The Temple - Igor Stravinsky in memoriam is a work of wide musical contrasts and varying atmospheres. It explores the tonal range of the guitar superbly, and makes much use of the pizzicato or etouffé effext...

Nieminen has an intense awareness of colours, and the possibilities of expressing these on the classical guitar, an instrument on which he is himself a fine performer. This piece captures impressionistic qualities of the Scandinavian summer and the midnight sun...

Riflessioni sul nome Amedeo Modigliani (Omaggio a Oscar Ghiglia) is divided in two movements that follow each other attacca. The first movement of the piece is named by the composer …Il Pittore…sta…dipingendo… (…the painter…is…painting…)...

Kai Niemisen soolokitarateos ”Northern Spells” (pohjoisia loitsuja), yhdistää ainutlaatuisella tavalla pohjoista mystiikkaa, luontoa ja ikivanhoja rituaaleja. Teoksen avausosassa ”Invocation and Spell” (Manaus ja Loitsu), on hyvin mystinen tunnelma, johon...

The Smile of the Flamboyant Wings (Hommage à Miró) pianolle sai inspiraationsa Joan Mirón samannimisestä taulusta vuodelta 1953. Siinä sarkasmi ja leikkisyys kohtaavat eri värien vastakohdissa ja kontrastoivassa viivan käytössä...

Kai Nieminen's I Can Hear Northern Lights for string quartet is part of "Three Quartets of Winter" series. The piece was inspired by arctic winter and northern lights. The work consists two movements, Elegy for Agatha for solo violin and I Hear Streaming Light for string quartet...

The third string quartet "Gestures of Winter... (Time around northern night skies)" by Kai Nieminen was a part of "Followers of Sibelius" -project in 2017. The work is based on the Nieminen's childhood memory of experience of the northern night sky in Southern Lapland...

In this one-movement concerto the flute is a highly adaptable soloist: at times a whispering breath on a starry sky, at others an arctic bird soaring above a winter landscape, taking startled flight on spotting a human figure...

Nieminen's first work for orchestra, Vicoli in ombra, looks ahead to the world of his flute concerto Palomar. The orchestral writing is again limpid and airy and the music exudes a sense of serenity, calm and enjoyment of the mood of the moment...

This piano trio, Frammenti dal buio... (Inspirazioni Caravaggesche), by Kai Nieminen was written in 2016 for Trio la Rue. As title suggest, the composer was inspired by paintings of Caravaggio. Kai Niemisen pianotrio Frammenti dal buio...

In der Winterzeit... (in memoriam Paul Klee) by Kai Nieminen (1953-) was is musical picture of arctic winter. Winterwinde, painting by Paul Klee was also in composers mind while he was writing the piece...