Upcoming performances

Chanson agitée

Livia Schweizer, flutes

Patrik Kleemola, guitar

21.11.2025 Sibelius-museo, Turku /WEW festival

First performance

 

Triptyykki (2007)
– Kyrie
– Gloria
– Credo

Exit (2007)

Pas de deux (2024)

Aleksanteri Wallius, organ

28.11.2025 Kallion kirkko, Helsinki

 

Latest performances

Três Canções

Iida Antola, soprano

Pauliina Tukiainen, piano

21.7.2025 Joroinen Music Days

First performance

 

Pace

Kaamos Chamber Choir, dir. Visa Yrjölä

11.4.2025 German Church, Helsinki

29.6.-30.6.2025 Maria am Gestade & Michaelerkirche, Wien

First performance

 

Vivo, spero

Yuki Ikeda, flute

Fatima Boix-Canto, clarinet

Eeva Rysä, cello

Aapo Juutilainen, contrabass

8.12.2024 Music Hall, Helsinki (Paavo)

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Pas de deux

Kari Vuola, organ

24.6.2024 Kallio Church

First performance

 

Oikku (“Whim”) for trombone and piano

Anna-Maija Laiho, trombone

Tuomas Turriago, piano

28.7.2022 Lieksan Vaskiviikot /Lieksa Brass Week

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List of works

(selection, please see complete list of works here)

Works for Stage

• Karvalakkiooppera (Fur Hat Opera), 2022

Commissioned by Kemijoen Kulttuurituki ry, Libretto Sami Parkkinen, based on stories by Olli Tiuraniemi. Performers: 2 female roles (sopr.), 8 male roles (3ten,3bar,2bass), female choir, chamber orchestra 1 /fl alto/1/1 /bass-cl/1 /cfg/1cor/pno/str; 105 mins

• Äidit ja tyttäret/Mothers and Daughters, opera
  Commissioned by the Finnish National Opera for the 150th anniversary of the Kalevala
  Text: Paavo Haavikko, freely after Lemminkäinen’s story (Kalevala)
  6 female singers, 1 male singer (baryt.)
  2222/2201/2 perc/keyb./ str
  100 mins
  Fennica-Gehrman, Aulos 2-CD
  1999
• Antti Puuhaara, chamber opera – melodrama
  Commissioned by Ensemble Musicatreize (EU Project Sept Contes)
  Text: Erik Söderblom and Tapio Tuomela
  12 singers (in solos and ensembles)
  Instrumentation cl/Bcl, arpa, accordion, vl, vla, vc
  2008-2010 (CD-book Editions Sud)
  72 mins
  Fennica-Gehrman, Actes Sud (CD book)
• Neljäntienristeys, opera
  Commissioned by Oulu City Theatre
  Text: Sami Parkkinen after Tommi Kinnunen’s novel
  2222/2221/1 or 2 perc/keyb./ str
  95 mins
  2017

Music for Film

• Noidan kirot, Music for silent film
  Commissioned by RSO
  75 mins
  2010

Orchestral music

• Symphony 1
  2222 4231 13 0, pno+synth, str min 12-10-8-6 4 [pic,bcl]
  2nd prize in the Composition Competition held in honour of the 75th Anniversary of the Finnish Independence in 1992
  Lahti Symphony Orchestra, cond. Atso Almila, Lahti, February 10, 1994
• Symphony 2
  3333/3331/14/1, piano and celesta, strings
  Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Eivind Aadland, Helsinki, November 2, 2005
  32 mins
• Symphony 3
  2222/4221/2 perc/keyb./ str
  Commissioned by Lahti Symphony for the Centennary of the Finnish Independence
  17 mins
  Lahti Symphony, cond. Dima Slobodeniouk, December 6, 2017, Lahti
• Jokk (1997)
  2222 2221 01 0, str [2.fl+pic]
  Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sakari Oramo
  10 mins
  Fennica-Gehrman, Tapio Tuomela – CD 2000 (JASE)
• Lemminkäinen (2000/2002)
  2222/4221/Arpa/Pno/2 perc/Str
  12 mins
  Fennica-Gehrman
• Nordan (2001)
  3333/4331/Arpa/4 perc/str
  10 mins
  Fennica-Gehrman
• Lappic (2001)
  fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn, 2vln, vla, vlc, db or string orchestra
  10 mins
  Commissioned by Orchestrutopica, Portugal
• Quasi Herzstück for String Orchestra (1994)

