Estimated duration

1 h 10 min.

Organizer

Musiikkitalo & Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemia

The Musiikkitalo organ will resound with Finnish music on 8 December 2026.

Organ works ranging from Damström to Sibelius will be performed by Tomi Satomaa, Mauriz Brunell and Ville Urponen. The concert will conclude with Sibelius’s Finlandia.

Please note that seats for the concert must be reserved in advance.

Performers

Mauriz Brunell is an organist and church musician. He currently works as a lecturer in church music at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki. Alongside his teaching, Brunell is conducting postgraduate research in church music, with a particular focus on church music repertoire from the mid-20th century.

Director musices Tomi Satomaa is one of Finland’s leading organists and church musicians. Over the years, he has worked as an organist, cantor, choir conductor and organ pedagogue, as well as in a variety of administrative roles in the field of music. Satomaa currently works as a lecturer at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki.

Tomi Satomaa has performed at numerous organ festivals in Finland and appeared as an organ soloist in several European countries. Recordings, radio broadcasts and world premieres have also played an integral role in Satomaa’s musical career.

Ville Urponen is one of Finland’s best-known organists. He received his Doctor of Music degree in 2009. Urponen has performed in several European countries, Japan, South Korea, China and Russia, and at numerous major music festivals in Finland and abroad. He has also released several recordings that have received acclaim in international publications. Urponen is a lecturer in organ music at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki. He is the Artistic Director of the Turku Organ Festival and Vice Chair of the Helsinki Music Centre Organ Concert Working Group.

Programme

Tomi Satomaa

Mauri Viitala (1948–2023): Toccata (1977)
Cecilia Damström (b. 1988): Under stjärnhimlen (2014)
Oskar Merikanto (1868–1924): Fantasia ja koraali Suomi surussa (1899)

Mauriz Brunell

Sulo Salonen (1899–1976): Toccata, Op. 24
Sulo Salonen: Passagalia, Op. 11

Ville Urponen

Armas Maasalo (1885–1960): Tema con variazioni, Op. 35 (1936)
Armas Järnefelt (1869–1958): Kehtolaulu (1904)
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957): Finlandia, Op. 26 (1899–1900)

Programme subject to change.

Further information: Matti Leisma, matti.leisma@uniarts.fi