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Okko Kamu

vn, b, *1946 FI, Helsinki
Musician / Conductor of Classical

Okko Tapani Kamu (born 7 March 1946, Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish orchestral conductor and violinist.Kamu was born into a family of musicians. His father played double bass in the Helsinki Philharmonic. He began violin studies at age two and entered the Sibelius Academy at age six. He formed his own string quartet, the Suhonen, in 1964 where he played first violin. At age 20, he was appointed first solo violinist at the Finnish National Opera, and held this post until 1968. He then began to conduct, initially with the Finnish National Opera orchestra. Primarily self-taught, he became principal guest conductor of the Royal Swedish Opera in 1969, the same year as he won the first Herbert von Karajan Conducting Competition in Berlin. From 1971 to 1977, Kamu was principal conductor of the F

     
Instruments
  • Violin
  • Bass
Popular Tracks   
Soirées musicales, Op. 9: I. March on Britten, B.: Piano Concerto / Soirees Musicales / Matinees Musicales by Benjamin Britten, Ralf Gothoni, Okko Kamu & Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
Sången, Op. 44: Interlude on Swedish Orchestral Favourites, Vol. 1 by Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra & Okko Kamu
Den förlorade sonen Suite: Polka from "Roslagen" on Swedish Orchestral Favourites, Vol. 1 by Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra & Okko Kamu
En vintersaga, Op. 18: Epilog aus "Ein Wintermärchen" on Swedish Orchestral Favourites, Vol. 1 by Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra & Okko Kamu
Soirées musicales, Op. 9: IV. Bolero on Britten, B.: Piano Concerto / Soirees Musicales / Matinees Musicales by Benjamin Britten, Ralf Gothoni, Okko Kamu & Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
Frösöblomster, Book 1, Op. 16 (Arr. for Orchestra): Sommarsång on Swedish Orchestral Favourites, Vol. 1 by Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra & Okko Kamu
Soirées musicales, Op. 9: III. Tirolese on Britten, B.: Piano Concerto / Soirees Musicales / Matinees Musicales by Benjamin Britten, Ralf Gothoni, Okko Kamu & Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
Pastoralsvit, Op. 19: Romanze on Swedish Orchestral Favourites, Vol. 1 by Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra & Okko Kamu
The Tempest Suite No. 1, Op. 109, No. 2: I. The Oak Tree on Sibelius: The Tempest - The Bard - Tapiola by Jean Sibelius, Okko Kamu & Lahti Symphony Orchestra
The Tempest, Suite No. 2, Op. 109: III. Dance of the Nymphs on Sibelius: The Tempest - The Bard - Tapiola by Jean Sibelius, Okko Kamu & Lahti Symphony Orchestra

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Bassoon ConcertosSebastian Fagerlund & Kalevi Aho, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk & Okko Kamu2016Album
Violin Concerto No.2 / In Memoriam / KonzertstückMax Bruch, Ulf Wallin, Okko Kamu, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin2015Album
The Unknown SibeliusJean Sibelius, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu, Osmo Vänskä2013Album
LevitationPeter Eötvös, Carl Nielsen, Aulis Sallinen, Christoffer Sundqvist, Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri, Okko Kamu, Hannu Lintu2013Album
Three Hymns • Opera AriasRichard Strauss - Soile Isokoski, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Okko Kamu2012Album
The Tempest Suites - The Bard - TapiolaJean Sibelius, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu2011Album
Szymanowski - Bentzon - ShostakovichKarol Szymanowski, Niels Viggo Bentzon, Dmitri Shostakovich, Okko Kamu, Københavns Filharmoniske Orkester2011Album
Basic SibeliusJean Sibelius, Herbert von Karajan, Okko Kamu, Berliner Philharmoniker, Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri2009Compil.
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Piano ConcertoWilhelm Stenhammar / Edvard Grieg, Marie Rørbech, DR RadioSymfoniOrkestret, Okko Kamu2006Album
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2; Tchaikovsky: Romeo And JulietHallé Orchestra, James Loughran, Okko Kamu2002Compil.
