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Kimmo Hakola
Person · male · Finland · Jyväskylä · born 1958 · recording since 2002
Finnish composer
Also known as 金莫·哈科拉
Timeline
4 events▣ Album 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1950s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Clarinet Quintet / loco / Capriole
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
Biography
English biography144 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1255927606
Biography
Kimmo Hannu Tapio Hakola (born 27 July 1958) is a Finnish composer. Born in Jyväskylä, he studied composition with Einojuhani Rautavaara and Magnus Lindberg at Sibelius Academy. He first came to prominence with his First String Quartet, which won the Unesco Composers' Rostrum in 1987.
Among his best-known works are his Clarinet Concerto, Piano Concerto (1996), Violin Concerto (2012) and Guitar Concerto. Apart from concertos he has written several orchestral works, chamber music and solo pieces for different instruments. He has also composed operas including the cartoon opera Mastersingers of Mars (2000), the family opera Mara and Katti (2011) and the monologue opera Akseli (2012). His opera La Fenice was performed at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in 2012. His Concerto Fidl, Op.99, was the test piece for the finalists of the 2019 Queen Elisabeth Competition for Violin and was written specially for that occasion.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 7 | 21th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
Clarinet Quintet / loco / Capriole
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 1:11:01
1Clarinet Quintet: I. Process13:442Clarinet Quintet: II. Meditation28:453loco for Clarinet Solo19:554Capriole for Bass Clarinet and Cello8:372009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:10:25
1Piano Concerto: I. Furioso5:012Piano Concerto: II. Capricci10:453Piano Concerto: III. Forza1:594Piano Concerto: IV. Toccata2:205Piano Concerto: V. Fuoco4:576Piano Concerto: VI. Cadenza4:467Piano Concerto: VII. Maestoso11:498Piano Concerto: VIII. Triste7:029Piano Concerto: IX. Lux7:4710Sinfonietta13:59
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Kimmo Hakola head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 7 | 21th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5fcb6d77-0777-4643-988c-7d2fbda6bad8discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5fcb6d77-0777-4643-988c-7d2fbda6bad8core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2343664seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimmo_Hakolabiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimmo_Hakola
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Wikidata: Q2343664 · MusicBrainz: 5fcb6d77-0777-4643-988c-7d2fbda6bad8
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