EDUCATION

2022: Master of Music, Composition | Teachers: Veli-Matti Puumala (2020–2022) and Juhani Nuorvala (2017–2020), Sibelius Academy. Achieved top grades (5/5) in Composition 2, Orchestration 2, and Theory 2.

2016: Master of Philosophy, Music Education, Qualified as a Primary School Teacher | University of Jyväskylä

2016: Transcriptions of Kenyan Digo Tribe Music for a Scientific Article | Sengenya Dance of the Digo Community: Documentation of Social Context, Music Transcriptions, and Acoustic Measurements of Selected Instruments.

2012: Studies in East African Music and Culture (20 ECTS) | Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

2011: Diploma in Music, Major in Electric Guitar | Jyväskylä College Conservatory

AWARDS & GRANTS

2024: Kone Foundation, 2 year Composition Work, €64,800

2024: Finnish Music Foundation (MES), Composition Work, €1,900

2023: Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Composition Work, €13,000

2022: Uusimaa Regional Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation, Composition Work, €13,000

2022: Pro Musica Foundation, Recognition Grant, €8,000

2022: Martin Wegelius Memorial Foundation, Recognition Grant, €5,000

2021: Arts Promotion Centre Finland, COVID-19 Grant, €4,000

2021: Finnish Music Foundation (MES), Composition Work, €1,900

2020: Mostly Modern Festival, New York: Fellowship, €2,540 (only one awarded)

2018: 2nd Prize in Kilpi Choir Composition Competition: Y (SATB)

2014: Shared 1st Prize in VocalEspoo Composition Competition (Mixed Choir): Siivekkäiden Loitsuaja (SATB)

SIGNIFICANT COMMISSIONS

2026–2027: Accordion Concerto (30′) for Veli Kujala, premiered at Korundi, Rovaniemi, by the Lapland Chamber Orchestra conducted by John Storgårds

2025: New Work (10′) for bass flute and kantele, commissioned by Camilla Hoitenga and Eija Kankaanranta, to premiere in fall 2025 during their U.S. tour and at Aichi University of the Arts, Japan

2025: Crisalide (11′) for saxophone quartet, commissioned by Saxtronauts, to premiere in summer 2025

2024: Trapeze (15′) for bass flute, string trio and piano, commissioned by Grammy Award winning Uusinta Ensemble for their 25th Jubilee Concert, premiered on February 3, 2024, at Helsinki Music Centre and broadcast on YLE

2022: Luoto (15′), for 12 voices, commissioned by Grammy Award winning Helsinki Chamber Choir, premiered at the Neo Arte Festival in Gdańsk, Poland, on October 30, 2022, with a second performance in the Klang concert series at Helsinki Music Centre on November 2, 2022

2022: Liekki (10′), for wind quintet, commissioned by the National Wind Music Days, premiered by members of the Jyväskylä Symphony Orchestra on March 19, 2022

2020: Väylät (11′), for orchestra, premiered by the Lahti Symphony Orchestra at Sibelius Hall on November 17, 2020, and broadcast on YLE’s Ajassa Soi series in spring 2021. One of five composers selected for the Lahti Symphony Orchestra’s “Seedbed” composition project in 2020

2016: Valonpaisumus (SATB+perc), a promotional cantata for the University of Jyväskylä, rehearsed and conducted by the composer for the ceremony’s premiere

SIGNIFICANT PERFORMANCES AND ARTISTIC PROJECTS

2024–2026: Curator, Composer, and Improvising Musician for Seikka, a multidisciplinary performance series commissioned by Nuoren Voiman Liitto for the Runokuu Festival in Helsinki, combining music, poetry, and visual art

2024: Paralysis selected by the Finnish ISCM section for the ISCM World New Music Days Festival in the Faroe Islands

2024: Laskostuu for solo cello, performed by Sirja Nironen in her recital at the Tampere Biennale

2023: Young Artists of the Summer concert series, featuring a personal composition concert at Helsinki Music Centre, highlighting outstanding recent graduates from the Sibelius Academy

2022: Liekki premiered in a new version by the American Modern Ensemble at the Mostly Modern Festival, New York, along with an orchestral reading of Väylät at Arthur Zankel Music Center, Saratoga Springs, New York

2022: Collaborated with Susanne Kujala at Brand Neu International Orgelsommer, Kassel, performing and experimenting with St. Martin’s Church organ and its modular extensions

2022: Hän kirjoittaa, a collaborative work with choreographer Eeva Juutinen, developed entirely remotely using Google Docs and presented at Uniarts Fest

2018: Ruskan värjäämät lehdet (Autumn colored leaves) performed by the Helsinki Chamber Choir, conducted by Nils Schweckendiek, at Amos Rex during Nordic Music Days

2016: Valonpaisumus (SATB+perc), conducted by the composer for its premiere at the University of Jyväskylä’s promotion ceremony

2014–2018: Organized five multidisciplinary Salakuuntelu club performances in collaboration with the Central Finland Writers’ Association, serving as curator, producer, composer, and improvising musician

MASTERCLASSES

2022: Daron Hagen, David Ludwig, Vivian Fung, Robert Paterson, Stephen Cabell, Mostly Modern Festival, New York

2021–2022: Kaija Saariaho, Chaya Czernowin, Sibelius Academy

SKILLS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Recording Credits: Vox Aurea: Pato, I Never Saw… (Alba, 2020); Ruamjai: Talven Taika (2015); Vox Aurea: A Journey into Christmas (Alba, 2010)

Board member of The Society of Finnish Composers, member of Music Finland, and board member of Finnish Music Foundation choral travel grant committee.

Publishers: Music Finland and SULASOL (choral scores)

Languages: English (excellent), Japanese (good), Swedish (good), Spanish (intermediate).

Choir Singing: Ruamjai (2008–2014), Jyväskylä Musica Choir (2015–2017), Audite (2018–2019).

Instruments: Electric guitar (major), other guitars, piano, voice, percussions, bass recorder.