Kari Kriikku

Kari Kriikku (born 1960) is a Finnish classical clarinetist.
Concentrating on contemporary music, Kriikku has served as an interpreter of works for the clarinet by composers such as Olli Koskelin, Vinko Globokar, Kaija Saariaho, Jukka Tiensuu, Jouni Kaipainen, Kimmo Hakola, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Pawel Szymanski, Eero Hämeenniemi, Magnus Lindberg, Michel van der Aa, and Usko Meriläinen.
Kriikku was born near Seinäjoki, Finland into a musical family. His father was a trumpet player and a pianist; his mothers and sisters... meer