UPCOMING EVENTS


Sydänlaulu – Royal College of Music

Date: June 8, 2023
All-day event
Location: Nathan Milsetin Salen, Royal College of Music, Stockholm

Violinist Kevin Huang will perform my piece Sydänlaulu at his recital at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.

Epitaph – Korsholm Music Festival

Date: July 27, 2023
Time: 17:30
Location: Stundars, Stundarsvägen 5, Solf, Finland

Pianist Diana Ketler will perform my piece Epitaph at the concert “The Trout” in Stundars at Korsholm Music Festival. A bus from Vaasa City Hall (10 € return trip) leaves at 16.45. Tickets can be found here and more information here.

Groove – Korsholm Music Festival

Date: July 27, 2023
Time: 21:00
Location: Maxmo Church, Finland

Groove will be performed by flutist Erica Nygård and accordionist Jonna Pirttijoki at Maxmo Church. More info can be found here.

Aveo – Korsholm Music Festival

Date: July 28, 2023
Time: 16:00
Location: Tikanoja Art Residence, Finland

My new solo cello work Aveo will be performed by the Korsholm Music Festival’s artistic director Jan-Erik Gustafsson at Tikanoja Art Residence. More info can be found here.

Letters – Korsholm Music Festival

Date: July 30, 2023
Time: 14:00
Location: Tikanoja Art Residence, Finland

My second string quartet Letters will be performed by the Erinys Quartet at the festival Korsholm Music Festival at the Tikanoja Art Residence. The concert also includes Leoš Janáček’s second string quartet Intimate Letters, the work that has inspired me to compose Letters. Tickets to the concert can be found here.

Nisus – Korsholm Music Festival

Date: July 31, 2023
Time: 19:00
Location: Culture Center Orrela in Teuva, Finland

My string trio Nisus will be performed at Korsholm Music Festival. More info can be found here.

Vickan & Väinö – Korsholm Music Festival

Date: August 1, 2023
Time: 13:00 - 14:30
Location: Culture House Fanny, Finland

Vickan & Väinö is a bilingual children’s opera that tells the story of the construction of Finland’s new capital, Helsinki, by the architect Engel and two mice who save Engel’s plans. It is an opera about Finland’s multicultural history and friendship without a common language. The third opera by hugely popular contemporary composer Cecilia Damström is based on the script by Marina Motaleff-Kelly. The opera is aimed at 4–10-year-olds. (In Finnish and Swedish.) Cast: Hedvig Paulig, soprano, Ville Salonen, tenor, Aku Rantama, baritone and Sonja Vertainen, accordion. Performances at 13.00 and 14.30 o’clock. Tickets: 10€ for adult. More info can be found here.

Fretus – Korsholm Music Festival

Date: August 2, 2023
Time: 19:00
Location: Vaasa City Hall, Finland

My string orchestra piece Fretus, dedicated to the oceans of the world, will be performed by Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra lead by orchestral leader Malin Broman at the closing concert of Korsholm Music Festival taking place at Vaasa City Hall. More info can be found here.

Characters – Kokonainen Festival

Date: August 11, 2023
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Location: Tervakosken Seuratalo, Finland

My piece Characters, a solo piano suite of miniatures will be performed by the virtuoso Fanny Söderström at the eight’s edition of the Kokonainen Festival. Find more info about the festival here .

ICE – Radio Symphony Orchestra

Date: February 28, 2024
Time: 19:00
Location: Helsinki Music Centre, Finland

Looking forward to hear my orchestral piece ICE be performed by the fantastic Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra led by their marvellous chief conductor Nicholas Collon. More info can be found here.

 

PAST EVENTS


CANCELLED – ICE – German Premiere with Bamberg Symphony

Date: May 17, 2023
Time: 20:00
Location: Bamberg's Concert Hall, Germany

The German premiere of my piece ICE will be performed by the Bamberg Symphony conducted by the outstanding Ruth Reinhardt. Link to the whole season program here.

EDIT: This event has been cancelled due to illness.

