Events
2021
December 12, Helsinki: Idols 2020 – for four performers. Dayjob Collective. Mad House Helsinki. 2:00PM
December 11, Helsinki: Idols 2020 – for four performers. Dayjob Collective. Mad House Helsinki. 2:00PM and 6:00PM
December 10, Helsinki: Idols 2020 – for four performers. World Premiere for public. Dayjob Collective. Mad House Helsinki. 6:00PM
May 4, Hong Kong (livestreamed from Hietsun Pavilion, Helsinki): Toccata – for clarinet, cello, and electronics. Asian world premiere. Defunensemble. Cosmopolis Festival, 6:00PM
April 30, Hong Kong: Marsyas’s Turn – for solo flute. World Premiere. Agnus Li, flute. Cosmopolis Festival, Cheng Yu Tung Building, HKUST Campus. 6PM
2020
December 12, Helsinki: Idols 2020 – for four performers. With Dayjob Collective. COVID-restricted preview performances, Mad House Helsinki. 2:00PM and 6:00PM.
October 25, Helsinki: Kiikku – for wind quintet. European Premiere. Five Parts Quintet, Hietsu Pavilion, 7:00PM
January 12, Hong Kong: Nature, Industry, Ritual – for percussion quartet, video, and electronics. Asian premiere. Third Coast Percussion. Co-presented by Music Alive! and Toolbox International Creative Academy Festival. Youth Square, 7:30PM
2019
November 29, Helsinki. Toccata – for clarinet, cello, and electronics. Defunensemble, 10th anniversary concert, WHS Theater Union, 7:00PM
September 28, Chicago: Sextet – for flute, violin, cello, percussion harp, and piano
Ensemble Dal Niente, season-opening concert, Allen Recital Hall, Holtschneider Performance Center, 7:00PM
September 8, Minsk, BLR: Figures – durational performance with objects and electronics. World Premiere.
Dayjob Collective (Timothy Page, Salla Hakkola, Lempi Hakkola). Performensk Festival, Z. Azgur Memorial Museum-Studio, 12:00-5:00PM
June 30, Chicago: Nature, Industry, Ritual – for percussion quartet, video, and electronics. Third Coast Percussion. Constellation, 8:30PM
March 3, Granville, OH: Nature, Industry, Ritual – for percussion quartet, video, and electronics. World Premiere. Third Coast Percussion. Tutti Festival, Denison University, Swasey Chapel, 7:00PM
2018
November 9, Helsinki: Hypha – for piano and violin. Zagros Ensemble (Sonja Fräkki pn, Elisa Rusi-Matero, vn). Nordic Music Days Finland, Temppeliaukionkirkko, 6:00PM
October 6, Mexico City: Hypha – for piano and violin. North American premiere. Ensemble Dal Niente (Mabel Kwan pn, Austin Wulliman vn). Foro Internacional de Música Nueva, Palacio de Bellas Artes, 4:00PM
April 27, Chicago: Oru – for large ensemble, objects, and video. World Premiere. Ensemble Dal Niente, Michael Lewansky cond. Contempo Series, Logan Center for the Arts, 7:30PM
April 14, Tampere, FIN: Persephone Variations – for objects, harp, saxophone, video, and two performance artists. World Premiere. Dayjob Collective, Tullintori Mall
March 30, Eugene, OR: Striate – for timpani-enhanced cello, video, and electronics. World Premiere
[Switch~ Ensemble] (Tyler Borden, cello). SEAMUS Festival. 2:00PM
2017
Tendril– work for clarinet and string trio,
Harri Mäki with members of Tapiola sinfonietta, fp. 10.09.2017, Espoo
Hypha – for piano and violin
Alexander Stary pn, Theresa Solomon vn, 24.08.2017, Ostrava Days, Ostrava, CZ.
Humayun – for fl, cl, vn, vc, perc, pn
Ensemble Mis-En, 22.06.2017, New York City
Kalastus – for interactive media, flute, saxophone, and two performance artists. Dayjob Collective, fp. 18.06.2017, Helsinki
Humayun – for sax, cl, vn, vc, perc, pn
Latitude 49, Parkside, WI, USA, 03.02.2017
Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 17.02.2017
Kenosha, WI, USA, 27.02.2017 Chicago, IL, USA, 14.05.2017
Falle – for cheap violin, 4 performers, objects, and electronics IMPULS Festival, 20.2.107, Graz, AT, world premiere.
Kiikku – for woodwind quintet
Imani Winds, 30.04.2017 Chicago, world premiere
2016
Hypha – for piano and violin Emil Holmström pn, Pasi Eerikäinen vn, 06.11.2016, Helsinki, world premiere
Curl – for flute, harp, and electronics defunensemble, Helsinki, 18.10.2016
defunensemble, Tartto, EST, 21.10.2016
Fences – for soprano, violin, cello, and objects
Julia Bentley with Access Contemporary Music, Ear Taxi Festival, 08.10.2016 Chicago
Spindle – for solo bass flute
Dalia Chin, Chicago 15.08.2016
Humayun – for sax, cl, vn, vc, perc, pn
members of ICE and Talea, Wellesley Composers’ Conference, Jim Baker cond. 25.07.2016
Akanvirta – for bandoneon, clarinet, acrobat, objects, electronics, and video.
