Lauri Hamalainen
*27 March 1972
Works by Lauri Hamalainen
Biography
Lauri Hämäläinen is a Finnish-Swedish string teacher from Helsinki, Finland. He started his school on the first Swedish-speaking music class that was opened in Helsinki. He is educated as a performing musician and music teacher from the Turku Conservatory (2000), Royal College of Music in The Hague (2002) and the High School of Music in Rotterdam (2004). Hämäläinen is the secretary of the string teachers association in Finland (SJO), a member of the Finnish Viola Society (SAVS), American String Teachers Association and The European Chamber Music Teachers Association. Currently Lauri is marketing Violin Friends music books, composing new music and has recently published the first comic book about violin playing called “The Amazing Violin Comics - Tips for practicing and mental images for learning string instruments””. The aim with the comics is to give teachers ideas how to teach with visualization and mental images and to inspire more kids to start to play classical music.
About the music
Lauri Hämäläinen has composed music for young string players since 2016 under Violin Friends. The list of published original works includes Eight Trios for Violin, Viola, Cello and String Trio, Sea Scenery for String Quartet, Violin and Piano, and Viola and Piano.
Lauri is working on the next publication of 12 Artistical Duos for Violin and Viola.
Hämäläinen has arranged 11 Children's Songs for String Orchestra and Piano and 12 Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star for String Trio and Piano. He is the author of the Violin Friends and Viola Friends music books.
The original compositions by Hämäläinen have been inspired by nature and the joy of sharing musical moments together. The music in his chamber music works celebrates the importance of practicing and performing music with friends. Much of his music has pedagogical aspects that make it ideal for young string students, orchestras, and smaller chamber music ensembles.