Sibelius Academy: Feedback on entrance examinations 2025

Church Music

Church Music (5.5-year and 2.5-year programmes)

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Mon 2 June 2025 between 12noon–3pm and Tue 3 June 2025 between 10am–1pm EEST (Finnish time)

Seppo Kirkinen
+358 40 710 4369

Feedback can also be requested by e-mail between 2 and 6 June 2025

seppo.kirkinen@uniarts.fi

Classical Music Perfomance (instrument)

Accordion (5.5-year and 2.5-year programmes & Junior Academy)

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Fri 30 May 2025 between 12noon and 2pm EEST (Finnish time)

Veli Kujala
+358 50 514 5515

Brass instruments (Junior Academy)

French horn:

Feedback can be requested via telephone between 28 May and 8 June 2025

Tero Toivonen
+358 400 516 402

Trumpet:

Feedback can be requested by e-mail between 28 May and 8 June 2025

miikka.saarinen@uniarts.fi

Trombone:

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Tue 3 June 2025 between 11am and 12noon EEST (Finnish time) 

Line Johannesen
+358 40 4172 628

Cello (5.5-year and 2.5-year programmes & Junior Academy)

Feedback can be requested by e-mail no later than 5 June 2025

joona.pulkkinen@uniarts.fi

Double bass (5.5-year and 2.5-year programmes & Junior Academy)

Feedback can be requested by e-mail no later than 31 May 2025

siba.suunnittelija.jouset@uniarts.fi

Early Music (5.5-year and 2.5-year programmes)

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Mon 2 June 2025 between 3.30pm and 4.45pm EEST (Finnish time)

Annamari Pölhö
+358 40 5480 321

Feedback can be requested also by e-mail no later than 10 June 2025

annamari.polho@uniarts.fi

Guitar (5.5-year and 2.5-year programmes & Junior Academy)

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Mon 2 June 2025 between 10am and 1pm EEST (Finnish time)

Ismo Eskelinen
+358 46 923 3489 

Kantele (5.5-year and 2.5-year programmes)

Feedback can be requested by e-mail no later than 2 June 2025

ritva.koistinen1@icloud.com 

Opera Coaching (2.5-year programme)

Feedback can be requested by e-mail no later than 11 June 2025

markus.lehtinen@uniarts.fi

Organ (5.5-year and 2.5-year programmes & Junior Academy)

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Mon 2 June 2025 between 12noon–3pm and Tue 3 June 2025 between 10am–1pm EEST (Finnish time)

Seppo Kirkinen
+358 40 710 4369

Feedback can also be requested by e-mail between 2 and 6 June 2025

seppo.kirkinen@uniarts.fi

Percussion (Junior Academy)

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Wed 4 June 2025 between 11am and 1pm EEST (Finnish time)

Olli-Pekka Martikainen
+358 40 710 4281 

Piano (5.5-year and 2.5-year programmes)

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Fri 30 May 2025 between 12noon and 4pm EEST (Finnish time)

Tuija Hakkila
+358 40 710 4388 

Piano (Junior Academy)

Feedback can be requested by e-mail no later than 2 June 2025

teppo.koivisto@uniarts.fi 

Woodwind instruments (Junior Academy)

Flute:

Feedback can be requested by e-mail no later than 30 May 2025

hanna.juutilainen@uniarts.fi

Feedback can also be requested via telephone on Fri 30 May 2025 between 11am and 1pm EEST (Finnish time)

Hanna Juutilainen
+358 50 5257 896

Oboe:

Feedback can be requested by e-mail between 28 May and 8 June 2025

emmanuel.laville@uniarts.fi

Clarinet:

Feedback can be requested by e-mail between 28 May and 8 June 2025

christoffer.sundqvist@uniarts.fi

Bassoon:

Feedback can be requested by e-mail between 28 May and 8 June 2025

jaakko.luoma@uniarts.fi

Viola (5.5-year and 2.5-year programmes & Junior Academy)

Feedback can be requested by e-mail no later than 4 June 2025

annariina.jokela@uniarts.fi

Violin (5.5-year programme)

Feedback can be requested by e-mail no later than 2 June 2025

cecilia.zilliacus@uniarts.fi

Violin (2.5-year programme & Junior Academy)

Feedback can be requested by e-mail no later than 31 May 2025

reka.szilvay@uniarts.fi

Classical Music Performance (voice)

Voice (Junior Academy)

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Fri 30 May 2025 between 1pm and 4pm EEST (Finnish time)

Ulla Raiskio
+356 50 4756 327

Feedback can also be requested by e-mail between 30 May and 11 June 2025

ulla.raiskio@uniarts.fi

Vocal Arts (5.5-year programme)

Internal applicants changing their study right, please see Hanna-Leena Haapamäki*

Last names A–Kele: 

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Wed 28 May 2025 between 4pm and 5.30pm and on Fri 30 May 2025 between 10am and 11am EEST (Finnish time)

Petteri Salomaa
+358 40 500 4828

You can also leave a call request by e-mail between 28 May and 6 June 2025

petteri.salomaa@uniarts.fi

Last names Kell–Mal:

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Fri 30 May 2025 between 1pm and 4pm EEST (Finnish time)

