Sonja Korkeala
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Sonja Korkeala (born 1969 in Oulu) is a Finnish violinist and professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich.[1]
Biography
She studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Ari Angervo and Prof. Tuomas Haapanen and at the Liszt Academy in Budapest with Maria Vermes. Sonja Korkeala continued her studies with Prof. Ana Chumachenco at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich where she finished her studies with the masterclass degree.
Prizes
- 1984: Concertino Praga (with Katinka Korkeala)
- 1988: Rodolfo Lipizer Price Gorizia (Italy).[2]
- 1991: Konzertgesellschaft München
Teaching
In 1994 she became assistant teacher of Prof. Ana Chumchenco at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, then since 2000 she has taught her own class. Since 2011 she is professor at the same institute. She made a name for herself as teacher of highly gifted young violinists.
Since 1993 Sonja Korkeala is the Primaria of the Rodin Quartet. The Rodin Quartet recorded many CDs, among others the complete works for string quartet by Franz Lachner, Vinzenz Lachner and Ignaz Lachner as first recording.
In cooperation with her twin sister Katinka, who founded the festival in 1999, Sonja Korkeala is artistic director of the Kimito Island Music Festival. The weeklong festival is held annually on Kimito Island in mid-July. Among other performances, the festival annually features a premiere of a piece commissioned for the event by Finnish composers, including Aulis Sallinen, Kalevi Aho, Jouni Kaipainen and Einojuhani Rautavaara.
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- Finnish classical violinists
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Women classical violinists
- Violin pedagogues
- University of Music and Performing Arts Munich alumni
- University of Music and Performing Arts Munich faculty
- Finnish expatriates in Germany
- Women music educators
- 21st-century classical violinists
- 21st-century women musicians