Lauri Kilpiö's (b. 1974) Night Rowing on the Lake (Yösoutu järvellä, 2021) for solo piano was commissioned by the Tapiola Youth Piano Competition and first peformed by its participants in November 2021. In about four minutes' duration the work travels from dreamlike floating visions to bright and powerful mysteries of the night.

The composer is also an active performer of contemporary music on the piano, and his piano concerto Shades of Light (2017) has been performed by the BBC Symphony Orc...