UPCOMING EVENTS
My second string quartet Letters will be performed by the Berlin based Elaia Quartet at the City Hall of the town Leck in northern Germany. The concert also includes Leoš Janáček’s second string quartet Intimate Letters, the work that has inspired me to compose Letters. More information (in German) to the concert can be found here.
My second string quartet Letters will be performed by the Berlin based Elaia Quartet at the Städtisches Bühnenhaus of the town Wesel in western Germany. The concert also includes Leoš Janáček’s second string quartet Intimate Letters, the work that has inspired me to compose Letters. More information (in German) to the concert can be found here.
My orchestra piece Nixus (version for chamber orchestra) will be performed by the Jyväskylä Sinfonia conducted by Jiří Rožeň. More information can be found here.
My second string quartet Letters will be performed by the Berlin based Elaia Quartet as part of the series Klassik im Rathaus in the City Hall of Bremervörde, close to Hamburg in Germany. The concert also includes Leoš Janáček’s second string quartet Intimate Letters, the work that has inspired me to compose Letters. More information (in German) to the concert can be found here.
My second string quartet Letters will be performed by the Berlin based Elaia Quartet in Schwäbish Hall, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The concert also includes Leoš Janáček’s second string quartet Intimate Letters, the work that has inspired me to compose Letters. More information (in German) to the concert can be found here.
The Austrian premiere of Groove will be performed by flutist Prof. Johanna Dömötör and accordionist Prof. Heidi Luosujärvi at Jubiläumskonzert 15 Jahre Forum Kammermusik. The concert will take place in Großer Saal, Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz, Austria. More info can be found here.
My new solo cello work Aveo will be performed by Sirja Nironen at WAM Turku City Art Museum. Nironen and Mackenzie Melemed will play a variable repertoire together. More info coming later.
My second string quartet Letters will be performed by the Berlin based Elaia Quartet at the church of Balingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The concert also includes Leoš Janáček’s second string quartet Intimate Letters, the work that has inspired me to compose Letters. More information (in German) to the concert can be found here.
Looking forward to the world premiere of my new 20-minute orchestral piece Extinctions, commissioned and performed by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by the splendid Chloé Dufresne. More info can be found here.
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
My second string quartet Letters will be performed by the Berlin based Elaia Quartet (Theresa Jensen, Leonie Flaksman, Francesca Rivinius and Karolin Spegg) at the Arolsen Castle. The concert also includes Leoš Janáček’s second string quartet Intimate Letters, the work that has inspired me to compose Letters. More information (in German) to the concert can be found here.
My second string quartet Letters will be performed by the Erinys Quartet at their own recital at the Sibelius Academy. The concert also includes Leoš Janáček’s second string quartet Intimate Letters, the work that has inspired me to compose Letters. More information can be found here and tickets to the concert can be found here.
EDIT: Due to a case of illness, this concert has been cancelled.
My second string quartet Letters will be performed by Jan Söderblom, Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, Kaija Lukas and Jan-Erik Gustavsson) at the Tallin Chamber Music Festival. The concert also includes Leoš Janáček’s second string quartet Intimate Letters, the work that has inspired me to compose Letters. More information to the concert can be found here.
My string orchestra piece Infirmus, a piece dedicated to everyone suffering from a chronic illness, will be performed by students from the Sibelius Academy and conducted by Elisar Riddelin, who also conducted the premiere back in 2015. The concert also includes music by my colleagues and friends Johan Ullén, Matilda Seppälä, Mateusz Gwizdałła and Matthew Whittall. More information about the concert can be found here and tickets can be found here.
EDIT: This event has been cancelled and will be performed at a later time.
My new solo accordion piece Renewavles Op.83 will be performed by Sami Majamäki at the Tampering Festival. At the Tampering Festival it will be the first performance where all movements will be performed subsequently.
My new solo accordion piece Renewables Op.83 will be performed by Sami Majamäki at the Tampering Festival. This is the first performance where all movements will be performed subsequently.
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 .
The World Premiere of my new trio Vibrations for recorder, violin and organ will take place on the 10th of August at the baroque music festival Vantaa BRQ in Finland. The piece will be performed by the commissioner, the fantastic Rosetta Ensemble.
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.
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.