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LEEVI RÄSÄNEN


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As a consumer of music, Leevi Räsänen (b. 1997, Enonkoski) is equally at home in the pounding of sticky-floored nightclubs, listening to contemporary music whispers in concert halls as well as enjoying Broadway musicals and opera. Diverse influences and starting points dominate his compositions. He creates works tailored to their unique contexts using ever-changing methods. Räsänen's works reflect his values, personal experiences, and incorporate phenomena and quotations from popular culture. He often builds them around internal experiences of the mind, such as memories, relationships, emotions, and experiences of time and place.


Räsänen is best known for his interest in microtonality within contemporary settings, but also for his work in multidisciplinary  groups, and for bringing non-musical phenomena into concert halls. He is interested in blending various equal divisions of the octave and natural tuning, as well as combining acoustic sound with electronics, objects, and other parameters such as light and motion.


Having also studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Räsänen graduated with a master’s in composition from Sibelius Academy in 2023. His recent collaborators include, for example, the brass quintet of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, who commissioned his work for lighting and brass quintet "Light Flowers," which received its premiere at the Concert hall of the Helsinki Music Centre in February 2024. In a short time, Räsänen has gained recognition for his works in countries such as South Korea, Spain, Mexico, and the United States, and he represented Finland at the Ung Nordisk Musik Festivals in Sweden 2019, Denmark 2021, and Norway 2023. Räsänen will be the guest composer for the 2024 Brinkhall soi festival in Turku, where his new work for the Æstus Ensemble and orchestra Refugium Musicum, led by conductor József Hárs will premiere, with the four members of Æstus serving as soloists. Currently, Leevi is supported by the Arts Promotion Center Finland and the Kone Foundation in his work on new compositions. Räsänen's work has also received support from organizations such as the Paulo Foundation, Greta and William Lehtinen Foundation, and BNP Paribas.

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RECENT PREMIERE: 

LIGHT FLOWERS (2023)

for brass quintet and light
commissioned by the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle

Premiered by the brass quintet of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra on February 9th, 2024 in the concert hall of the Helsinki Music Centre. 

Miikka Saarinen, trumpet
Lénard Heugen, trumpet
Jukka Harju, french horn
Line Johannesen, trombone
Joel Wendelin, tuba

Tuukka Aimasmäki, lighting designer

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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

  • Kaaos Ensemble premieres "Studying Gaze"
    Kaaos Ensemble premieres "Studying Gaze"
    ke 04. jouluk.
    Hietsun Paviljonki
    04. jouluk. 2024 klo 19.00 – 21.00
    Hietsun Paviljonki, Hiekkarannantie 9, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
    04. jouluk. 2024 klo 19.00 – 21.00
    Hietsun Paviljonki, Hiekkarannantie 9, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
    Kaaos Ensemble premieres my new work Studying Gaze at Hietsu is Happening. Eyes, contact, jealousy, tears of happiness – eyes on the prize?
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  • Hoodlum (2024) for string quartet – World Premiere
    Hoodlum (2024) for string quartet – World Premiere
    su 24. marrask.
    Nokian Taidehalli
    24. marrask. 2024 klo 14.00 – 16.00
    Nokian Taidehalli, Välikatu 24, 37100 Nokia, Finland
    24. marrask. 2024 klo 14.00 – 16.00
    Nokian Taidehalli, Välikatu 24, 37100 Nokia, Finland
    TEMA String Quartet premieres the second part of my twin string quartets – Hoodlum, which the two childhoods (2022) preceded.
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  • The two childhoods @WeW! Contemporary Music Festival, Turku
    The two childhoods @WeW! Contemporary Music Festival, Turku
    to 21. marrask.
    Manilla Kulttuuritehdas
    21. marrask. 2024 klo 19.00 – 21.00
    Manilla Kulttuuritehdas, Itäinen Rantakatu 64b, 20810 Turku, Finland
    21. marrask. 2024 klo 19.00 – 21.00
    Manilla Kulttuuritehdas, Itäinen Rantakatu 64b, 20810 Turku, Finland
    My string quartet "the two childhoods" continues its journey to Turku, where it will be performed at the What ever Works! 2024 Festival.
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  • Chaos String Quartet perform the two childhoods @Nordic Music Days 2024, Glasgow
    Chaos String Quartet perform the two childhoods @Nordic Music Days 2024, Glasgow
    la 02. marrask.
    New Auditorium, Royal Concert Hall
    02. marrask. 2024 klo 13.00 – 15.00 UTC
    New Auditorium, Royal Concert Hall, 2 Killermont St, Glasgow G2 3NW, UK
    02. marrask. 2024 klo 13.00 – 15.00 UTC
    New Auditorium, Royal Concert Hall, 2 Killermont St, Glasgow G2 3NW, UK
    Leevi Räsänen debuts at the Nordic Music Days with their composition for string quartet "the two childhoods" – performed by one of Europe's leading string quartets, the Chaos String Quartet.
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  • Brain Shake – concerto grosso for baroque ensemble & orchestra, Helsinki Premiere
    Brain Shake – concerto grosso for baroque ensemble & orchestra, Helsinki Premiere
    pe 11. lokak.
    Temppeliaukio Church
    11. lokak. 2024 klo 19.00 – 20.30
    Temppeliaukio Church, Lutherinkatu 3, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
    11. lokak. 2024 klo 19.00 – 20.30
    Temppeliaukio Church, Lutherinkatu 3, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
    The chamber orchestra Refugium musicum is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a concert at the Temppeliaukio Church on Friday, October 11.
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Leevi's work has been supported by:

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KONEEN SÄÄTIÖ

Kone Foundation

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TAIKE

Taiteen edistämiskeskus

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TAIKE

Taiteen edistämiskeskus
Etelä-Savon taidetoimikunta

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PAULON SÄÄTIÖ

Paulo Foundation

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MARTIN WEGELIUKSEN MUISTO -SÄÄTIÖ SR


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MADETOJA-SÄÄTIÖ

Madetoja Foundation

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BNP PARIBAS BANK


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GRETA JA WILLIAM LEHTISEN SÄÄTIÖ

Greta and William Lehtinen foundation

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SIBELIUS-RAHASTO

The Sibelius Fund of the Society of Finnish Composers

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MES

Musiikin edistämissäätiö

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TEOSTO

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