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Min-tsuku, a mini art song cycle for children and youth, was awarded the 2nd prize in the L.I.E.D. Composition Competition.
Tomi Räisänen's Profile Concert on May 25, 2024, at the Helsinki Music Centre
Organ Concerto 'Pulmo' video available on HKO Screen
Organ Concerto Pulmo wins the grand prize in the International Kaija Saariaho Composition Competition.
Performances 2025
September 15, 2025 :: Cuddle Curtain premiere
Tommi Hyytinen, horn, Bengi Canatan, harp, Helsinki Music Centre (Musiikkitalo), Camerata Hall, Helsinki, Finland
August 1, 2025 :: Séance premiere
Mikko-Pekka Svala, bassoon, Crusell Music Festival, Rauha-Sali, Monitoimijatalo Wintteri (Viikaistenkatu 3), 18:00 (6 pm), Uusikaupunki, Finland
[more info: Crusell Music Festival]
July 3, 2025 :: Dynamo (Circulating Concerto Grosso) premiere
Zafraan Ensemble: Liam Mallett, flute, Miguel Pérez Iñesta, clarinet, Martin Posegga, sax, Daniel Eichholz, percussion, Anna Viechtl, harp, Clemens Hund-Göschel, piano, Emmanuelle Bernard, violin, Josa Gerhard, viola, Martin Smith, cello, Beltane Ruiz Molina, contrabass, Theater im Delphi (Gustav-Adolf-Straße 2), 19h30 (7.30 om), Berlin, Germany
May 16, 2025 :: Kotona
Nobutaka Yoshizawa, koto, Saori Nakazawa, violin, Kei Sakoda, violin, Michiko Fukuda, viola, Tatsuro Terada, cello, Shingyo-ji Temple, Tokyo, Japan
March 29, 2025 :: Crossings
Reconsil, Manu Mayr, contrabass, Reaktor (Geblergasse 40), 19:30 (7.30 pm), Vienna, Austria
March 27 - June 16, 2025 :: The Gaze of Soldiers premiere
Sound design for video work "The Gaze of Soldiers", Tomoko Yoneda's solo exhibition, Daiwa Foundation Japan House (13/14 Cornwall Terrace, Outer Circle, NW1 4QP), London , UK
[more info: Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation]
February 28, 2025 :: Maaemo
Eva Alkula, kantele, Radio broadcast, YLE Radio 1, 19:02 (7:02 pm, GMT+2)
[listen online: YLE Areena (available internationally Feb.28-Mar.30)]
February 9, 2025 :: Maaemo
Musica nova Helsinki, Eva Alkula, kantele, The Finnish House of Nobility (Ritarihuone, Ritarikatu 1), 15:00 (3 pm), Helsinki, Finland
[more info: Musica nova Helsinki]
February 6, 2025 :: Ludi Caeli
Paddington Brass: Luella Shaw, trumpet, Florence Wilson-Toy, trumpet, Chloe Harrison, horn, Ben Haslam, trombone, Nona Lawrence, tuba, Royal Academy of Music (Marylebone Rd, London NW1 5HT), Angela Burgess Recital Hall, 13:00 (1 pm), London, UK
[more info: Royal Academy of Music]
January 8, 2025 :: Crossings
Heiko Maschmann, contrabass, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Bachsaal (Rudolf-Höber-Straße 3), 13:00 (1 pm), Kiel, Germany
Performances 2024
December 18, 2024 :: Marras • Stheno
Levande Musik, Glow Collective: Katrien Gaelens, flute, Dries Tack, clarinet, Pieter-Jan Vercammen, guitar, Ward Ginneberge, accordion, Hanna Kölbel, cello, Atalante (Övre Husargatan 1), Göteborg, Sweden
November 24, 2024 :: Under the Apple Tree (saxophone trio version)
Soren Hamm, Fred Winkler, Evan Smith, Ballard First Lutheran Church (2006 NW 65th St), 14:00 (2 pm), Seattle, USA
[more info: Northwest Edvard Grieg Society]
