Chants for organ and chamber orchestra will be premiered on May 14th 2024 by organist Leevi Lipponen and the Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nazanin Aghakhani in the Helsinki Music Centre. The work was one of the two winning works in the chamber orchestra category of the international Kaija Saariaho composition competition in 2023 and it features the brand new Rieger organ of the Musiikkitalo’s concert hall.

https://musiikkitalo.fi/tapahtumat/sibelius-akatemian-sinfoniaorkesterin-konsertti/

The new record “Music of Haarla, Heinilä, Kasurinen & Rönkä” by UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra is out now. More information about the album can be found here.  

“Phases” for clarinet, violoncello & piano was performed by musicians from the ÄÄNI collective at Ung Nordisk Musik festival in Tampere. Here’s the link to the video of the performance.