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2Ludwig van Beethoven, Stockholm Sinfonietta, Okko Kamu2002Album
20th Century Music For Flute And OrchestraAulis Sallinen / Toru Takemitsu / Krzysztof Penderecki - Petri Alanko, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Okko Kamu1999Album
Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen - Aulis Sallinen: Rauta-aikaRadion Sinfoniaorkesteri, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Okko Kamu1999Album
Violin Concerto Op. 47 / Finlandia / Pelléas Et MélisandeJean Sibelius / Paavo Berglund, Okko Kamu, Pekka Helasvuo1997Compil.
Symphonies No. 3 "Sinfonie Singulière" • No. 4 in E Flat Major • Piano Concerto in D MajorFranz Berwald, Niklas Sivelöv, Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester, Okko Kamu1996Album
Complete Works For String OrchestraAulis Sallinen, Mats Rondin, Hanna Juutilainen, Finnish Chamber Orchestra, Okko Kamu1996Album
Symphonien Nr. 1 & 3Jean Sibelius - Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri, Okko Kamu1995Album
Swedish Orchestral FavouritesHelsingborgs Symfoniorkester, Okko Kamu1995Album
Sinfonie Singulière • Symfoni I Ess-dur • PianokonsertenFranz Berwald, Niklas Sivelöv, Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester, Okko Kamu1995Album
Moon Child's DreamMichala Petri, English Chamber Orchestra, Okko Kamu1995Album
Songs Of Life And Death / The Iron Age SuiteAulis Sallinen - Jorma Hynninen, Savonlinnan Oopperajuhlakuoro, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Okko Kamu1995Album
Symphonies, No. 1 "Sinfonie Sérieuse" No. 2 "Sinfonie Capricieuse"Franz Berwald, Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester, Okko Kamu1995Album
Piano Concerto / Soirees Musicales / Matinees MusicalesBenjamin Britten / Ralf Gothóni, Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester, Okko Kamu1994Album
Introduction Et Air Suédois Varié - Clarinet Concerto F Minor - Concertante B MajorBernhard Henrik Crusell / Håkan Rosengren / Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester / Okko Kamu1993Album
7 SymphonienJean Sibelius - Herbert von Karajan / Okko Kamu, Berliner Philharmoniker, Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri1993Album
Symphony No. 4; RequiemAlfred Schnittke - Uppsala Akademiska Kammarkör, Stockholm Sinfonietta, Okko Kamu / Stefan Parkman1990Album
Washington Mosaics (Chamber Music III • Sonata For Solo Cello)Aulis Sallinen, Arto Noras, Finlandia Sinfonietta, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Okko Kamu1989Album
Violinkoncerter Af Carl Nielsen Og Per NørgårdAnton Kontra, John Frandsen, Sjællands Symfoniorkester, Københavns Filharmoniske Orkester, Okko Kamu1988Album
Symphony No.13 Op.113 “Babi Yar”Dmitri Shostakovich, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu1987Album
Violin Concerto In D Minor, Op. 47 / Karelia Suite, Op. 11 / Finlandia Op. 26Jean Sibelius, Miriam Fried, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Okko Kamu1987Album
Symphony No.13 Op.113 “Babi Yar”Dmitri Shostakovich, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu1987Album
Violin Concerto / PoèmePyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Ernest Chausson - Nigel Kennedy, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Okko Kamu1986Album
Shadows / Symphony No. 4 / Cello ConcertoAulis Sallinen, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Okko Kamu, Arto Noras1985Album
Pelléas Et Mélisande / Chamber Music I / Some Aspects Of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral MarchJean Sibelius / Aulis Sallinen, Finlandia Sinfonietta, Okko Kamu1984Album
Tchaikovsky: Romeo And Juliet, Capriccio Italien, Marche Slave & GopakHallé Orchestra Conducted By Okko Kamu1983Album
