Works in chronological order

Piilo for strings is a new version of the Piilo written for saxophone (2021).

Choreography and direction Samuli Roininen
Dance Suvi Eloranta, Anniina Kumpuniemi, Samuli Roininen/Mari Rosendahl
Music Minna Leinonen

Commissioned by Dominante mixed choir and Seppo Murto.

Maa, jonka jätämme/The Land We Leave -installation (2025)

for male choir, poem by Milka Luhtaniemi

In collaboration with Moomin museum and Moomin Characters.

Finland is the swampiest country in the world, which gave its name to the work. The word also refers to a resonating sound ("I would play") and allowance ("I would allow") in Finnish.

A song cycle for soprano and piano composed to Suvi Nuotio's current poems about how our seasons are changing, transforming and remaining for future generations.

Minna Leinonen, composition, concept idea
Jussi Suonikko, sound design

Rakkaat directed by Riikka Oksanen. Photo from the first performance: Minna Leinonen

Fantasy for Other Worlds was inspired by two Mary Wollstonecraft´s (1759-1797) sentences: 'imagination is the true fire' (Letters: 264) and 'some flights of the imagination seem to reach what wisdom cannot teach' (Works 5: 274). Pianist Tiina Karakorpi´s new concert series Maryn sormenjäljillä (Mary´s fingerprints) presents female artists and...

Minna Leinonen, Touko Hujanen & Jussi Suonikko

Close your eyes, what do you see?