UPCOMING EVENTS


Heaven – Svenska Dagen

Start date: November 6, 2024
End date: December 5, 2024
Time: 19:50 - 21:00

An excerpt from my Requiem for our Earth will be performed by Akademiska Damkören Lyran conducted by Riku Laurikka on Finnish National TV. It will be part of the Svenska Dagen Celebration (Finnish Swedish Heritage Day Celebration) at Konstfabriken in Porvoo. The whole show can be watched online here for one month.

Aveo – Kamppi Chapel

Date: December 2, 2024
Time: 18:00 - 18:45
Location: Kampin kappeli, Simonkatu 7, Helsinki, Finland

My solo cello work Aveo will be performed by Sirja Nironen at Kamppi Chapel in Helsinki City Centre. Nironen will improvise and will also be playing music by my colleagues Linjama, Moilanen, Tenkanen and Valkonen. More info can be found here. Free admission!

Piano Delirium & Unda – UK Premiere

Date: December 7, 2024
Time: 14:30

Pianist Reetamaria Rajala will be playing the UK Premiere of my piano solo pieces Piano Delirium and Unda at her debute at the Rose Theatre in Kingston, London. The concert also includes music by my colleagues Saara Lindahl and Lara Poe. The event is free! Find more info here.

Under Stjärnhimlen – Swiss Premiere

Date: December 13, 2024
Time: 19:30
Location: Konzert-Galerie Maison 44, Basel, Switzerland

Guitarist Marisa Minder will play the Swiss Premiere of my piece Under Stjärnhimlen at the concert series Feeling blue & white in Basel. There will also be music by my colleagues Sauli Zinovjev, Lotta Wennäkoski, Leonid Bashmakov, Tobias Krebs and Einojuhani Rautavaara. Find more info here.

Shapes – Hannover Recital

Date: December 19, 2024
Time: 19:30
Location: Raum E50, Neues Haus 1, Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, Germany

Accordionist Sonja Vertainen will perform from my whole solo accordion suite Shapes at her recital in Hannover. She will perform at the hall E50 in “Neues Haus 1” at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover (Hannover University of Music, Theatre and Media). She will also be performing works by César Franck, Erkki Jokinen, Matthew Shlomowitz and Tom Bañados. More info here.

ICE – BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Date: February 21, 2025
Time: 19:30
Location: BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, United Kingdom

My orchestral piece ICE will get it’s United Kingdom Premiere by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Emilia Hoving at the BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff, the United Kingdom. The concert also includes the piano concerto by the British composer Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade and the first symphony of Grace Williams, believed to be the first symphony ever written by a Welsh composer. More info can be found here and tickets here.

ICE – World New Musc Days Portugal

Start date: May 30, 2025
End date: June 7, 2025
All-day event
Location: Portugal

My orchestral piece ICE will get it’s Portuguese Premiere at the World New Music Days in Portugal. The festival will take place in Porto and Lisbon 30.5 – 7.6.2025. More info coming soon.

 

PAST EVENTS


Information – World Premiere

Date: November 29, 2024
Time: 19:00
Location: Tampere Hall, Tampere, Finland

Very happy that my new 11 min orchestral piece Information will get its world premiere by the Tampere Philharmonic conducted by their chief conductor Matthew Halls in the Great Hall of the Tampere Hall. More information and tickets can be found here.

Under Stjärnhimlen – Lappeenranta

Date: November 16, 2024
Time: 16:00
Location: Lappeenrannan musiikkiopisto, Lappeenranta, Finland

Guitarist Osmo Palmu will play my piece Under Stjärnhimlen at his recital at Lappeenranta Music institute.

Renewables – Lithuanian Premiere

Date: November 8, 2024
Time: 18:00
Location: Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, Vilna, Lithuania

My solo accordion piece Renewables Op.83 will get its Lithuanian Premiere by Sini Ström at her recital at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater in Vilna, Lithuania. The concert is part of the Akoreono Festivalis in Vilnius. The program also includes music by my colleagues Olli Virtaperko, Matthew Whittall, Sampo Haapamäki, Sauli Zinovjev and Joonas Kokkonen. The festival program can be found here.

Under Stjärnhimlen – Suomenlinna

Date: November 2, 2024
Time: 17:00
Location: Myllysali, Suomenlinna, Helsinki

Guitarist Osmo Palmu will play my piece Under Stjärnhimlen at his concert at Myllysali on the island Suomenlinna.

Dofman Trio – Lohja

Date: October 10, 2024
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Location: Laurentius Hall, Lohja, Finland

Very happy that Lohja City Orchestra has included my Dorfman Trio from 2015 in their chamber music series. The Facebook event can be found here and tickets can be found here.

Shapes – Accordionfest Estonia

Date: October 7, 2024
Time: 19:00
Location: EMTA suur saal, Tatari 13,Tallinn, Estonia

Sonja Vertainen will perform four movements from my solo accordion suite Shapes at the concert Crossing Bellows at the Accordionfest Estonia in Tallinn, Estonia.. She will perform the movements I. “The Rhomb”, II. “The Ascending Line”, III. “Circles and Ellipses” and V. “Dots”. More info here.

Earth Songs – World Premiere

Date: September 18, 2024
Time: 19:00
Location: Tampere Hall, Tampere, Finland

Looking forward to the world premiere of my new violin concerto Earth Songs premiered by Elina Vähälä and TampereRaw, conducted by Maria Itkonen and with video projections by Marek Pluciennik. The concert will take place in the Small Hall at the Tampere Hall (Tampere-talo). More information and tickets can be found here.

EDIT: There has been a change of soloist. Due to personal reasons Pekka Kuusisto won’t be performing and Elina Vähälä will be performing instead.

All Piano Works – Swedish Premiere

Date: September 4, 2024
Time: 18:00
Location: Kirsebergskyrkan, Malmö, Sweden

Pianist Reetamaria Rajala will be performing all my so far published solo works for piano at Kirseberg Church in Malmö. This is the first time all my piano works are performed in Sweden. The concert includes the works Epitaph, Characters, Under Stjärnhimlen, Unda, Piano Delirium and Psychedelic. Find the Facebook event here.

Sydänlaulu – Swiss Premiere

Date: August 23, 2024
Time: 19:00
Location: Gedenkstätte für Flüchtlinge, Riehen, Swizerland

Violist Alicja Pyrdol will play the Swiss Premiere of my solo piece Sydänlaulu at the 10th anniversary concert of the series Feeling blue & white in Basel. Find more info here.

Landet som icke är – Åland Opera Festival

Start date: August 14, 2024
End date: August 15, 2024
Time: 20:30 - 22:00
Location: Castelholm Castle, Åland, Finland

My song Landet som icke är composed to a poem by Edit Södergran will be performed at the Åland Opera Festival. The concert will be performed on the 14th and on the 15th of August, both days at 8:30 PM at Kastelholm Castle