ARI ROMPPANEN

Together with professor Seppo Kimanen and Dr. Lasse Lehtonen, Ari Romppanen is a founder and music coordinator in music section of Finnish Japanese Society, FinJa Music. FinJa Music aims to promote musical co-operation and exchange between Finland and Japan, to make Japanese music better known in Finland, and to maintain relationship with its partner society in Tokyo, Japan Finland Contemporary Music Society. In addition, Ari Romppanen has participated few collaborative projects combining theater, dance, contemporary circus and music. Some dramaturgical ideas derived from these projects have also influenced on his other works... "...Arcturus ... an ingenious construction of musical material...""As a whole, the trio is an uplifting tour-de-force..."Jari Kallio on his blog on 31st of August, 2020 ********* Composer Ari Romppanen studied composing in Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Erkki Jokinen. His output consists mainly of chamber music and works for solo instrument. Trained as a..