Finnish stage design merits, without doubt, greater public attention than it received so far. A characteristic trait of contemporary Finnish scenography is the reduction of scenic elements, which are accentuated and which suffice to free the associative process in the interpretation of the spectators. Perhaps these characteristic traits are due to the fact that they were obliged to decrease their costs and not to waste any material. However, this economic pressure does not explain everything. Closer to the truth is that the contact between stage designing and architecture and between interior architecture and applied art was revived: here lies the source of the new forms corresponding to the national creative spirit.
- Pekka Heiskanen
Additional information: Born in 1929 in Lappeenranta. Studied at the School of Applied Arts in Helsinki,also in Spain, France, Greece and German Federal Republic. From 1951 he has been stage designer at The Finnish National Theatre in Helsinki. From 1955 he has taught stage design at the School of Applied Arts in Helsinki, is president of the Association of Finnish Stage Designers. He works as guest stage designer at theatres in Vienna, Copenhagen, Turku, Tampere, Joensuu. His most significant works include Iphigenie in Aulide, The Cid, Agamemnon, The Death of Danton, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Tango, Leonce and Lena.
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Exhibiting works
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: (Marat-Sade ),
Suomen Kansallisteatteri
1966
- Eero Kankkunen
Additional information: Born in 1920 in Viipuri. He studied at the School of Applied Arts in Helsinki, the Soviet Union and Poland. From 1959 he worked as a stage designer in the Tampereen Tyovaenteatteri. In 1967 he worked as a guest designer in the Trondheim theatre, in 1968 in the Kuopion Yhteisteatteri, in 1972 in the Suomen Kansallisteatteri. His most significant works are Hamlet, Macbeth, The Cherry Orchard, My Fair Lady, The Resistible Ascension of Arthur Ui.
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- Leo Lehto
Additional information: Born in 1912. Studied in Finland, Scandinavia, Spain. Since 1938 stage designer, during the years 1940-1954 at the Popular Theatre, in 1954-1965 at the National Theatre and since 1965 at the Municipal Theatre in Helsinki. Among his significant stage designs are those for Shakespeare's Tempest, Merchant of Venice, Hofmannsthal's Jedermann (Every- man), Tchekhov's Cherry Orchard, Bernstein´s West Side Story. He is the stage designer of the Open Air Theatre in Tampere and the initiator of the revolving auditorium of that theatre.
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Exhibiting works
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: (Summer and Smoke),
Helsingin Kansanteatteri
1958
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: (Antigone),
Tampereen Tyovaenteatteri
1953
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: (The Ring round the Ankle),
Helsingin Kansanteatteri
1959
- Veikko Mäkinen
Additional information: Born in 1928 in Helsinki. Studied at The School of Fine Arts. From 1953-1959 he worked as stage designer for the Vaasan Suomalainem Teatteri Theatre, from 1959 he has been stage designer at the Tampereen Teatteri. Worked as guest stage designer at the Tampereen Ooppera, Tutun Kaupunginteatteri and at the Helsingin Kaupunginteatteri. His most significant works include Oliver Twist, West Side Story, The Beggar's Opera, Zorba the Greek, Othello.
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- Seppo Nurmimaa
Additional information: Born in 1931 in Kerava. Since 1957 he has been working as a stage designer at the Finnish National Opera. He participated in the PQ in 1967 and in 1975.
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Exhibiting works
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: (Romeo and Juliet ),
Suomen Kansallisooppera
1967
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: (West Side Story ),
Suomen Kansallisooppera
1965
- Rolf Stegars
Additional information: Born in 1914. Studied in Finland, England, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, the USA, Italy and Switzerland. Since 1933 stage designer and since 1954 manager of the workshops of the Finnish National Theatre in Helsinki. He published a number of articles on stage design in specialized magazines (Lexica). Member of the Finnish Centre of the ITI and a pedagogue. He designed the sets for more than 200 dramas, operas and films, for the plays of Shakespeare, Moliěre, Strindberg, Max Frisch, Anouilh, Tchekhov, Lope de Vega, Claudel.
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Exhibiting works
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: (Macbeth),
Helsingin Kansanteatteri
1964
- Paul Suominen (Paul Rafael Suominen)
Additional information: Born in 1930 in Helsinkl. In 1948 to 1953 he was trained in stage
design in the Svensk Teatern in Helsinki. In the years 1955-1973
he worked as a stage designer and costume designer at the Suomen
Kansallisooppera and occasionally also at the Lilla Teatern
under the guídance of Wivici Bandler. It was here that he designed
stage sets for Daria Fo, who directed his own plays. In
the period 1976-1977 he worked in the Stockholm Municipal Theatre.
Since 1973 he is head of the department of stage design at the
Academy of Applied Arts in Helsinki. In 1975 he received the
Bronz Medal at the Triannial of stage and costume design at Novi
Sad in Yugoslavia for his concept and realization of the stage
sets for Goethe' s Faust. He participated in the Prague Quadrennial
in 1975.
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Exhibiting works
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: (Tristan and Isolda ),
Suomen Kansallisooppera
1966
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: (Prince Igor ),
Suomen Kansallisooppera
1960
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: (Lucia di Lammermoor ),
Suomen Kansallisooppera
1963
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: (Katya Kabanova),
Suomen Kansallisooppera
1961
