Category: Blog posts

Last weekend was quite eventful. On Saturday, as part of the All Saints’ Day celebration, I sang with the Cathedral Choir in Mass and the same afternoon attended a memorial service in the cathedral. On Sunday, my pianist Matti Busch and I performed our death-and-life themed recital programme in Sundsvall. Last year around this time,… Continue reading As Life Is

Last Tuesday I held my first ever lecture about working in the music business. I have been hired to give a series of five lectures in total in this school year, aimed at young twenty-somethings with a very general understanding – if any – of what working as a freelance musician entails. Merriam-Webster’s definition of… Continue reading Business Acumen

I feel that giving lectures on both Western music history as well as game music history offers an interesting perspective on both. The extremely short period in which we have been playing video games, compared to our several millennia of recorded musical traditions, appears to me as a kind of microcosm of humanity’s musical development.… Continue reading History In the Making

I feel like this week hit me like a sledgehammer! Monday feels like it was only yesterday, even though it was actually three days ago. Madness. And I feel like I have spent most of the week so far writing and replying to an endless number of emails. I started the week off by getting… Continue reading It’s Hammer Time

It is thrilling to hear your music interpreted in a manner that brings the music to life in a new way. That shines a light on different lines, different ideas. As an experience, it also reaffirms my belief that a music score is not equal to the music itself; it is simply a facsimile, a… Continue reading Put the Music Where the Money Is

What a week it has been. In spite of economic insecurities and a stressful, irregular work situation, I keep pressing on, stubborn and tenacious, towards realising my plans and fulfilling my dreams. Experiences like these make it all worthwhile. My working relationship with the Norwegian vocal ensemble Kurve dates back to February 2015 when their… Continue reading A World Without Violence

Last week was so busy that I didn’t manage to take the time and sit down to write a blog post. It was my first week back after much needed two weeks off. Apart from getting back into a fresh period of reading (particular highlights being Yuval Noah Harari’s “Sapiens” and Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s “Montecore”)… Continue reading Where Music Comes From

It’s been more than three weeks since my last blog post and so much has happened. The past two weeks have mostly been spent working with this year’s instalment of Berwaldhallen’s annual Baltic Sea Festival. I have also wrapped up the power metal project as well as made great progress on a project I have… Continue reading Radio Silence

What an exciting trip I had last weekend! My first (hopefully not my last!) concert as a substitute member of Ensemble Villancico was fantastic experience. Unadulterated delight from beginning to end, at least discounting the heat and humidity. I am fortunate enough to get to perform together with lovely and talented musicians on regular occasions.… Continue reading Visca la música!

I am truly blessed to come across such a wealth of wonderful and amazing people in my life. From musician colleagues to dear friends and acquaintances, close as well as extended family members, as well as helpful and pleasant hotel and train staff and unexpected acquaintances made along the way. To be frank, I am… Continue reading Pride and Joy