| / Studies |
Music studies
- University of Turku, musicology since 1996
- Turku Conservatory, percussion and music theory 1991-1996
- Pop/Jazz Conservatory of Oulunkylä, percussion and music theory 1986-1990
Composition studies
- University of Turku and private studies with Jyrki Linjama, Harri Suilamo, Mikko Heiniö, Tapio Nevanlinna and Helmut Lachenmann, among others
Composition courses
- Centre Acanthes, Avignon, France, 2002 (Brian Ferneyhough & Arditti Quartet).
- Centre Acanthes, Avignon, France, 1999 (Helmut Lachenmann)
- The Summer Academy of Viitasaari, Finland, 1996-98 (Jukka Tiensuu, Adriana Hölszky, Yoshihisa Taira, Stephen Montaque, Helmut Lachenmann)
- Darmstadt, Germany, 1990 (Brian Ferneyhough)
- Composition workshops of Turku Philharmonic Orchestra 1995 and 1997 |
| / Memberships |
Finnish Composers' Copyright Society Teosto since 2001
Society of Finnish Composers since 1998
"Ears Open" Society 1993-2000
Jury member in The ACL Young Composers Award competition arranged by The Asian Composers League, August, 2000
Composer in residence of the Turku Conservatory 1998-1999 |
| / Recent grants |
Finnish Cultural Foundation, grants in 2009, 2005, 2004, 2003
National Council for Music, Artist grant for the years 2007-2008 and 2001
Sibelius Fund, 2003 |
| / Prizes |
At the Ars Poetica Composers Competition selected for the festival programme of the "Days of New Music, XII Edition", Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 2003 ("Obscure Counters")
Selected for the Second International Forum For The Young Composers arranged by The Ensemble Aleph, 2002 ("Obscure Contours")
Third prize in the international PanAccordion-2000 competition, 2000 ("Ehiknosdeux")
Finalist and awarded in the Uussävel competition arranged by the Society of Finnish Composers and the Music Festivals of Turku 1997 ("Approche")
Special prize in the Composing Competition for the String Orchestra of the University of Oulu 1994 ("Viima") |
| / Varia |
Visiting lecturer of composition and contemporary music in several schools in Finland, France, Canada and Sweden.
Composer-in-residence of the Arkipelag School of Music in 2004-2005
Composer-in-residence of Turku Conservatory 1998-1999
Composition concerts in Helsinki 2004, Järvenpää (Sibelius Week) 2002
Works performed at festivals, concerts and radio in Europe, America and Asia. |
| Updated February 2010 |