Education
1983-1992 I studied the piano and the flute and music theory at the Conservatory of Helsinki, Finland
1990 I gained my Finnish Matriculation Examination in 1990 from the Sibelius Gymnasium (-lukio in Finnish) in Helsinki, Finland
2000 I gained my Master of Arts degree in Musicology from the University of Helsinki, Finland
Since 2003 I have conducted doctoral studies in musicology at the University of Helsinki, Finland
Now I am Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Helsinki, Finland, at the Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies, participating actively in the Doctoral programme for philosophy, arts and society, at the Institute of Musicology.
Publications
In English:
2013 Signs and messages of Love in Handel´s Opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto in Malecka T. & Pawlowska M. (eds.), Vol. 2 of Music: Function and Value, Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Musical Signification 27 IX-2 X, Akademia Muzyczna w Krakowie, Music Academy Kraków, Poland, pp. 176-186, ISBN:9978-83-62743-19-3.
Embodiment of Love in Handel´s Opera Giulio Cesare in Luck G. & Brabant O. (eds.) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Music & Emotion (ICME3), 11th-15th June 2013, University of Jyväskylä. Publ. & retrieved from June 18th 2013: https://jyx.jyu.fi/dspace/handle/123456789/41607.
How rhetorical signs narrate by tropes in performing Handel´s Giulio Cesare, Panos N., Lympouridis V., Athanasopoulos G. and Nelson P. (eds.) in Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Semiotics in Memory of Raymond Monelle, (University of Edinburgh 2/2 2013), pp. 46-56, Edinburgh: International Project on Music and Dance Semiotics, a peer reviewed conference article publ. & retrieved Feb. 11th 2014: http://sites.ace.ed.ac.uk/edmusemiotics/files/2014/02/ICMS_MRM-Publication.pdf. ISBN: 978-0-9576548-0-8.
2014 Signs and Messages of Love in performing Handel´s Giulio Cesare in Taina Riikonen & Marjaana Virtanen (eds) in the Embodiment of Authority: Perspectives on Performances, series: Interdisziplinäre Studien zur Musik Band 7, herausgegeben von Tomi Mäkelä und Tobias R. Klein. Peter Lang: Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, a peer-reviewed conference article in a book, ISBN 978-3-631-65085-1, pp. 173-201.
In Finnish / Suomeksi:
2013 Katsaus vanhan musiikin nykytutkimukseen: konferenssi-muistiinpanoja
vuodelta 2010. Synteesi-lehti 1/2013, 72-74. ISSN:0359-5242.
2012 Esityksellisistä retorisista piilovihjeistä Händelin Julius Caesar Eyptissä-oopperassa. Synteesi-lehti 2/2012, 47-50. ISSN: 0359-5242.
2015 Händelin hyväntekeväisyystoiminta – esittämisperinteen katkeamattomuuden jäljillä. Synteesi-lehti, 1/2015, 65-85. ISSN:0359-5242.
2017 Muistuma antiikista, Kleopatran Parnasso–kohtaus Händelin oopperassa Julius Caesar Egyptissä. Synteesi-lehti 1–2/2017, 113–124. ISSN: 0359–5242.
2017 Ilmari Hannikainen ja pianokonsertto 1917–1920. Teoksessa FINLAND SUOMI 100 language, culture, history. Toim. Ulla Tuomarla, Iwona Piechnik & Bernadett Biró. Jagiellonian Library & University of Helsinki: Kraków & Helsinki. Tiedot otettu 26.2.2018. <https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/48961>. ISBN (e-book): 978-83-949716-3-2.
2018 Kleopatran viettelevyys Händelin oopperassa Julius Caesar Egyptissä (Cleopatra´s seductiveness in the opera Julius Caesar in Egypt by Handel). Synkooppi-lehti, Helsingin yliopiston musiikkitieteen opiskelijoiden ainejärjestön Synkooppi ry:n julkaisu, 2/2018, 17-34. Retrieved Dec. 13th 2019 from https://issuu.com/synkooppi/docs/synkooppi_op.131_final.