November 23, 2024 :: Min-tsuku premiere
The final concert of the L.I.E.D. Composition Competition, Sofia Jämsä & Pranav Adabala (I. Min-min-zemi), Zehou Sun & Hanna Xu (II. Tsuku-tsuku-bōshi), Enni Uromaa & Abheek Paul (III. Min-tsuku), Helsinki Conservatory of Music (Ruoholahdentori 6), 16:30 (4:30 pm), Helsinki, Finland
[more info: L.I.E.D. Composition Competition]
November 6, 2024 :: Kotona
AsianArt Ensemble: Naoko Kikuchi, koto, Chatschatur Kanajan, violin, Matthias Leupold, violin, Chang-Yun Yoo, viola, Isabelle Klemt, cello, Konzerthaus Berlin, Werner-Otto-Saal, Gendarmenmarkt 2, 20:00 (8 pm) Berlin, Germany
[more info: Konzerthaus Berlin]
[more info: AsianArt Ensemble]
October 30, 2024 - March 23, 2025 :: Slow Violence premiere
Music for Yoi Kawakubo's video work “Slow Violencello” (2024), Yoi Kawakubo's solo exhibition "Left is Right－The Garden of 4.5 Billion Years and Boiled Frogs", Maruki Gallery (1401 Shimogarako, Higashimatsuyama, Saitama 355-0076), Japan
October 3, 2024 :: Dreamgate
Margaret Leng Tan, toy piano, The Green-Wood Cemetery (500 25th Street Brooklyn, NY 11232), two performances at 6:30 and 8:30 pm, New York, USA
October 2, 2024 :: Dreamgate
Margaret Leng Tan, toy piano, The Green-Wood Cemetery (500 25th Street Brooklyn, NY 11232), two performances at 6:30 and 8:30 pm, New York, USA
September 18, 2024 :: Maaemo premiere
Eva Alkula, kantele, Tampere-talo, Pieni sali (Yliopistonkatu 55), 19:00 (7 pm), Tampere, Finland
September 7, 2024 :: Å (Music for Å//A Universe - Hidden Songlines of the Baltic Sea)
Claudia van Hasselt, voice, Viktoriia Vitrenko, voice, Daniel Eicholz, percussion, Eva Alkula, kantele, Roland Fidezius, contrabass, Museum ship Pommern (Sjöpromenaden, 2 Hamngatan), 19:00 (7 pm), Mariehamn, Åland
September 1, 2024 :: Å (Music for Å//A Universe - Hidden Songlines of the Baltic Sea)
Claudia van Hasselt, voice, Viktoriia Vitrenko, voice, Daniel Eicholz, percussion, Eva Alkula, kantele, Roland Fidezius, contrabass, Villa Elisabeth ( Invalidenstraße 3), 20:00 (8 pm), Berlin, Germany
August 31, 2024 :: Å (Music for Å//A Universe - Hidden Songlines of the Baltic Sea)
Claudia van Hasselt, voice, Viktoriia Vitrenko, voice, Daniel Eicholz, percussion, Eva Alkula, kantele, Roland Fidezius, contrabass, Villa Elisabeth ( Invalidenstraße 3), 20:00 (8 pm), Berlin, Germany
July 31, 2024 :: Kotona (solo version)
Naoko Kikuchi, solo koto, Sibelius Museum (Piispankatu 17), 19:00 (7 pm), Turku, Finland
July 5, 2024 :: Stheno
Stine Benjaminsen, recorder tubes, Ole Martin Huser-Olsen, guitar, The Danish New Music Academy, Aarhus Volume at 19:30 (7.30 pm), Aarhus, Denmark
June 25, 2024 :: Midsommar(so)natten
Romsey Festival, Emma Roijackers, violin, Luke Hsu, violin, Romsey, Hampshire, UK
June 12, 2024 :: Under the Apple Tree
Sointi Saxophone Trio: Samu Metsänen, Ilta Alttila, Eero Saunamäki, Tuusulan Church (Kirkkotie 34), Tuusula, Finland
June 11, 2024 :: Dreamgate
Alina Ezhakova, toy pianos, Yeltsin Center, 19:30 (7.30 pm), Yekaterinburg
May 25, 2024 :: Hile • Hiisi • Dreamgate • Insiders • Ouvrez la Tête • @ch • Mamonaku premiere • Falls
