Happy to announce that I have kindly been asked to be the Composer-in-Residence at the I Djurs og Mols-festival in Denmark this summer. The festival runs from 25th to the 31st of July.As part of my residency there will be a performances of On Blue (2019/2024) by the string quartet of the Royal Danish Orchestra …
Blog Post #3 – Ah, the city of love!
In January 2024, we flew to Paris with my wife and joined Orchestre national d'Île-de-France and conductor Ainārs Rubiķis for the exhilarating second performance of my short celebratory orchestral work, Bacchanale at the beautiful (and packed!) Philharmonie de Paris. Bacchanale, written to celebrate the orchestra's 50th Anniversary, opened a concert full of colour and joy …
Blog Post #2 – Finnish premiere of Sunfall
With George Benjamin at the general rehearsal, pic by Tuula Sarotie / With Benjamin and Magnus Lindberg, pic by Tuula Sarotie /During YLE interview with Lotta Emanuelsson What a joyous week it was to work with Sir George Benjamin and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra on the Finnish premiere of Sunfall. The work was performed …
Bourrée released on NMC Recordings
My work for brass and percussion ensemble, Bourrée, commissioned by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra to celebrate their Centenary, has been released on NMC Recordings today, along with 19 other composers' music. The performance is conducted by Clark Rundell. You can get the album here, or listen to the preview (or in full if you …
Recording orchestral works with Jyväskylä Sinfonia
This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending the recording sessions of Ripped Tapestry (2019) and Naava (2022) with Jyväskylä Sinfonia and Ville Matvejeff in the beautiful wooden Hankasalmi Church. Together with audio engineer Markku Veijonsuo and producer Per Öman, we sat in the backroom listening with care and communicating our thoughts to the …
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Announcing a new chamber opera
Thrilled to announce that I have been commissioned by Saaristo-ooppera to write an hour-long chamber opera - Ihminen parhaan kykynsä mukaan (A Human Being to the Best of My Ability) to a libretto by celebrated Finnish author Tommi Kinnunen. Directed by Pertti Sveholm, the work combines opera and theater with two characters, a man, whose …
Blog Post #1 – World Premiere of Bells & Echoes in Helsinki
Photos from the performance and rehearsals taken by © Maarit Kytöharju Last week, on Friday 4. August 2023, I had the pleasure to hear three excellent musicians - Abel Puustinen (violin), Klaara Vasara (clarinet) and Ossi Tanner (piano) - give the world premiere of my trio Bells & Echoes as part of the Kamarikesä-festival in …
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Sunfall with FRSO & Sir George Benjamin
It’s a privilege to get to work with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Sir George Benjamin on the Finnish premiere of my orchestra work Sunfall on 15. and 16. November 2023 at Musiikkitalo, Helsinki. The first night will also be broadcast on national TV (Yle) and Radio 1. Read more here.
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