Anneli Arho is a Finnish music educator, writer

Writer

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 and composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

.

Life

Anneli Arho was born in Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

 and studied theory and composition at the Sibelius Academy with Jukka Tiensuu

Jukka Tiensuu

Jukka Tiensuu is a Finnish contemporary classical composer, harpsichordist, pianist and conductor.His repertoire as musician ranges from baroque music to John Cage and free improvisation and he has given master classes in baroque performance practice and free improvisation.He has written as well...

. She continued study at Freiburg

Freiburg

Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...

 with Klaus Huber

Klaus Huber

Klaus Huber is a Swiss composer.Huber was born in Bern, Switzerland. One of the leading figures of his generation in Europe, he has written extensively for chamber ensembles, choirs, soloists and the orchestra as well as the theater...

 and Brian Ferneyhough

Brian Ferneyhough

Brian John Peter Ferneyhough is an English composer. His music is characterized by the extensive use of complex rhythmic tuplet notation which features in all his works...

, graduating as a Doctor of Music. She took a position as a teacher at the Department of Composition and Music Theory, Sibelius Academy, and writes professional articles for magazines including Philosophy of Music Education Review. She is married to Jukka Tiensuu.

Works

Selected works include:

• Minos (1978) for harpsichord, dedicated to Jukka Tiensuu
• Once upon a time (1980) woodwind quintet
• Aikaika (1987) for three cellos
• Answer for mezzo-soprano, horn and string quartet (1978)
• Par comparaison for three cellos (1981)
• Les temps emboites for three cellos (1987)
• Atmosphere (1997)
• In sordina (2006)

Arho's compositions have been recorded and issued on CD, including:

• The Exuberant Harpsichord - Jukka Tiensuu, harpsichord - Works of Gyorgy Ligeti, Thomas Morley, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Erik Bergman, Anneli Arho, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Usko Merilainen, Francois-Bernard Mache, Finlandia, ASIN: B000P3LEMA