Aaron Ahola, piano, Helmi Malmgren, clarinet, Sirja Nironen, cello, Vilja Raitala, piano, Niina Ranta, piano, Helsinki Music Centre (Musiikkitalo), Camerata Hall at 19h00 (7 pm), Helsinki, Finland
May 11, 2024 :: Väki
Emily Springer, solo horn, Oberlin College and Conservatory, 16:30 (4.30 pm), Oberlin, Ohio, USA
May 5, 2024 :: Marras • Stheno
Musiques Démesurées Festival, Glow Collective: Katrien Gaelens, flute, Dries Tack, clarinet, Pieter-Jan Vercammen, guitar, Ward Ginneberge, accordion, Hanna Kölbel, cello, Clermont-Ferrand, France
[more info - Musiques Démesurées]
May 3, 2024 :: Marras premiere • Stheno
Glow Collective: Katrien Gaelens, flute, Dries Tack, clarinet, Pieter-Jan Vercammen, guitar, Ward Ginneberge, accordion, Hanna Kölbel, cello, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke (Bijlokekaai 7), Gent, Belgium
April 2, 2024 :: Abeyance
University of Toronto Contemporary Music Ensemble, Wallace Halladay, cond., Walter Hall (80 Queen's Park), 19:30 (7.30 pm), Toronto, Canada
March 27, 2024 :: Kyynelketju
Eero Saunamäki, recorder, Sibelius Museum (Piispankatu 17) at 17:00 (7 pm), Turku Finland
March 23, 2024 :: No-Go
Violin Duo Miolina: Mioi Takeda & Lynn Bechtold, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Great Hall Balcony Cafe, Floor 2 (1000 Fifth Avenue) at 18:00 (6 pm), New York, USA
March 22, 2024 :: No-Go
Violin Duo Miolina: Mioi Takeda & Lynn Bechtold, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Great Hall Balcony Cafe, Floor 2 (1000 Fifth Avenue) at 18:00 (6 pm), New York, USA
February 24, 2024 :: Micromusic I: 3 Pieces for Music Box premiere
Janne Tateno, music box, ShugoArts (complex665 2F, 6-5-24, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-0032) 17:00 (5 pm), Tokyo, Japan
February 7, 2024 :: Axis premiere
Ilmiö Ensemble: Mikko-Pekka Svala, solo bassoon, Katedraali soi!, Turku Cathedral (Tuomiokirkonkatu 1), 19:00 (7 pm), Turku, Finland
February 2, 2024 :: Pulmo (Organ Concerto)
Angela Metzger, solo organ, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Schumann, cond., Musiikkitalo (Mannerheimintie 13 A) at 19:00 (7 pm), Helsinki, Finland • Live broadcast on YLE1 (radio) and Areena (online video)
February 2, 2024 :: Pulmo (Organ Concerto) premiere
Angela Metzger, solo organ, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Schumann, cond., Musiikkitalo (Mannerheimintie 13 A) at 13:00 (1 pm), Helsinki, Finland
February 1, 2024 :: Väki
Esbjerg Ensemble: Joke Wijma, horn, FOLK & FÆSTIVAL, Syddansk Musikkonservatorium (SDMK), Koncertsalen (Kirkegade 61) 17:00 (5 pm), Esbjerg, Denmark
January 15, 2024 :: Triquad
Chloe Harrison, horn, Jess Anderson, trombone, Nona Lawrence, tuba, Hannah Runting, harp, Royal Academy of Music, Angela Burgess Recital Hall (Marylebone Rd, NW1 5HT) at 17:00 (5 pm), London, UK
Performances 2023
December 12, 2023 :: Stheno
Radio Broadcast: rbb Kultur (Germany), 23:00 (11 pm), Musik der Gegenwart by Ecki Weber: Erik Bosgraaf, recorder tubes & Izhar Elias, guitar
December 5, 2023 :: Kotona
AsianArt Ensemble: Naoko Kikuchi, koto, Wolfgang Bender, violin, Matthias Leupold, violin, Chang-Yun Yoo, viola, Anna Care, cello, Unerhörte Musik, BKA-Theater, Mehringdamm 34, 20:00 (8 pm) Berlin, Germany
