Jan Mikael Vainio

Jan Mikael Vainio studied composition, musicology and orchestration at the Helsinki University and the Sibelius Academy (1993-2003) where his teachers included Harri Vuori and Olli Kortekangas. Vainio has also participated in master-classes by Brian Ferneyhough, Alexander Müllenbach, Sven-David Sandström, Jouni Kaipainen and Magnus Lindberg. In 2003 Vainio graduated as a Master of Arts from the Helsinki University. His works have been performed at concerts and festivals both nationally and internationally, and on the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE, Radio 1). His works have been performed by Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, St Michel City Orchestra, UMO Jazz Orchestra, Sibelius Academy Orchestra, Oulu Festivo Orchestra, Academic Wind Orchestra, Uusinta Ensemble, Aito String Orchestra, Kamus String Quartet, Nordlys Enselmble, Kampin Laulu and Cantus Amici among others. Jan Mikael Vainio’s inspiration often comes from extra-musical things. He has often sited scientific and cosmological issues in particular as such sources, but also architecture, visual arts, literature, or even individual words or phrases. In the case of many of his works the title has existed first and informed the composition process. However, Vainio stresses that writing programme music is not his foremost intention.

Intrada (2005) and Litanie (2002) were performed during the 2006 AFNOM festival in London.

Contact information

Email: jan.vainio@elisanet.fi
www.fimic.fi/vainio