He gave more than 2,000 concerts, and his discography includes nearly 200 titles, many of them featuring significant and unique organs in the US, Japan, the Philippines, Australia, Italy, France, Switzerland and Germany.

He studied at the Kuopio Conservatory [fi] and at the Sibelius Academy,[2] achieving a concert diploma in 1983 under Eero Väätäinen and Olli Linjama (improvisation).

[6] Kiviniemi played in concert halls such as Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, and the Sejong Center in Seoul, and at churches such as Saint-Sulpice and Sainte-Clotilde in Paris, Berliner Dom, Passau Cathedral and St. John the Divine Cathedral in New York City.

[4] He gave master classes and lectures, for instance at the Ruhr University Bochum[3] and the Sibelius Academy.

Whether it's the mighty Cavaillé-Coll of Saint-Ouen, the Grand Paschen organ of Pori's Central Church or the noble Kangasala at Lakeuden Risti, one senses his choices are carefully made, the music matched to the instrument and its unique acoustic.

This Sibelius recital is no exception, the late-19th-century Walcker – three manuals, with 16' and 32' pipes – seems ideally suited to the thrust and scale of the works at hand.