Pacius Prize of the University of Helsinki 2025
The Pacius Prize of the University of Helsinki may be awarded to an individual or community that has, in a significant way, advanced the musical life of the University. The …
Helsinki Artist of the Year Award
The Helsinki Artist of the Year awards, each worth EUR 5,000, are awarded annually to artists in Helsinki representing different fields of art. This year’s winners are Tinja Salmi, Cecilia Damström and Laura Kajander. …
Reviews of the Cecilia Damström Festival
The orchestral concert 9.3 of the Cecilia Damström Festival got two so wonderful reviews I wanted to share the translated Englisg versions with you. One was by Mats Liljeroos in …
Cecilia Damström Festival
I’m very happy to announce the first ever Cecilia Damström Festival that will take place next weekend 8-9 March at the House of Nobility, in Helsinki, Finland! The contemporary music group Uuden Ajan Ensemble conducted by Tapio …
Ovlá Opera 2026
I have some very exciting news to share that has recently been made official: I’m currently writing my first full scale opera Ovlá, an original story and libretto by Juho-Sire/Siri Broch Johansen. …
Extinctions Nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize
Absolutely thrilled and deeply honoured that my orchestral piece Extinctions has been nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2024! Twelve works have been nominated for the 2024 Nordic Council …
Permafrost at the 70th International Rostrum of Composer
Last week the live recording of my piece Permafrost, premiered by accordionist Sonja Vertainen and the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jan Söderblom, was selected by the Finnish Broadcasting Company …
Wasteland – Broadcast and Review
On Friday the 12th of April my orchestral piece Wasteland was live broadcast by the Tampere Philharmonic conducted by Olari Elts. Listen to the broadcast on demand here until the …
Review of Science Frictions in Helsingin Sanomat
The new conferment cantata Science Frictions that I composed to a new text by Cia Rinne, got such a great review by Nuppu Koivisto in the largest Finnish tabloid Helsingin Sanomat, so I translated the whole …
Feature Article in Rondo Magazine
This summer several feature articles have been published, the biggest article (in Finnish) with a cover feature in the leading classical music magazine Rondo. The whole article by Nelli Korhonen, …