UPCOMING EVENTS
Minna – Pictures from the Life of Minna Canth was performed by TampereRaw in March 2019 and the Finnish Broadcasting Company broadcast the concert in March. The recording is played again in the radio program “Aikamme suomalaista musiikkia” and can be streamed worldwide until August 15th. Have a listen under this link!
My string trio Nisus will be performed at the Kokonainen Festival 2019.
My second string quartet Letters will be performed at the Kokonainen Festival.
My second string quartet Letters will be played for the first time in Helsinki at the Temppeliaukio Church by the Lapland Quartet.
Very happy that the world premiere of my new song cycle Öar i ett hav som strömmar composed to the poems of Henrika Ringbom will take place at the brand new Kumaus Festival in Lappeenranta. The whole song cycle will be premiered by soprano Marika Hölttä and pianist Maritta Manner.
Vickan & Väinö is a bilingual (Swedish and Finnish) fairytale opera for children to the libretto and original story of Marina Motaleff. Cast: Hedvig Paulig soprano, Ville Salonen tenor, Markus Nieminen baritone and Janne Valkeajoki accordion. Commissioned and produced by Ooppera BOX.
Vickan & Väinö is a bilingual (Swedish and Finnish) fairytale opera for children to the libretto and original story of Marina Motaleff. Cast: Hedvig Paulig soprano, Ville Salonen tenor, Markus Nieminen baritone and Janne Valkeajoki accordion. Commissioned and produced by Ooppera BOX.
Vickan & Väinö is a bilingual (Swedish and Finnish) fairytale opera for children to the libretto and original story of Marina Motaleff. Cast: Hedvig Paulig soprano, Ville Salonen tenor, Markus Nieminen baritone and Janne Valkeajoki accordion. Commissioned and produced by Ooppera BOX.
Vickan & Väinö is a bilingual (Swedish and Finnish) fairytale opera for children to the libretto and original story of Marina Motaleff. Cast: Hedvig Paulig soprano, Ville Salonen tenor, Markus Nieminen baritone and Janne Valkeajoki accordion. Commissioned and produced by Ooppera BOX.
PAST EVENTS
The world premiere of my string trio Nisus will be played by Uusinta Ensemble and will take place at the contemporary music festival Time of Music in Viitasaari.
The Finnish Male Choir Assosiation’s representative choir Liiton miehet conducted by Paavo Hyökki will perform Sailing to Windward in Joutseno Church at 7 PM.
The Finnish premiere of my second string quartet Letters will take place at the festival Musik vid Havet led by artistic director Nonna Knuuttila in Inkoo in Southern Finland. More information coming soon!
Shapes will be played by Janne Valkeajoki in his solo concert at the festival “Sommermusik im Pfarrgarten” in Offenbach am Main, Germany.
World premiere of two songs from the new song cycle Öar i ett hav som strömmar composed to poems by Henrika Ringbom. Soprano Aurora Marthens and pianist Gustav Djupsjöbacka will premiere the songs V. Transformerad röd and VI. Bara en liten stund at Finlands Svenska Författarförbund’s 100-year anniversary celebration.
My orchestra piece Lucrum will get its German premiere by the orchestra at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg conducted by Janne Valkeajoki.
The male choir Brahe Djäknar conducted by Ulf Långbacka performes my piece Sailing to Windward to a poem by Michael Binnie at the event Finlandsk Manskörssång 200 år.
Emelie Viitberg will play a recital with Wieniawski’s Scherzo-Tarantelle, Brahms Sonata Nr.1 and my solo violin piece Sydänlaulu in Heliga Trefaldighetskyrkan in Malmö. Free entry.
Fourth performance of the choir cycle Vidkänning composed to poems by Henrika Ringbom. Composed for and performed byAkademiska Damkören Linnea and conductor Merete Ellegaard in their spring concert.
The male choir Brahe Djäknar conducted by Ulf Långbacka performes my piece Sailing to Windward to a poem by Michael Binnie at the event ESOF 2019 (European Studen Orchestra Festival).