composition | theater | performance | film
Compositions
Ei varsinkaan ääneen – Especially not out loud (2025)
interdisciplinary piece for two performers, three improvising musicians, 7 luggages, 30 pairs of shoes and a rope
Premiere in Lucerne, Switzerland 2025
Vieraslajit – Introduced species (2024)
audiovisual piece for moving performer with a solo kantele and three improvising musicians
Premiere in Lucerne, Switzerland 2024
Liminal Way (2023)
audiovisual piece for solo performer, improvising musician and 30 pair of shoes
Premiere in Lucerne, Switzerland 2023
Borders (2023)
audiovisual piece for improvising solo instrument
Premiere in Lucerne, Switzerland 2023
zielort unbekannt (2022)
audiovisual piece for five moving musicians
Premiere in Lucerne, Switzerland 2022
Vieraskirja / Guestbook (2019)
for the audience and two improvising musicians
Premiere at Alpentöne Festival, Switzerland 2019
Finnish Premiere at Outsider Art Festival, Finland 2022
Viikon lopusta (2017)
for saxophone, marimba and contrabass
Premiere at TampeRinging festival, Finland 2017
Sunnuntai (2015)
for tenor saxophone and marimba
Premiere in Paris, France 2015
Syystuuli (2014)
for clarinet and cello
Largo e Brio (2013)
for brass quintet
Theater
Dido und Aeneas / Dido-Prolog
Prologue to opera Dido und Aeneas (Autumn 2023)
Luzerner Theater, Switzerland, Co-production with Lucerne Festival
Paysages partagés
Seven pieces between fields and forests (Spring 2023)
With works by Chiara Bersani and Marco D'Agostin, El Conde de Torrefiel, Sofia Dias and Vítor Roriz, Begüm Erciyas and Daniel Kötter, Stefan Kaegi, Ari Benjamin Meyers, Émilie Rousset
Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Switzerland
Concept and curation: Caroline Barneaud and Stefan Kaegi
copyright Sarah Imsand
copyright Chloé Cohen
Schneekönigin
Children's opera
Luzerner Theater, Switzerland (Season 2022–2023)
Direction: Jana Vetten
Music: Samuel Penderbayne
copyright Ingo Höhn
Spring Awakening
Musical
Tampereen Työväen Teatteri, Finland (Spring 2017)
Direction: Samuel Harjanne
Music: Duncan Sheik
6000 päätöstä
Theater with music
Tampereen Työväen Teatteri, Finland (Spring 2016)
Direction: Jemina Sillanpää
Music: Kerkko Koskinen, Tommy Lindgren, Emma Salokoski, ...
Kolme iloista rosvoa
Children's theater with music
Tampereen Työväen Teatteri, Finland (Spring 2015)
Direction: Auvo Vihro
William Shakespearen Juhannusyön Uni
La Strada Theater for people with disabilities (2013)
Direction: Anu Panula
Music: Jorma Panula
Performance
Emilio Guim: Gravity doesn't last forever
For ensemble, 4 performers and conductor
Recorded 11/2023 in Lucerne, Switzerland
Michael Beil: Blackjack
for 17 instruments with live-video and live-audio
Recorded 05/2022 in Lucerne, Switzerland
Ein sauberes Ende
Performance for professional and amateur cleaners (Lucerne Festival 2022)
KKL concert hall, Luzern, Switzerlans
Concept: Urban Mäder, Peter Allamand, Pia Matthes and Nora Vetter
Outdoor Performance
Lucerne Improvisers Orchestra at Stanser Musiktage, Switzerland (2022)
Concept: Charlotte Hug
Michael Pisaro: Ricefall
Performed at Forum Neue Musik Luzern (10/2021) and at Lucerne Festival Forward (11/2021) at KKL, Lucerne, Switzerland
Blick ins Steinreich
Alfred-Köchling-Stiftung awarded multimedia choir project for 100 male choir singer and small ensemble
Kiesgrube Ettiswil, Switzerland (Spring 2019)
Project initiative: Benno Baumeler
Composition: Urban Mäder, Sound design: Alistair MacDonald, Light Design: Lukas Berchtold
photos by Thomi Studhalter and Herbert Mäder
Co-operation with film makers
Frames
Animation film (2024)
Film by Theresa Sellmann
Music and sounds by Annika Johanna Sirkiä
Nominated in Swiss Competition at Fantoche International Animation Film Festival 2025 (Baden, Switzerland)
Wolllust
Film project with wool (2021)
Concept and video: Maya Baur
Recorded double bass: Annika Johanna Sirkiä