Olin tullut yöksi/I had come for a night is a cityinstallation planned and composed for Porvoo and Avanti! 2022. It was executed with Jussi Suonikko.
Works in chronological order
photo from Söderskär: Jussi Suonikko
Piilo/Hide for saxophone
I composed Piilo for 3 different levels: professional, advanced level (advanced special studies at music institute), pedagogical level (beginners level 2 at music institute).
Meeting Points for Wind Band
Meeting Points (2019) was co-commissioned by Pirkanmaa Music institute and Vakka-Suomi music school and it was realized with the help of Arts Promotion Centre Finland. There are two arrangements of the work, first pedagogical version for wind orchestras and then an arrangement based on the first version for professional bands. The commissioners...
Vyöry/Avalanche
Vyöry/Avalanche seemed to have its own will reflecting the current restless social situation.
Toinen peili/The other mirror for violin
The work reflects the relationship between human and nature. The idea was influenced by the paintings of Samuli Heimonen. The music moves in two layers, most of the time overlaping and joining together.
Grass is singing
The idea for Grass is singing came from the most miraculous sound I have ever heard.
Alma! – kinetic opera
"You should be writing music instead of organizing Gustav's scherzos and allegros."
Wish for cello
The impulse for this work came from a 9-year-old girl's wish for a Christmas gift for Santa Claus, that the world wouldn't end. The world seems very different from the perspective of future generations. Do we sufficiently take them into account in our actions and do we actively use information for the common good of our planet, the freedom to...
5 channel videoinstallation with Heta Kuchka,. Duration: 13 min 33
Rememoror for piano
Rememoror (lat. "I remember") was composed during the time I was writing a memoir of my dear relative, who is suffering from dementia. The damage of memory hit me hard and I let a repeating, simple memory and its many runners, shatters and passes become a starting point of this work.
Kevätkesän avaruus started from poet Suvi Nuotio´s suggestion to collaborate. When winter´s long darkness was giving way to spring we wanted to try to catch a moment of glow into this lied. Kevätkesän avaruus won 1st prize in Majaoja Foundation´s lied competition in 2018.
According to some reports merisirri (The purple sandpiper) is assumed to be the first bird in Finland to die out of extinction because of the climate change. Merisirri nests only in shrubbery hilltops, habitats which are vanishing as forests cover the mountains.
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