Sibelius Academy’s admissions results, spring 2023

Published 6.4.2023 | Updated 2.6.2023

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University admissions

Based on the applications and the results of the entrance examinations 2022, the Dean of Sibelius Academy has decided that the following applicants are admitted as students to the Sibelius Academy of Uniarts Helsinki:

Church Music

Church Music (Helsinki) 5,5-year programme

• Harju, Viljo
• Madar, Armaan
• Pentikäinen, Malva
• Pirkkanen, Saara
• Rantakylä, Susanna
• Schauman, Filip
• Seppänen, Anton
• Strandén, Tilda
• Tokola, Juhana

Waiting list:

1. Niemelä, Maximilian

Church Music (Kuopio) 5,5-year programme

• Hautala, Anni
• Immonen, Sofia
• Jääskeläinen, Brayan – conditional acceptance
• Kinnunen, Venla – conditional acceptance
• Konttinen, Aino
• Luukkonen, Oula
• Ranua, Veera
• Räisänen, Juho
• Salonen, Meeri

Waiting list:

1. Niemelä, Maximilian

Church Music (Helsinki) 2,5-year programme

• Stålhammar, Lucas – conditional acceptance

Church Music (Kuopio) 2,5-year programme

No new students.

Classical Music Performance, instrument

Accordion 5.5-year education

• Bićanić, Oliver – conditional acceptance
• Kaarlaakso, Leevi
• Paakala, Iida

Accordion 2.5-year education

• Mehmeti, Laura – conditional acceptance

Brass instruments (French horn, trumpet, trombone, baritone horn, tuba) 5,5-year education

• Ferreira, Gabriel (trombone)
• Lahesmaa, Ilari (French horn) – conditional acceptance
• Mere, Mattis (trumpet) – conditional acceptance

Waiting list:

1. Keltti, Ilona (French horn)
2. Matinlassi, Oskari (trombone) – conditional

Brass instruments (French horn, trumpet, trombone, baritone horn, tuba) 2,5-year education

• Balcells Mestre, Albert (bass trombone) – conditional acceptance
• Bekler, Ali (bass trombone)
• Li, Meihsien (French horn) – conditional acceptance
• Navarro Elizari, Javier (trumpet) – conditional acceptance
• Shih, Yi-Ling (French horn) – conditional acceptance
• Stenersen, Simon (trumpet)
• Tarheim, Oda (French horn) – conditional acceptance

Waiting list:

1. Eydal, Erling (käyrätorvi) – conditional

Cello 5.5-year education

• Hillerud, Ärla – conditional acceptance
• Leclère, Swann
• Mankkinen, Alli
• Morfin Venäläinen, Maria
• Peltonen, Juho

Waiting list:

1. Kautto, Eemil
2. Lavrenchuk, Sviatoslav – conditional

Cello 2.5-year education

• Schröck, Hans – conditional acceptance
• Wilkes, George – conditional acceptance

Waiting list:

1. Ortega, Sebastian
2. Hillerud, Astrid

Double bass 5.5-year education

• Korhonen, Taavi
• a person who does not want their name shown on the website

Double bass 2.5-year education

• Gillespie, Jennie

Early Music 5.5-year education

• Hännikäinen, Hardy
• Kivivuori, Daniel
• Zhong, Nianrong

Early Music 2.5-year education

• Oksanen, Tähti
• Pietiläinen, Laura

Waiting list:

1. Pulakka, Pekko

Fortepiano 2.5-year education

No new students.

Guitar 5,5-year education

• Forsström, Veeti
• Kari, Matias

Guitar 2,5-year education

No new students.

Harp 5,5-year education

• Hamann, Anna-Helena – conditional acceptance

Harp 2,5-year education

No new students.

Kantele 5,5-year education

No new students.

Kantele 2,5-year education

No new students.

Opera Coaching 2,5-year education

• Harjula, Iina

Organ 5.5-year education

No new students.

Organ 2.5-year education

No new students.

Percussion 5,5-year education

• Conversat, Donatien

Waiting list:

1. Rasimus, Juho
2. Aaltonen, Arttu

Percussion 2,5-year education

• Huhtinen, Pietari
• Paul, Fabian – conditional acceptance

Piano 5,5-year education

• Ansala, Jesse – conditional acceptance
• Bajoraitė, Gabrielė
• Kari, Hans – conditional acceptance
• Kärnä, Emmi
• Pätiälä, Sofia
• Sidamonidze, Tsotne

Piano 2,5-year education

• Fong, Si Un
• Besse, Joachim – conditional acceptance
• Patchkoria, Mzetchabuki
• Škrobánek, Jan

Waiting list:

1. Pohjoisaho, Matti

Piano Chamber Music and Lied 2.5-year education

No new students.