Hiljaisuus festivaali, Kaukonen, FIN, 13.06.2016
Etyydi – for piano and violin
Eighth Blackbird, Univeristy of Chicago Contempo Series, 15.05.2016
Toipilas – for horn, guitar, harp, electronics, and objects
R.A.N.K Ensemble, Tampere Biennale, 13.04.2016
2015
Reconnaissance (with Salla Hakkola) – for two performance artists and two musicians
Uusinta Chamber Ensemble, Helsinki, 04.12.2015
Humayun – for sax, cl, vn, vc, perc, pn, Latitude 49, Chicago,
Curl – for flute, harp, and electronics
Kirsten Smith, Catherine Ashley, Catherine Ashley Doctoral Recital, Perth, AU, 23.11.2015
Suite Capsula – for guitar duo
Jyrki Myllärinen, Ismo Eskelinen, Jyrki Myllärinen Doctoral Recital, Helsinki 16.11.2015
Spindle – for solo bass flute
Shanna Gutierrez, UChicago New Music Ensemble, 01.11.2015
Humayun – for fl, cl, vn, cl, perc, pn
Ostravska Banda, Ostrava Music Days, 24.08.2015
Spindle – for solo bass flute
Shanna Gutierrez, Omaha Under the Radar, 11.07.2015
Humayun – for fl, cl, vn, cl, perc, pn
New York Contemporary Music Ensemble, June in Buffalo, 03.06.2015
Humayun – for fl, cl, vn, cl, perc, pn
fp. Eighth Blackbird, University of Chicago Contempo Series, 06.05.2015
Spindle – for solo bass flute
fp. Shanna Gutierrez, Project Incubator, 10.05.2105
Shout, murmur, wheeze – for saxophone and drumset,
Fulcrum Point New Music, 01.03.2015
Shout, murmur, wheeze – for saxophone and drumset,
North American premier, Fulcrum Point New Music, 23.02.2015
2014
Sextet – for fl, vn, vc, perc, hp, pn
University of Chicago New Music Ensemble, Barbara Schubert, cond. 02.11.2014
Curl – for flute, harp, and electronics
Ben Melsky and Shanna Gutierrez
University of Chicago Computer Music Studio Concert, 21.05.2014 Curl – for flute, harp, and electronics
Kirsten Smith, Catherine Ashley, International Computer Music Conference, Perth, Australia 14.08.2013
Profile concert, with Uusinta (Elinan Jukola, cond.), Defunensemble, Jyrkki Myllärinen, Ismo Eskelinen, Ilkka Heinonen, Helsinki, 24.05.2013
works performed: Toccata – trio halldorofonille, elektroniikalle, ja klarinetille Curl – trio for flute, harp, and electronics
Suite Cápsula – guitar duo
Concerto for Jouhikko and Chamber Orchestra (fp.)
Toccata – trio for halldorophone (electroacoustic cello-like instrument), clarinet, and electronics New York Electroacoustic Music Festival, New York, 06.04.2013
Toccata – trio for halldorophone (electroacoustic cello-like instrument), clarinet, and electronics Defunensemble, Nordic Music Days, Stockholm, Sweden, 10.10.1012
Between Hell and Earth – choral work for 16 singers, Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek cond., Helsinki Musica Nova festival, Helsinki, Finland, 16.02.2013
Cusp – premiere of version for jouhikko and chamber orchestra, Caput Ensemble with Ilkka Heinonen, Snorri Birgisson cond., Nordic Music Days, Reykjavik, Iceland 08.10.2011
The Center Cannot Hold – members of Avanti!, Zagros, Defunensemble, and Helsinki Chamber Choir Nils Schweckendiek, cond. Helsinki Music Center, Helsinki, Finland 07.09.2011
Curl – for flute, harp, and electronics
Defunensemble, Hanna Kinnunen Doctoral Recital, Helsinki, Finland 25.05.2011
Kierros – trio, Mikko Raasakka, Gregory Barrett, Liisa Maalmivaara, Turku, Finland 21.09.2010 Curl – for flute, harp, and electronics
Defunensemble, Tampere Biennale festival, Tampere, Finland 18.04.2010 Curl – for flute, harp, and electronics
Defunensemble, Helsinki 09.03.2010
Kierros – trio, Uusinta/Ensemble Aleph joint concert, Helsinki, Finland 13.02.2010
Kierros – trio, Uusinta/Ensemble Aleph joint concert, Paris, France 23.01.2010 Kierros – trio, Mikko Raasakka, Gregory Barrett
Clarinet Cornucopia festival, DeKalb, IL, USA, 02.07.2009
Philomela – sextet, Cikada Ensemble, International Society of Contemporary Music
(ISCM) Listen to the World! festival, Växjö, Sweden, 10.15.2009
Cusp – work for chamber orchestra, Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Lorraine Vaillancourt cond.
Domaine Forget – concert series St. Irénée, Quebec, Canada 08.18.2009 Kierros – trio Olli-Pekka Tuomisalo, Heikki Nikula, and Risto-Matti Marin
Time of Music Festival, Viitasaari, 02.07.2009
Philomela – sextet, Eija Räisänen with Zagros Ensemble, Anna-Maria Helsing cond.,
Helsinki, Finland 12.05.2009
Lovers of Mankind – appr. 80 min opera, Sasha Mäkilä, cond.
Helsinki University of Technology 100-year anniversary festival,
Espoo, Finland 27-30.01.2009, Helsinki Musica Nova, Helsinki, Finland 08-11.02.2009
Kierros – Olli-Pekka Tuomisalo, Heikki Nikula, and Risto-Matti Marin
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Soloists concert series, Helsinki, Finland 04.10.2008
Torsion – orchestral work, Norwegian Academy of Music Orchestra, Per Sigmund Thorp joht. Ung Nordisk Musik festival, Oslo, Norway 28.08.2008
Suite Cápsula – guitar duo, Siba Festival, Helsinki, 29.1.2008