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Tuomas Pyrhönen (b.1969) studied at the Sibelius Academy Church Music Department from 1988 to 1996. He graduated as Master of Music in 1994 and received his organ diploma under the direction of Kari Jussila in 1996. Between 1996 and 1998, Pyrhönen continued his studies at the Stuttgart Academy of Music and Performing Arts under Professor Ludger Lohmann. Pyrhönen has also studied organ improvisation with Anders Bondeman in Stockholm. Tuomas Pyrhönen has performed widely in Finland and in Germany, Hungary, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Russia. In addition to solo concerts, he has worked together with a number of choir directors, conductors, chamber orchestras and singers. Nowadays, he is also a church musician in the Parish of Joensuu. Along with his artistic activities, Pyrhönen has worked as an organ teacher and a music critic. As an artist, Tuomas Pyrhönen is very open-minded and actively seeks to expand and diversify his repertoire. This is evidenced by his organ transcriptions of several orchestral and piano works. In addition to his basic repertoire, Pyrhönen is particularly fond of contemporary organ music.
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