Jarkko Hartikainen

Jarkko Hartikainen studied composition with Paavo Heininen at the Sibelius-Academy Helsinki and with Gerhard Müller-Hornbach and Beat Furrer at The University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt. His oeuvre consists of some twenty works of orchestral, chamber, operatic, choir, electronic and film music. Since 2006, he is member of the Board of Directors of the Finnish Section of Ung Nordisk Musik. Taking time off from work, Hartikainen enjoys playing football, foreign cultures and languages, wine from northern Italy and Bourgogne, traditional cooking, and hanging out.