Helsinki Academic Male Choir KYL
Kauppakorkeakoulun Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat
Also known asKYL
OriginHelsinki, Finland
GenresA cappella, Choral music
Years active1949–present
Websitekyl.fi

Helsinki Academic Male Choir KYL (in Finnish: Kauppakorkeakoulun Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat or KYL), founded in 1949, is an academic male choir from Helsinki, Finland. The choir is associated closely with Aalto University School of Business, consisting mainly of students and alumni of the university.

The choir's artistic range spans classical Finnish (e.g. by Jean Sibelius, Leevi Madetoja, Toivo Kuula, Selim Palmgren, and Armas Järnefelt) and international male choir music, modern compositions (e.g. by Einojuhani Rautavaara and Jaakko Mäntyjärvi), barbershop, as well as pop music arrangements. KYL has participated in several international competitions and toured extensively abroad. The choir performs regularly in the Helsinki metropolitan area.

In 2018 Master of Music Visa Yrjölä became the artistic director of the choir. Previous artistic directors include Matti Apajalahti (1997–2017), Raul Talmar (1992–97), Heikki Saari (1975–92), Aapeli Vuoristo, Kaj Chydenius, Ensti Pohjola, Ahti Sonninen, and Jorma Tolonen.[1]

Awards

  • Winner (40 voices and under) & Champion Choir - The V Cornwall International Male Voice Choir Competition 2011[2]
  • Winner (international series) - The V International Leevi Madetoja Choir Competition 2010[3]
  • Finnish Male Choir of the Year 1998

Tours

  • USA and Canada 2010
  • Spain 2009
  • China 2006
  • Germany 2003
  • Brazil 2002

Discography

  • Larin-Kyösti - Elämän kertoja (2013, "Larin-Kyösti - Narrator of The Life")
  • Kirje Korvatunturille (2008 "A Letter to Santa Claus")
  • Hämärän ääniä (2008, "Sounds of Twilight")
  • Kullervo (2005)
  • Maailma jääkukkien takana (2001, "The World Behind Frost Flowers")
  • Legenda (1999, "Legend")

See also

References

  1. ↑ (in Finnish)
  2. ↑ The Fifth Festival: 27th April - 2nd May 2011. Competition ResultsArchived 26 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Madetoja Male Voice Choir Competition". Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
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