Kari Vehmanen was born in 1967 in Helsinki, Finland: he is a bassoonist, music
copyist, arranger and amateur harpist. He first played piano and recorder and began
to study bassoon at the age of fifteen in the Helsinki Conservatory, later studying at
the Sibelius Academy. As a freelance musician, he has played with all the major
Finnish symphony orchestras, including the Helsinki Philharmonic and Finnish
National Opera in particular.

Vehmanen has arranged many styles of music, from 'classical' to modern rock, his
largest undertaking to date being Berg's "Lulu Suite" for concert band; his Piazzolla
arrangement - "Histoire du Tango" for flute and harp was published 2005.

Vehmanen began to play harp as a pedagogical student at the Sibelius Academy in
1998 under the tutelage of Laura Hynninen, the principal harp of Finnish National
Opera. He also collects books on music copying, orchestration and instrumentation,
and enjoys reading Shakespeare.

CONTENTS

I En Bateau
II Cortège
III Minuet
IV Ballet

Formation : 2 flûtes & 2 harpes - 2 flutes & 2 harps