Woodwind instruments (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone) 5,5-year education

Clarinet

• Tomescu, Ioana – conditional acceptance

Waiting list:

1. Kalniņš, Pēteris – conditional
2. Börzsönyi, Imola

Flute

• Vītols, Jānis – conditional acceptance

Oboe and bassoon

• a person who does not want their name shown on the website
• Peäske, Jakob (bassoon)

Saxophone

• Hazan, Doron – conditional acceptance

Waiting list:

1. a person who does not want their name shown on the website

Woodwind instruments (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone) 2,5-year education

Clarinet

• Ortega Navarro, Gracia

Flute

• Fundelić, Franziska – conditional acceptance

Waiting list:

1. Milheiro, Maria
2. Lee, Shang Hua – conditional
3. a person who does not want their name shown on the website
4. a person who does not want their name shown on the website

Oboe and bassoon

• Jurkiewicz, Julia (oboe)

Saxophone

• Estévez Moreira, Jaime – conditional acceptance

Viola 5.5-year education

• Güllü, Gizem
• Lehtinen, Pinja

Viola 2.5-year education

• Chen, Ziang
• a person who does not want their name shown on the website
• Reefman, Mariette

Waiting list:

1. Nummela, Arttu
2. Bai, Yanan – ehdollinen

Violin 5.5-year education

• Antikainen, Otto
• Japaridze, Nikoloz
• Kangas, Sanni
• Krogius, Julia
• Marie-puig, Léna
• a person who does not want their name shown on the website
• Ristolainen, Liina
• Sahlström, Albert
• Tulkki, Aaro

Waiting list:

1. Pöllänen, Pirta – conditional
2. Suni, Venla
3. Piri, Fanni

Violin 2.5-year education

• Li, Qi
• Rouzeau, Margaux – conditional acceptance

Waiting list:

1. Gorgiashvili, Zurabi
2. Yu, Jialu – conditional

Classical Music Performance, voice

Opera 2.5-year education

• Honermann, Haven – conditional acceptance
• Kauppinen, Emmi – conditional acceptance
• Rautasuo, Maija

Vocal Arts 5,5-year education

• Juntunen, Hanna
• Juntunen, Joona
• Karvinen, Anni
• Juolahti, Johannes
• Pörsti, Laura
• Segerstam, Iirisilona

Waiting list:

1. Sandnes, Elisabeth

Vocal Arts 2,5-year education

• Enckell, Wille
• Sten, Juho – conditional acceptance

Conducting

Choral Conducting 5,5-year education

• Baniulyté, Marija – conditional acceptance
• Fortunier-Cateland, Jean

Choral Conducting 2,5-year education

• Nanchen Cyrille – conditional acceptance

Waiting list:

1. Conroy Murphy, Bláthnaid

Orchestral Conducting 5,5-year education

• a person who does not want their name shown on the website

Waiting list:

1. Begard, Jeanne

Orchestral Conducting 2,5-year education

• Røssland, Julie – conditional acceptance

Wind Orchestra Conducting 5,5-year education

• Begard, Jeanne
• Korhonen, Sini

Wind Orchestra Conducting 2,5- year education

No new students.

Composition and Music Theory

Composition 5.5-year education

• Nordqvist, Eliot

Waiting list:

1. Huhtilainen, Nuutti
2. Uusivirta, Eelis

Composition 2.5-year education

• Hellberg Håkansson, Nino

Music Theory 5.5-year education

• Korhonen, Eeva
• Goller, Anja

Music Theory 2.5-year education

• Hellberg Håkansson, Nino

Folk Music & NoFo

Folk Music 5,5-year programme

• Fustinoni, Aurora
• Kyhälä, Vellamo
• Luotamo, Kerttu
• Rajala, Emmi
• Ylivaara, Siiri
• Österberg, Janeta

Waiting list:

1. Ojaluoma, Helmi

Folk Music 2,5-year programme

• Asikainen, Kuisma
• Haapanen, Liisa
• Hämynen, Leeni
• a person who does not want their name shown on the website

Nordic Master in Folk Music (NoFo) 2.5-year programme

• Bērza, Lauma
• Saksio, Ruusu – conditional acceptance

Global Music

Global Music 5,5-year programme

• Hrekes, Hadi
• Issabu, Baraka
• MajidiNejad, Sara
• Navarro Lara, Javier
• Ni, Juihsin

Waiting list:

1. Nikookalammanvi, Mohammadsaeed
2. Häkkinen, Set
3. Körre, Juuli – conditional

Global Music 2,5-year programme

• Adeshina, Omotola
• Boughton, Devina
• Rosales, Manuel
• Yildirim, Melisa

Waiting list:

1. Abootorabi, Alaleh
2. Castrillón Arcila, Sebastián
3. Salazar Boza, Fernando
4. Gurjão Matos, Clara
5. Andre da Silva, Wendel – conditional

Jazz and NOMAZZ

Jazz (instrument or vocal studies) 5,5-year education

• Huhtala, Otso
• Kauppinen, Risto
• Lintula, Henri
• Louhivuori, Vilho
• Mäkelä, Ilari
• Suutarinen, Siina

Waiting list:

1. Porkkala, Otto
2. Kinnunen, Ilari

Jazz (instrument or vocal studies) 2.5-year education

No new students.

