+ Peer reviewed articles

• “NORDIC INFLUENCES IN VIOLIN SONATAS BY EDVARD GRIEG, WILHELM STENHAMMAR, JEAN SIBELIUS, AND CHRISTIAN SINDING". MUSIIKKI, VOL 54 NRO 3/2024: Nordisk kammarmusik / Pohjoismainen kamarimusiikki. The article explores how musical elements associated with the Nordic countries can be identified in violin sonatas by Edvard Grieg, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Jean Sibelius, and Christian Sinding. Nordic music during the long 19th century was characterized by a balancing act between two historical trends. On the one hand, Nordic classical music was strongly tied to a Central European tradition, but on the other hand, it was the local, regional, folkloristic, or elements deviating from the Central European model that became most strongly associated with the Nordic identity. The article demonstrates how these elements appear in the analyzed violin sonatas. At the same time, I argue for the value of a Nordic perspective, as opposed to a purely national or international one. The article combines traditional musicological research with practice-based methods and is based on my own artistic work, which has guided my research questions.

  https://musiikki.journal.fi/article/view/148478

  
  

• “RECONSTRUCTING THE VIOLIN PART TO FREDRIK PACIUS’S DUO FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO”. MUSIIKKI, VOL 50 NRO 3. 2020. The article describes the reconstruction of the violin part to Fredrik Pacius’s Duo for Violin and Piano from 1872. The work is a previously overlooked composition which is based on the overture to Pacius’s opera The Hunt of King Charles from 1852. The source material to the duo is incomplete and consists solely of a piano part where the violin part is marked only in certain places. A careful comparison of the duo’s manuscript and the the full score to the overture suggests that the duo is not a new solo work which uses the overture as a starting point but an arrangement which faithfully follows the original. This insight has made the reconstruction of the violin part possible. By comparing these two compositions it is possible to show that many of the overtures main melodies are missing in the piano part. The missing material can in most cases without problem be given to the violin. This process has made it possible to completely reconstruct the violin part to Pacius’s Duo for Violin and Piano.

  https://musiikki.journal.fi/article/view/98148

• “APPROACHING ROBERT KAJANUS' THREE LAST WORKS FOR VIOLIN”. TRIO, VOL 9 NRO 2. 2020. This article explores Robert Kajanus’ (1856–1933) three last works for violin, Nocturne (1929), Menuet ancien (1930), and Spiccato (1931). These unpublished works show a largely unknown side of Kajanus as a composer. They highlight the fact that while Kajanus’ compositional output decreased after the 1890s he by no means stopped composing. The style of these works is also strikingly different from his national romantic works from the nineteenth century. The supporting material for all three works consists of several manuscripts, which include versions for both violin and piano, and violin and orchestra. These manuscripts sometimes include major revisions, and there are also sometimes differences between varying versions of the works. The interpretation of the available material therefore has a major role in how the music is presented. The works have initially been approached from a performer’s perspective, with the aim of bringing the works to the stage. Subsequently I have also become involved in an effort to publish Kajanus’ works for violin and piano. These two different perspectives have mostly complemented each other, but especially in the case of Kajanus’ Spiccato I have felt that my musician’s perspective has suggested different solutions than when approaching the work with an editorial mindset.

  https://trio.journal.fi/article/view/101323

+ Conference paper

• The German Influence on Finnish Violin Music from the Nineteenth Century (under review), Proceedings of Doctors in Performance. 2019.

+ Conference presentations

• Lecture Recital: The German Influence on Finnish Violin Music from the 19th century, Doctors in Performance, Vilnius, Latvia, September 2018.

• Lecture Recital: Recording works for Violin and Piano by Fredrik Pacius, Robert Kajanus, and Jean Sibelius. SibA Research Days 2019, Helsinki, March 2019.

• Lecture Recital: Artistic research for informing editorial decisions of unpublished musical works. Nordic Symposium on Artistic Research in Music 2019. Kallio-Kuninkala, June 2019.

• Lecture recital: Nordic perspectives on the Violin Sonata. Doctors in Performance, Tallinn, Estonia, September 2021.

+ CD booklet and program notes

• "Pacius, Kajanus, Sibelius", CD Booklet.

  
  

• Programme notes to "Nordic Connections".

  • Jean Sibelius (1865–1957): Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Major, JS 178
  • Christian Sinding (1856–1941): Sonate im alten Stil, Op. 99
  • Jean Sibelius (1865–1957): Sonatine, Op. 80
  • Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871–1927): Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Minor, op. 19
    
    

• Programme notes to "Jean Sibelius and Nordic Dances".

  • Jean Sibelius (1865 – 1957): From Five pieces, Op. 81 (1915 – 1918): Mazurka, Waltz, Menuetto
  • Jean Sibelius: From Six Morceaux, Op. 79 (1915 – 1917, rev: 1917/18): Tempo di Menuetto, Danse caractéristique, Tanz-Idylle
  • Niels Gade (1817 – 1890): From Folk Dances (in Nordic character), Op. 62 (1887): No. 3, Allegro moderato, ma vivace
  • Fini Henriques (1867 – 1940): Nordisk Dans (Dance of the North), Djævledans (Devil’s Dance)
  • Tor Aulin (1866 – 1914): Midsommardans (Nordic Dance) (1906)
  • Julius and Amanda Röntgen (1855 – 1932, 1853 – 1894): From Schwedische Weisen und Tänze, Op. 6 (1882/1887): No. 4, Allegro, No. 6, Allegro
  • Edvard Grieg (1843 – 1907): From Norwegian Dances, Op. 35 (1880) (arr. Hans Sitt): No. 2, Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso
  • Johan Halvorsen (1864 – 1935): From Norwegian Dances (1897): No. 1, Allegro con brio, No. 2, Allegretto
  • Jean Sibelius: 5 Dance Champetre, Op. 106 (1924/1926): Largamente assai, Alla polacca, Tempo moderato, Tempo di Menuetto, Poco moderato