Very excited about that my three Piano Quintets are going to be performed at Helsinki Music Centre. My trilogy Woman’s Destiny is a powerful series of three piano quintets inspired by the lives of Minna Canth, Aino Sibelius, and Helene Schjerfbeck. Composed between 2017 and 2020, the trilogy sheds light on the inner worlds of three influential women in Finnish cultural history, each offering a unique expression of womanhood.
Minna portrays the passionate work, challenges of motherhood, and uncompromising societal engagement of a trailblazer of Finnish feminism. Aino dives into the complex emotional world of the composer’s wife — her quiet endurance, inner contradictions, and a deep love that also carried her husband’s art. Helene reveals the fragile strength, solitude, artistic integrity, and lifelong self-examination of visual artist Helene Schjerfbeck.
The quintets will be performed by Linda Suolahti and Anna Husgafvel on violin, Mari Viluksela on viola, Kati Raitinen on cello, Nairi Azezian on flute, Ella York on oboe, Helmi Malmgren on clarinet, Yasuko Matsuzaki-Svala on bassoon and in all three works Tiina Karakorpi on piano. The concert is organised by Kokonainen.
The concert precedes the ensemble’s upcoming studio recording of the trilogy.