Laura Mikkola

Laura Mikkola

Laura Imola Mikkola (born in Helsinki, 1974) is a Finnish pianist.

Mikkola, having previously won Pretoria's UNISA TRANSNET and Helsinki's Maj Lind competitions, and been awarded the XII Paloma O'Shea Competition's contemporary music prize and a grant-prize, was second to Markus Groh at the XIII Queen Elisabeth Music Competition. She has performed internationally since the mid-90s.

She is known for his recordings of Einojuhani Rautavaara's Piano Concertos and piano works for Naxos Records.

References

* [http://www.cmireb.be/nl/i/394-Laura_MIKKOLA.html Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition]
* [http://www.naxos.com/artistinfo/Laura_Mikkola/512.htm Naxos Records]


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