Concertos

• Piano Concerto
  Commissioned by Joensuu City Orchestra
  2222/2200/01, str
  31 mins
  Iiro Rantala, piano, Joensuu City Orchestra, dir. Esa Heikkilä, Joensuu, November 27, 2008
• Swap – Chamber Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra
  Commissioned by Joonatan Rautiola / Sibelius Foundation
  2222/2210/1 perc/str
  24 mins
  Fennica-Gehrman
  Fp Joensuu City Orchestra / Sasha Mäkilä, sol. Joonatan Rautiola
  April 2014
• Vuohenki Luohti for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
  2222 4230 01, pno/cel, str, mezzo [pic, cbsn, btrb/tba]
  15 mins
  Commissioned by Kajaani City for its 350the Anniversary
  Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sakari Oramo
  2001
• Scherzo for piano and string orchestra
  Orig. version for piano (4 hands) and strings ensemble
  8 mins
  1994

Choral works

• Mixed choir
  • Kipuloitsu, Rondo, Herzstück, Liekut ja Loitsut, Four Puuhaara-Songs, Suomenkielinen vokaliisi (on CD of Helsinki Chamber Choir 2010)
  • Gloria, Pentecote (2012)
  • Havsbild (2014)
  • Motette Unser Wandel ist im Himmel (2015)
  • Adieux (2018)
• Descant Choir
  • Rondino (1996)
  • Auld Rhymes (2014)

Vocal works

• Winnie-the-pooh (1988)
  soprano and piano
• Lemminkäisen monologi (1999)
  barytone and piano
• Lament (Itkuvirsi) (2001)
  version 1 for soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano
  Lamentation 2 for soprano and chamber orchestra
  Lament for soprano and organ / accordion
• Vuohenki Luohti, version 1 for mezzo and piano (2002)
  version 2 for mezzo, violoncello and piano
  14 mins
• Govadas (2002) alto, baryt, fl, ob, cemb, vln, vla, gamba, vlc [contralto, baroque instruments]
  Separate songs and versions for modern instruments:
  • Juoigga! (2001)
    baryt, pno, vln, vla, vlc
    10 mins
  • Maa se ani om
    contralto, pno, vln, vla, vlc
    9 mins
• Sea-Drift (2006)
  mezzo-soprano, piano and string quartet
  17 mins
• Song Pairs: bilingual songs for voice and piano
  • Song Pair 1
    (Niilo Rauhala, Christian Morgenstern)
  • Song Pair 2
    (Kuutti Lavonen, transl. Husson)
  • Song Pair 3 (Fissure)
    (Dickinson, transl. Malroux)
  • Song Pair 4
    (Rossi, transl. Moster)
• Gloria (2009) for soprano and string quartet
  (medieval texts)
  10 mins
• Friarjojk och Scen (2017)  for soprano and string quartet
  Friarjojk in Sámi, Scen in Finnish/Swedish
  16 mins
• Three Folk Songs 2015/18 for mezzo-soprano and string quartet
  (Text: Kanteletar)
  15 mins

Chamber Music

• Ladder of Escape (1988-89)
  fl, 2cl, bsn, hn, 2perc, 2vln, vla, vlc [fl+pic, cl in A]
  Recommended work of the UNESCO Rostrum 1992
• Transition (1989)
  2 pianos, tape
  Recommended work of the UNESCO electro-acoustic Rostrum 1992
• Aufschwung (1994)
  fl, guit
• Mirage 1997
  kantele, arpa
• Spurt / Pyrähdys (2000)
  accordion, cello
  Spurt 2 / Pyrähdys 2(2001)
  clarinet, accordion, cello
• Quintet (2005)
  fl, cl, vln, vlc, pno
• Pilke (2005)
  alto sax and piano
  2. version for clarinet and piano
• Crisp (kantele, guitar) 2011
• Suite Française for Wind Quintet 16’ (2012)
• String Quartet The Fiddler 17’ (2010)

Solo Works

• Pendulum (1985)
  cello
• Feux follets / Virvatulia (1996)
  accordion
• Kuura (2001)
  kantele
• Missa per Organo (2007)
  Five movements to be performed separately
• Mosaic (2000/ 2008)
  piano
• Intrada for Organ (2015)
  (wedding music)

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