Pétur Sakari
Finnish organist
Pétur Sakari (born 1992) is an international concert organist from Finland.
Early life and education
Sakari studied folk music at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He studied organ playing in Paris with the organists Vincent Warnier (repertoire) and Thierry Escaich (improvisation). Sakari performed his first concert at age 13. At 17 years old, he was named Young Artist of the Year at the Lahti International Organ Week.
Career
Sakari began performing internationally in his teens. His first CD, Première, was published in 2010, when he was 18 years old. He recorded an album with the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra (2011), conducted by his father Petri Sakari.
Sakari signed a record deal with the international label BIS (Sweden). His first album for BIS, French Organ Music, was recorded in Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris, was released in 2014, and includes French romantic music by composers such as Vierne, Franck and Duruflé.
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