EDUCATION
2020 Luovien alojen yrittäjän ammattitutkinto. Keuda.
2008 Music teacher, Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. Singing teacher: Matti Pelo.
2005 Masters degree in musicology at Åbo Akademi University. Master’s thesis Erna Tauro och muminvisorna. En studie i teatervisors tillkomst (Erna Tauro and the Moomin songs. A study in the origin of theater songs).
OTHER STUDIES
2018– Studies in historically informed acting with emphasis on stage directing. Teacher: Deda Cristina Colonna, Italy.
2014-2017 Studies in baroque gesture. Teacher: Sigrid T’Hooft, Belgium.
2007-2017 Studies in baroque singing. Teacher: Susanne Rydén, Sweden.
2005-2011 Studies in poetry recital. Teacher: Eilakaija Sippo, Finland.
COMPETITIONS AND PRIZES
2023- Key Ensemble
2014- Trio Flamme
ENSEMBLES
202 Erna Tauro priset (The Erna Tauro Prize). Trio Flamme.
2005 First prize in the Finnish national poetry recital competition Eino Leinon jalanjäljillä (In Eino Leino´s Footsteps).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018– Vocal coach at and organizer of Song, Poetry and the Stage – Master Class in Singing Technique and Stage Performance. Held annually in Helsinki, Finland.
2013-2017 Vocal coach at Hanko Music Course.
2015– Teacher of the classes Sångteknik och uttryck A & B and Opera i grupp at Esbo Arbis.
2006– Coaching choirs: The Academic Male Voice Choir of Helsinki and Ceciliakören as well as several other choirs.
STAGE DIRECTOR AND DRAMATURGY
2021 The Crab – Change is the Remedy for the Ills of Life. Dramaturgy and stage director.
2018 Gesture concert Love, Treachery & Frogs – Tales of Women. Dramaturgy and stage director.
2017 Dramatized concert Kadonnut valo – Sisar Marinan rakkaus (Lost Light – Sister Mariana’s Love). Dramaturgy and stage director.
2008 Dramatized concert La Donna Barbara – Female Baroque Composer Barbara Strozzi. Dramaturgy.
2006 Jää minuun (Stay With Me). Musical poetry production. Dramaturgy.
PROFESSIONAL ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE (a selection)
2024 BEBBES BÄSTA MED TRIO FLAMME. Trio Flamme, Esko Grundström and Bengt Ahlfors.
2024 Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Soprano I soloist. Key Ensemble and the Finnish Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Jutta Seppinen.
2023 Grapefruit. Key Ensemble. Conductor: Jutta Seppinen.
2023 DEN DOFTANDE JORDEN – Carita Holmström’s Songs About Our Life On Earth. Trio Flamme, Esko Grundström and Carita Holmström.
2022 F. Uttini’s and Johnsen’s opera Birger Jarl och Mechtild. The roles as Venus and Överste Prästinna. Stockholm Early Music Festival. Conductor: Mark Tatlow. Director: Patrik Sörling.
2021 The Crab – Change is the Remedy for the Ills of Life. Historically informed actor, soprano, dramaturgy and stage director.
2020 FLAMME + BEBBE = SANT!. Trio Flamme and Bengt Ahlfors perform Ahlfors’ theater songs.
2019 Haydn’s Die Jahreszeiten. Collegium Vocale Gent and Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
2019 Mendelssohn’s Elias. Collegium Vocale Gent and Orchestra des Champs-Elysées. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
2018 Goe Nightly Cares, Thy Enemy To Rest. FIBO-players.
2018 Tauro & Ahlfors – Visor för full hals. Trio Flamme and Bengt Ahfors perform Tauro’s and Ahlfors’ theatre songs.
2018 Gesture concert Love, Treachery & Frogs – Tales of Women. Soprano, historically informed actor, dramaturgy and stage director.
