Sanna Vaarni (piano)

Leos Janacek:
Sonata 1.X.1905 (From the Street)
01) The Presentiment (Předtucha) – Con moto – 05:52
02) The Death (Smrt) – Adagio – 07:09

In The Mists (V mlhách)
03) Andante – 03:27
04) Molto Adagio – 04:30
05) Andantino – 03:18
06) Presto – 04:51

On an overgrown path (Po zarostlém chodníčku)
07) Our Evenings (Naše večery) – 03:28
08) A Blown-Away Leaf (Lístek odvanutý) – 03:11
09) Come With Us! (Pojďte s námi!) – 01:22
10) The Madonna of Frydek (Frýdecká panna Maria) – 03:28
11) They Chattered Like Swallows (Štěbetaly jak laštovičky) – 02:20
12) Words Fail! (Nelze domluvit!) – 02:11
13) Good Night! (Dobrou noc!) – 03:13
14) Unutterable Anguish (Tak neskonale úzko) – 03:20
15) In Tears (V pláči) – 02:27
16) The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away! (Sýček neodletěl!) – 03:56

Sanna Vaarni began her studies at the Espoo Music Institute with professor Katarina Nummi-Kuisma. She studied in Sibelius Academy with professor Eero Heinonen, chamber music with Ralf Gothóni and lied music with Gustav Djupsjöbacka. Supported by a grant by Wihuri Foundation, she spent 1997-1999 in Paris studying with professor Konstantin Bogino.

Sanna Vaarni has been a prize winner in many national piano competitions (Ilmari Hannikainen Piano Competition, Helmi Vesa Piano Competition, Fazer Piano Competition). She performs regularly as a soloist, chamber musician and lied pianist. She has given concerts in Italy, Estonia, France, Germany, Latvia and in Saudi Arabia. She has been recording for the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE).

Currently Sanna Vaarni works as a Senior Lecturer in Piano and as a Head of Piano Department at the Espoo Music Institute, the leading music school in Finland. During recent years she has been giving master classes in music institutes and conservatories in Finland, China (Beijing Central Conservatory of Music, Ningbo International Institute) and in Europe.