In the autumn of 2019, it will be exactly 10 years since the organist Ere Lievonen gave his first concert on the renovated Fokker organ. Since 2009, he has been the resident organist of this remarkable 31-tone organ, which is located in the Kleine Zaal of the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ. It is high time to put him in the spotlight with a carte blanche concert.
Harpsichordist, fortepianist, pianist and organist Ere Lievonen (Finland, 1972) has specialised in both historical performance practice and contemporary music in Finland and the Netherlands. He has performed at numerous festivals for early and new music across the European Union and the United States. Lievonen studied piano and organ at various conservatoires with, among others, Jacques van Oortmerssen (organ), Bart van Oort and Jacques Ogg (fortepiano).
He performs with several early music ensembles, such as Beauty and the Beasts, ALGO, Salon Eusebius, and has a duo with Anna Ryu (violin). He is also a co-founder of the Finnish Ensemble Ambrosius, which performs contemporary music (including Frank Zappa) on Baroque instruments, and he is a member of Hexnut, Occult Ensemble, and Ensemble SCALA, the resident ensemble of the Huygens-Fokker Foundation. That his musical interests therefore extend beyond 31-tone music will become abundantly clear during this concert. The programme includes works by Bernardo Storace, Juhani Nuorvala, Pier Damiano Peretti, and compositions by Ere Lievonen himself, performed by him and several guest musicians.