2018 Britten’ War Requiem. Collegium Vocale Gent and Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
2018 Verdi’s Requiem and Quattro pezzi sacri. Collegium Vocale Gent and Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
2018 Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo. Göteborg Baroque. Conductor: Magnus Kjellson. Stage director: Per T. Buhre.
2017 Gesture concert Nine Divinities – An Evening Inspired by the Muses. Soprano and historically informed actor. Stage director: Sigrid T’Hooft.
2017 Dramatized concert Kadonnut valo – Sisar Marinan rakkaus (Lost Light – Sister Mariana’s Love). The role as Sister Mariana, dramaturgy and stage director.
2017 Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Collegium Vocale Gent. Orchestra: Orchestre de Champs-Elysées. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
2016 Hulluna sinuun – Barokin gestiikan, tanssin ja musiikin kohtaamisia (Crazy for you- An encounter between baroque gesture, dance and music). Historically informed actor, soprano and baroque dance. FIBO-players.
2016 Erna Tauro – Känslornas tonsättare. Trio Flamme performs Erna Tauro’s theatre songs.
2016 Gesture concert Le Caffé. Soprano and historically informed actor. Baroque ensemble Albergata. Stage director: Sigrid T’Hooft.
2016 Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion. La Petite Bande. Conductor: Sigiswald Kuijken.
2015 Bach’s St. John’s Passion. La Petite Bande. Conductor: Sigiswald Kuijken.
2014 Carita Holmström’s and Susanne Ringells’ mass Varde ljus! (Let There Be Light!). Soprano soloist. First public performance. Conductor: Dag-Ulrik Almqvist.
2014 Gesture concert Love, Madness and Despair – Baroque gesture. Soprano and historically informed actor. Stage director: Sigrid T’Hooft.
2014 Muminkonsert (Moomin concert). Trio Flamme performs Erna Tauro’s and Tove Jansson’s Moomin songs.
2014 Mozart’s Requiem. Kaukametsän kamariorkesteri. Conductor: Satu Simola.
2013 Die hohe Zeit II – J.S. Bachin lemmenmusiikkia. Wedding cantata Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten BWV 202.
2013 Zipoli’s Jesuitic Mass. Musicians of the King’s Road. Conductor: Markus Yli-Jokipii.
2012 Die hohe Zeit – J.S. Bachin lemmenmusikkia. Wedding cantata O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit BWV 210.
2012 Debut Concert. Finnish National Opera’s Foyer.
2012 Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 2 Lobgesang. Linköpings symfoniorkester. Conductors: Lars Beckman and Marie-Louise Beckman.
2011 Jobs bok till orgelmusik av Oskar Lindberg (The book of Job to Oskar Lindberg’s Organ Music). Actor and singer. Stage director: Eilakaija Sippo.
2010 Mozart’s Missa in c-Moll Kv 427. Stockholm. Conductor: Kerstin Börjeson.
2010 Concert Ensam under fästet – Musik av Erik Bergman (Solitary under the stars – Music by Erik Bergman).
2009 Bachs’s Christmas Oratorium. Kaukametsän kamariorkesteri. Conductor: Heikki Rainio.
2009 Handel’s The Messiah. Kaukametsän kamariorkesteri. Conductor: Satu Simola.
2009 Fjäriln Vingad. Wava’s part. Swedish Theatre in Helsinki Stage director: Maria Sid.
2008 Dramatized concert La Donna Barbara – Female Baroque Composer Barbara Strozzi. The role of young Barbara Strozzi and dramaturgy. Stage director: Ville Saukkonen.
2007 CD Lys min lampa – Musik av Erna Tauro
2007 Mozart´s Coronation Mass (KV 317). Kaukametsän kamariorkesteri.
2006 Jää minuun (Stay With Me). Musical poetry production. Teatteri Jurkka. Poetry recital, singer and dramaturgy. Stage director: Eilakaija Sippo.
2006 Händel´s opera Almira produced by Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia. Edilia’s part. Conductor: Andrew Lawrence-King.