24 September 1945, Kuusankoski, Finland – 7 July 2000, Joensuu, Finland
Finnish composer, musician, and educator
Works for Brass Ensemble
- Harmio (1987) for brass quintet
- Quintet for Brass (1987)
Biography
Lasse Olavi Eerola studied clarinet at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He also studied composition with Jouko Tolonen and Einojuhani Rautavaara, but most of all, he developed as a composer by listening, researching and playing continuously.
In addition to his teaching work, he played in various orchestras and arranged music. Eerola was also known as one of the pioneers of music notation software in Finland. His largest works include the cantata ”Aino” for choir and orchestra, Fantasia for orchestra and the renowned Variations for Wind Orchestra.
Though most of Eerola’s compositions are written for symphony or wind orchestra, his works also include a remarkable number of chamber music and pedagogical material. From 1978 on Eerola taught clarinet and theory of music in the Joensuu Conservatory.