November 25, 2023 :: Stheno
Takako Imai, flute tubes & Gaku Yamada, guitar, Music Salon Tutto Buono (〒330-0062 埼玉県さいたま市浦和区仲町１丁目１２−5-2) at 14:00 (2 pm), Saitama, Japan
November 6, 2023 :: Regula
Radio Broadcast: YLE 1 (Finland), 19:02 (7:02pm), Radion sinfoniaorkesteri konserttilavalla: Petri Kumela, microtonal guitar, Tommi Hyytinen, microtonal horn
November 5, 2023 :: Kotona (solo version) premiere
Naoko Kikuchi, solo koto, 5th Kishiwada Konakara Music Festival, Sugie Noh Stage (6, 6-10 Kishiro-cho Kishiwada-shi), 2 performances at 11:00 (11 am) & 15:00 (3 pm), Kishiwada, Japan
September 3, 2023 :: Å (Music for Å//A Universe - Hidden Songlines of the Baltic Sea)
Claudia van Hasselt, voice, Golnar Shahyar, voice, Daniel Eicholz, percussion, Eva Alkula, kantele, Roland Fidezius, contrabass, Spreehalle (Reinbeckstraße 16), Berlin, Germany
September 2, 2023 :: Å (Music for Å//A Universe - Hidden Songlines of the Baltic Sea)
Claudia van Hasselt, voice, Golnar Shahyar, voice, Daniel Eicholz, percussion, Eva Alkula, kantele, Roland Fidezius, contrabass, Spreehalle (Reinbeckstraße 16), Berlin, Germany
August 27, 2023 :: Kyynelketju
Eero Saunamäki, recorder, Satasoitto, Kokemäen Vanha Yhteiskoulu at 16:00 (4pm), Kokemäki, Finland
July 18, 2023 :: Kyynelketju
Eero Saunamäki, recorder, Kiteen Kamarikonsertit, Havola (Kiteenlahdentie 4) at 19:00 (7pm), Kitee, Finland
June 17, 2023 :: Å (Music for Å//A Universe - Hidden Songlines of the Baltic Sea) premiere
Claudia van Hasselt, voice, Golnar Shahyar, voice, Daniel Eicholz, percussion, Eva Alkula, kantele, Roland Fidezius, contrabass, 22. Ahrenshooper Jazzfest (Hauptbühne, Dorfstraße 16b) at 22:00 (10pm), Ahrenshoop, Germany
June 16, 2023 :: Dive
Silvia Berchtold, recorder, Biosphäre Festival, Theater Oberhausen (Will-Quadflieg-Platz 1), Oberhausen, Germany
June 10, 2023 :: No-Go premiere
Violin Duo Miolina: Mioi Takeda & Lynn Bechtold, Nordic Northwest, Nordia House (8800 SW Oleson Rd.) at 18:00 (6 pm), Portland, USA
April 30, 2023 :: Kiire
Vox Aurea, Sanna Salminen, cond., Hull International Choir Competition, Albemarle Music Centre (60 Ferensway) at 11:00 (11 am), Hull, U.K.
April, 23, 2023 :: Kalalle premiere
Aura Sinfonia, Nuutti Huhtilainen, cond., Pirkanmaan Pinna Composition Competition, Sigyn-sali (Linnakatu 60) at 14:00 (2 pm), Turku, Finland
April 20, 2023 :: Kiire
Vox Aurea, Sanna Salminen, cond., Seminaarinmäki, Seminarium, Vanha juhlasali S212 at 17:30 (5:30 pm), Jyväskylä, Finland
February 12, 2023 :: Regula premiere
Petri Kumela, microtonal guitar, Tommi Hyytinen, microtonal horn, RSO Chamber Music Series, Paavo Hall, The Helsinki Music Centre (Mannerheimintie 13 A) at 15:00 (3 pm), Helsinki, Finland
January 15, 2023 :: Kyynelketju
Sini Vahervuo, recorder, Tropical Winter Ukulele Festival, Leppävirran kirkko (Kirkkokaari 1) at 14:30 (2:30 pm), Leppävirta, Finland
January 12, 2023 :: Kyynelketju
Lara Mbella, recorder, Sweelinckzaal, Conservatorium van Amsterdam (Oosterdokskade 151) at 19:30 (7:30 pm), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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