• HCAS Salon on Friday May 17th, 2024

    Collage of Kerttu Wanne & Astrid Joutseno by Samuel Sipola Exploring Musical Inclusions and Exclusions Time: 17.5.2024 17:00 Venue: HCAS Common Room, Fabianinkatu 24, Helsinki Event description Music has a reputation among music makers and listeners as a binding agent. It can deliver experiences of unity and foster belonging. Often music is present in moments of…

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  • Noitarakastaja: Tarina vääristä valinnoista ja vaietuista traumoista

    I am currently finishing my first novel. It will be published by S&S in August this year. The novel is titled Noitarakastaja. Obviously, I am writing in Finnish. The language dance goes on. I’m hoping one day these Finnish-language works of mine will see the light of day in English, but it appears to be…

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  • In The Woods

    In The Woods

    In the Woods is a song from D/other. The music video was made by Valreza Collective in 2022.

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  • Between Noise and Silence

    Between Noise and Silence

    My latest research article was published this week by The British Journal of Aesthetics. The article is titled Between Noise and Silence: The Grief of the Dying in Musical Compositions. In the article I define my concept of the grief of the dying and trace its appearances in Kaija Saariaho’s final composition HUSH (2023) and…

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