The music of Ari Romppanen explores multi-layered textures and rhythmic interaction within clearly
articulated formal structures. Concept-driven yet playful and lyrical, the works invite focused
collaboration and precision between performers.

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 “Piano trio Arcturus is 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

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 “…Romppanen’s complex, multi-layered music bigger than human …
Sandbox of Almach is a kind of sonata, in which the parts referring to the different
types of children’s play give the impression of a rugged but playful explanation of the world,
of the universe as organized chaos.”
Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen in Kompositio 2/2025

Sandbox of Almach (2019-2020)
Performed by Eriko Takahashi
First performance in Finland

Recorded in Helsinki, Huopalahti Church,
July 7, 2023, in composition concert
“Towards the Silence”