralf Gothóni1
Cello Concertos No. 1, No. 2Joseph Haydn; Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Bohdan Warchal, Arto Noras1

Album + Compilatie

JaarTitelArtiestWaarderingUitgaven
1998Cello MasterpiecesArto Noras, Tapani Valsta, Erkki Rautio, Izumi Tateno1
2001Complete Cello ConcertosKrzysztof Penderecki; Arto Noras, Sinfonia Varsovia1

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