"Intellectually stimulating and teasingly funny art of our time."
Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen
Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen in Rondo on Voice Box
"This three-hour, precisely timed sound structure is a confusing, constantly moving deconstruction of language, voice and sound. […] The bizarre fascination that the spectacle has created will not get out of your head so quickly."
Vroni Silberg
Vroni Silberg in M.94,5 on NOS
"Voice Box was full of tongue in cheek [...] that allowed the audience to fully join in."
Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen
Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen in Rondo on Voice Box
"The avant-garde business trip to the green creates a situational border experience with a feel-good program."
Anna Schürmer
Anna Schürmer in Neue Musikzeitung on NOS
"The audience […] experiences an masterfull musical performance, which is then deconstructed in an irritating sequence of events at different locations in a deliberately bizarre manner."
Jörn Peter Hiekel
Jörn Peter Hiekel in die Deutsche Bühne on NOS
"Delightful and playful experimental opera from young Finnish composer"
Hilary Glover
Hilary Glover in Planet Hughill on Aikainen
"The most enthusiastic reception got 'ettette' by Miika Hyytiäinen"
Hannu-Ilari Lampila
Hannu-Ilari Lampila HS on ettette
"Genuinely avantgardistic German music theatre."
Kare Eskola
Kare EskolaYLE on Hipstercredo
"Ohrenvergnügendes Tafelkonfekt"
Lauri Otonkoski,
Lauri Otonkoski, HS on Madame Herz und Herr M.
"Musically the performance is excellent."
Jukka Isopuro
Jukka Isopuro HS on Pierrot Lunaire und drei Schattenträume
"Miika Hyytiäinen has composed the score which is full of rich elements."
Hannu Björkbacka
Hannu Björkbacka
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Upcoming

  • Since 2024 I am a member of Initiative Neue Musik Berlin e.V.
  • YAY! Aalto Digital Creatives Art & Tech Open Call ’23 granted development funding for Sign&Body , which will be premiered in 2024.
  • A video recording of my songs will be published very soon.
  • Further premieres in 2024 include Kompositio for Tulkinnanvaraista Festival and a piece commissioned by Joonatan Rautiola (singing saxophonist) and Niko Kumpuvaara (accordion).
  • I will also publish a duoethnography with Lisa Fornhammar soon.

Recent

Of the previous performances should be mentioned the praised premiere of Mytomato by Olga Heikkilä and Kirill Kozlovski. The academic speeches at the Aalto University and Glasgow School of Arts were also successful. Recently, Miika has also been in the Jury of Ung Nordisk Musik, 2024 festival.

Mytomato

Funny, multidisciplinary piece about the tomatoes as emancipation for voice, piano and video. 31.5.2023

Voice is Voices

a sound and video installation for four coloratura sopranos about voices and identities

Scene – Song cycle

an open music theatre song cycle for different solo voice and instruments
Next premiers: Arabia kaikuu, 5.6.2023

"Intellectually stimulating and teasingly funny art of our time."
Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen
Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen in Rondo on Voice Box
"This three-hour, precisely timed sound structure is a confusing, constantly moving deconstruction of language, voice and sound. […] The bizarre fascination that the spectacle has created will not get out of your head so quickly."
Vroni Silberg
Vroni Silberg in M.94,5 on NOS
"Voice Box was full of tongue in cheek [...] that allowed the audience to fully join in."
Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen
Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen in Rondo on Voice Box
"The avant-garde business trip to the green creates a situational border experience with a feel-good program."
Anna Schürmer
Anna Schürmer in Neue Musikzeitung on NOS
"The audience […] experiences an masterfull musical performance, which is then deconstructed in an irritating sequence of events at different locations in a deliberately bizarre manner."
Jörn Peter Hiekel
Jörn Peter Hiekel in die Deutsche Bühne on NOS
"Delightful and playful experimental opera from young Finnish composer"
Hilary Glover
Hilary Glover in Planet Hughill on Aikainen
"The most enthusiastic reception got 'ettette' by Miika Hyytiäinen"
Hannu-Ilari Lampila
Hannu-Ilari Lampila HS on ettette
"Genuinely avantgardistic German music theatre."
Kare Eskola
Kare EskolaYLE on Hipstercredo
"Ohrenvergnügendes Tafelkonfekt"
Lauri Otonkoski,
Lauri Otonkoski, HS on Madame Herz und Herr M.
"Musically the performance is excellent."
Jukka Isopuro
Jukka Isopuro HS on Pierrot Lunaire und drei Schattenträume
"Miika Hyytiäinen has composed the score which is full of rich elements."
Hannu Björkbacka
Hannu Björkbacka

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