Ulla Raiskio
+356 50 4756 327

Feedback can also be requested by e-mail between 30 May and 11 June 2025

ulla.raiskio@uniarts.fi

Last names Mat–N:

Feedback can also be requested by e-mail no later than 11 June 2025

tero.valtonen@uniarts.fi

Last names P–Su (M):

Feedback can also be requested by e-mail between 2 and 11 June 2025

nicholas.soderlund@uniarts.fi

Last names Su (S)–Ö:

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Mon 9 June 2025 between 1pm and 2.30pm and on Tue 10 June 2025 between 1pm and 2.30pm EEST (Finnish time)

Hanna-Leena Haapamäki
+358 50 304 2353

Vocal Arts (2.5-year programme)

Last names A–Ka: 

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Wed 28 May 2025 between 4pm and 5.30pm and on Fri 30 May 2025 between 10am and 11am EEST (Finnish time)

Petteri Salomaa
+358 40 500 4828

You can also leave a call request by e-mail between 28 May and 6 June 2025

petteri.salomaa@uniarts.fi

Last names Ko–Lo:

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Fri 30 May 2025 between 1pm and 4pm EEST (Finnish time)

Ulla Raiskio
+356 50 4756 327

Feedback can also be requested by e-mail between 30 May and 11 June 2025

ulla.raiskio@uniarts.fi

Last names Lu–Ran:

Feedback can also be requested by e-mail no later than 11 June 2025

tero.valtonen@uniarts.fi

Last names Rau–S:

Feedback can also be requested by e-mail between 2 and 11 June 2025

nicholas.soderlund@uniarts.fi

Last names T–W:

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Mon 9 June 2025 between 1pm and 2.30pm and on Tue 10 June 2025 between 1pm and 2.30pm EEST (Finnish time)

Hanna-Leena Haapamäki
+358 50 304 2353

Composition and Music Theory

Composition (Junior Academy)

Feedback can be requested by e-mail between 30 May and 9 June 2025

siba.satevalinnat@uniarts.fi

Conducting

Choral Conducting (5.5-year and 2.5-year programmes)

Feedback can be requested by e-mail no later than 4 June 2025

nils.schweckendiek@uniarts.fi

Orchestral Conducting (5.5-year and 2.5-year programmes)

Feedback can be requested by e-mail no later than 2 June 2025

sakari.oramo@uniarts.fi

Wind Orchestra Conducting (5.5-year and 2.5-year programmes)

Feedback can be requested by e-mail no later than 4 June 2025

petri.komulainen@uniarts.fi

Folk Music

Folk Music (5.5-year and 2.5-year programmes & Junior Academy)

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Tue 3 June 2025 between 12noon and 2pm EEST (Finnish time)

Petri Prauda
+358 40 710 4390

Global Music

Global Music (5.5-year programme)

Global Music feedback is given by Nathan Thomson. Book a feedback session no later than 3 June 2025 by email here: siba.suunnittelija.global@uniarts.fi. You will receive an email with your personal 20-minute session time as well as a Zoom link for the session. 

Feedback can be received on: 

4 June 2025 between 10am–12noon EEST (Finnish time)
5 June 2025 between 10am–12noon, 1pm–2.30pm, and 3.30pm–5pm EEST (Finnish time)
6 June 2025 between 10am–12noon, 1pm–2.30pm, and 3.30pm–5pm EEST (Finnish time)

Global Music (Junior Academy)

Junior Academy feedback will be given by Nemat Battah. You can book a feedback session by email at siba.suunnittelija.global@uniarts.fi by June 2, 2025. You will then receive an email with your personal session time as well as a Zoom link for the session. The session will last for max. 30 minutes.

Feedback can be received at the following times EET:

3.6.2025 between 10:00-12:30 and 14:00-17:00

Jazz and NOMAZZ

Jazz (5.5-year programmes & Junior Academy)

You can also request feedback by e-mail. Send your request to jussi.kannaste@uniarts.fi no later than Thursday 29 May 2025 at 10am EEST (Finnish time).

Last names A-J:

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Thu 29 May 2025 between 10am–12noon EEST (Finnish time)

Jussi Kannaste
+358 50 541 0044 

Last names K-R:

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Thu 29 May 2025 between 1pm–3pm EEST (Finnish time)

Jussi Kannaste
+358 50 541 0044 

Last names S-Ö:

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Fri 30 May 2025 between 1pm–3pm EEST (Finnish time)

Jussi Kannaste
+358 50 541 0044 

Music Technology

Music Technology (5.5-year programme)

Feedback slots are max. 5 minutes long

Recording Arts study profile:

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Fri 30 May 2025 between 1pm and 3pm EEST (Finnish time)

Henna Tahvanainen
+358 50 3136 457

Film and Game Music Producer study profile:

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Fri 30 May 2025 between 10am and 12noon EEST (Finnish time)

Matti Strahlendorff
+358 50 3136 457

Creative Electronic Music Practices study profile:

Feedback can be requested via telephone on Fri 30 May 2025 between 11am and 12noon, and between 1pm and 2pm EEST (Finnish time)

Marianne Decoster-Taivalkoski
+358 40 5893 669