Speaker – International Accordion Competition Klingenthal

Date: May 13, 2023
Time: 10:00
Location: Gliersaal, Berufsfachschule für Musikinstrumentenbau, Amtsberg 12, Klingenthal, Germany

Honoured to be invited to be one of the speakers at the Discussion Forum of the International Accordion Competition Klingenthal in Germany.

Shapes – International Accordion Competition Klingenthal

Date: May 10, 2023
Time: 09:30 - 11:30
Location: Aula am Amtsberg, Amtsberg 12, Klingenthal, Germany

Three movements from the solo accordion suite Shapes will be obligatory pieces for the competitors in a certain age category at the International Accordion Competition Kingenthal in Germany. The movements that are eligible for the competition are I. “The Rhomb”, III. “Circles and Ellipses” and V. “Dots”.

The piece was performed by Luca Bello (Italy), Bela Brichzin (Germany), Hanyu Huang (China), Johannes Koivisto (Finland) and Jonas Vozbutas (Lithuania).

Estampas del mar – Sibelius Hall

Date: April 29, 2023
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Location: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

My suite Estampas del mar composed to poems by Federico García Lorca will be performed at the 100th anniversary concert of the women’s choir Filianna conducted by Sabrina Ljungberg at the Sibelius Hall in Lahti. More info (in Finnish) can be found here and tickets can be found here.

Sailing to Windward – Helsinki Music Centre

Date: April 22, 2023
Time: 16:00 - 18:00
Location: Helsinki Music Centre, Finland

Akademiska sångföreningen (The Academic Male Voice Choir of Helsinki) led by Elisa Huovinen will sing my piece Sailing to Windward (composed to a text by Michael Binnie) at their 185th Anniversary Concert at Helsinki Music Centre. Tickets can be found here.

Minna – Stockholm Concert Hall

Date: April 21, 2023
Time: 20:30 - 22:00
Location: Stockholm Concert Hall

After having moved this concert twice due to restrictions, finally Tampere Raw will perform my first Piano Quintet Minna – Pictures from the Life of Minna Canth at Stockholm Concert Hall. More information about the concert can be found here.


Infirmus – Vaasa City Orchestra

Date: April 21, 2023
Time: 19:00
Location: Vaasa City Hall, Finland

My string orchestra piece Infirmus, a piece dedicated to everyone suffering from a chronic illness, will be performed by the joined forces of Vaasa City Orchestra and Seinäjoki City Orchestra conducted by Henri Sigfridsson. More info about the season can be found here and tickets here.

Guest lecture at the Royal College of Music

Date: April 21, 2023
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: The Royal College of Music, Stockholm

I’m looking forward to give a guest lecture about my music to the composition department at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden.

Renewables – World Premiere

Start date: April 21, 2023
End date: April 23, 2023
All-day event
Location: Karjala-talo, Käpylänkuja 1, Helsinki

The new suite Renewables for solo accordion consists of eight movements, which are all obligatory pieces in the 50th anniversary accordion competition Minä soitan harmonikkaa (“I play accordion”) organised by The Finnish Association for Accordion Teachers. The piece was commissioned by The Finnish Association for Accordion Teachers for the 50th anniversary year of the competition.

The competition has three age categories, C for musicians who are 10-11 year old, B for 12-13 year old players and A for 14-16 year old accordionists. Renewables consists of 8 pieces of which the first three are suitable for category C, pieces 4-6 are suitable for category B and the last two pieces are for category A. Renewables is also composed so that it can be performed as a suite with eight movements. The different movements will be premiered seperately by a total of 58 participants at the MSH 50th Accordion Competition. Find the competition program here.

Infirmus – Seinäjoki City Orchestra

Date: April 20, 2023
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Location: Seinäjoki-sali, Finland

My string orchestra piece Infirmus, a piece dedicated to everyone suffering from a chronic illness, will be performed by the joined forces of Vaasa City Orchestra and Seinäjoki City Orchestra conducted by Henri Sigfridsson. More info about the concert can be found here and tickets here.