Symfoni Nr 1 C-Dur; Uvertyr Till FrondörernaAdolf Fredrik Lindblad, Stockholms Filharmoniska Orkester, Okko Kamu1983Album
Symphony In C Minor / Overture "In Autumn"Edvard Grieg - Göteborgs Symfoniker, Okko Kamu1982Album
Violin Concerto In D Major, Op.35 / Violin Concerto In A Minor, Op.53Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Antonín Dvořák, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Okko Kamu, Anton Kersjes, Ulf Hoelscher, Herman Krebbers1981Album
Symphony Nr. 2 / Symphony Nr. 4Joonas Kokkonen – Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri Conducted By Leif Segerstam & Okko Kamu1981Album
Konzert Für Violine Und Orchester / Valse-ScherzoPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Ulf Hoelscher, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Okko Kamu1981Album
Variations On A Nursery Song / Burleske / Scherzo From Concerto SymphoniquePhilippe Entremont, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Okko Kamu - Ernst von Dohnányi / Richard Strauss / Henry Litolff1980Album
The Red LineAulis Sallinen - Okko Kamu, Jorma Hynninen, Taru Valjakka, Usko Viitanen1980Album
The Music For Piano & Orchestra / Prelude, Chorale & FugueCésar Franck, Kerstin Åberg, Göteborgs Symfoniker, Okko Kamu1979Album
Concerto For Cello And Orchestra / Concerto For Cello And Orchestra In C MajorJoonas Kokkonen / Joseph Haydn - Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Freeman, Helsinki Chamber Orchestra, Okko Kamu, Arto Noras1979Album
Bach: Works with Oboe and OrchestraOkko Kamu, Brynjar Hoff, Knut Skram, Alf Årdal, Canticum Novum Kammerorkester1978Album
Konsert For Fiolin Og Orkester Nr. 1, Op. 45 / Suite For Fiolin Og Orkester Op. 10 / Legende For Fiolin Og Orkester Op. 46Christian Sinding, Arve Tellefsen, Filharmonisk Selskaps Orkester, Okko Kamu, Kjell Ingebretsen1977Album
Lemminkäinen Suite • Karelia SuiteJean Sibelius - Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri, Okko Kamu1976Album
Symfoni Nr. 6 = Symphonie Nr. 6 = Symphony No. 6Allan Pettersson / Okko Kamu / Norrköping Symphony Orchestra1976Album
Sinfonia • Chorali • Sinfonia IIIAulis Sallinen, Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri, Okko Kamu / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund1976Album
Double Violin Concerto D Minor / Solo Flute Sonata A Minor / Suite No. 2 B MinorJohann Sebastian Bach, Okko Kamu, Leif Segerstam, Gunilla von Bahr, Nationalmusei Kammarorkester, Claude Genetay1976Album
Symphonie Nr. 3 En SagaJean Sibelius / Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri, Okko Kamu1974Album
Symphonie Nr. 1 E-moll (In E Minor) Op. 39 / Der Barde (The Bard) Op. 64Jean Sibelius / Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri, Okko Kamu1974Album
Pianokonsert Nr 21 / Symfoni C-MollWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Stockholms Filharmoniska Orkester, Marian Migdal, Okko Kamu, Josef Martin Kraus1973Album
Jean Sibelius 7 SymphoniesJean Sibelius, Herbert von Karajan, Okko Kamu, Berliner Philharmoniker, Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri1973Album
Okko Kamu & Itsumi Tateno / Grieg: Piano Concerto etc.Edvard Grieg, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Izumi Tateno, Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Okko Kamu1972Album
Symphonie Nr. 2 D-dur (In D Major · En Ré Majeur) Op. 43Jean Sibelius · Berliner Philharmoniker · Okko Kamu1970Album
Violinkonzerte • Violin ConcertosFelix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy • Max Bruch - Yong Uck Kim, Bamberger Symphoniker • Okko KamuAlbum
25 Jahre Sinfonieorchester Des Süddeutschen RundfunksHans Müller-Kray, Joseph Keilberth, Carlos Kleiber, Okko Kamu, Sir John Barbirolli, Sergiu Celibidache, Michael Gielen, Carl Schuricht, Karl Münchinger, Pierre BoulezCompil.
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