Jazz (composition) 2.5-year education

No new students.

Nordic Master in Jazz (NOMAZZ) 2.5-year programme

• Johanson, Iina – conditional acceptance

Music Education

Music Education 5.5-year programme in Finnish

• Aaltonen, Arttu
• Aromäki, Ada
• Attila, Noora
• Hannonen, Hilla
• Hölttä, Eetu
• Kanninen, Anna
• Kiikkala, Venla
• Korhonen, Elisa
• Korhonen, Risto
• Kuokka, Helmi
• Kutila, Ottiilia
• Litmanen, Konsta
• Loikkanen, Simo
• Lähdemäki, Eelis
• Martinec, Tamás
• Mäkinen, Petra
• Niittynen, Tuija
• Nuutinen, Elli
• Pietilä, Tuua
• Rissanen, Nikolas
• Saukko, Sara
• Tinell, Aada
• Uusi-Kokko, Emma
• Wahlbom, Vilja

Waiting list:

1. Pentikäinen, Malva
2. Immonen, Mandi
3. Cheung, Zelm
4. Laitala, Taru

Music Education 5.5-year programme in Swedish

• Harald, Amanda

Music Education 2.5-year programme in Finnish

• Lanki, Hanna
• Mäenpää, Konsta
• Vuolahti, Mari

Waiting list:

1. Mast, Jesse
2. Tuominen, Suvi
3. Kemppainen, Jesse-Joonas

Music Education 2.5-year programme in Swedish

No new students.

Music Technology

Music Technology 5,5-year programme, Creative Electronic Music Practices

• Kauniskangas, Otso
• Mannermaa, Lumi
• Valldén, Viljami
• Viltsenko, Jekaterina

Waiting list:

1. Tervo, Matti
2. Timonen, Tomas

Music Technology 5,5-year programme, Film and Game Music Producer

• Cohen, Adolam
• Latvala, Aino
• Markkanen, Elja
• Nieminen, Elias
• Räsänen, Roosa
• Setälä, Niko

Waiting list:

1. Yang, Xiyu
2. Stefanowicz, Ignacy – conditional

Music Technology 5,5-year programme, Recording Arts

• Ahola, Jimi
• Hildén, Elias
• Lampela, Armi
• Vaskivuori, Tyko

Waiting list:

1. Kemppainen, Kasimir
2. Tuominen, Valtteri

Music Technology 2.5-year programme, Creative Electronic Music Practices

• Zaiceva, Sofija – conditional acceptance

Waiting list:

1. Kinnunen, Hanna-Helena
2. Perheentupa, Joel

Music Technology 2.5-year programme, Film and Game Music Producer

No new students.

Music Technology 2.5-year programme, Recording Arts

• Eroma, Virpi

Waiting list:

1. González Palma, Osvaldo
2. Laitila, Teppo

Change of main subject

Based on the applications and entrance examinations in the spring of 2023, the Dean of the Sibelius Academy has decided to accept the following changes in main subject or instrument:

Composition and Music Theory

Composition 2,5-year education

• Kilpeläinen, Jaakko Pekka Olavi – conditional acceptance
  Former main subject Composition and Music Theory / Music Theory
• Wong, Ue Hang
  Former main subject Classical Music Performance / Piano

Conducting

Orchestral Conducting 2,5-year education

• Uusitupa, Kasmir Lionel Narajan
  Former main subject Classical Music Performance / Violin

Classical Music Performance / voice

Opera 2.5-year education

• Hartikainen Emma Katariina
  Former main subject Classical Music Performance / Vocal Arts
• Iivarinen Martin Veikko Henrikki  – conditional acceptance
  Former main subject Classical Music Performance / Vocal Arts
• Saari Leila Raakel Helena
  Former main subject Classical Music Performance / Vocal Arts
• Topi Risto Antti Sakari – conditional acceptance
  Former main subject Classical Music Performance / Vocal Arts

Information on conditional acceptance

According to Sibelius Academy’s admissions requirements 2023, all applicants applying for a bachelor’s and master’s degree or only a bachelor’s or master’s degree at Sibelius Academy are required to have an educational background and language skills relevant to the degree programme in question.

A conditionally accepted applicant who fails to produce the required documents before the deadline will lose their conditional study place in the Sibelius Academy.

Background education

If you complete one of the degrees mentioned below only after the application period ends, the decision on your admittance is conditional. In this case, you must submit a copy of your degree certificate to the Sibelius Academy after you graduate, but no later than 14 July 2023 at 3pm (Finnish time). Sibelius Academy may, at its discretion, also accept a temporary certificate issued by the educational institution if it indicates that the applicant has completed all studies required for the degree and will receive the degree certificate later.

To be eligible to study for a combined Bachelor and Master of Music degree (3 + 2.5 years) at the Sibelius Academy you need to have completed at least one of the following:

• The Finnish Matriculation Examination
• An International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma
• A European Baccalaureate (EB) diploma at a European School
• A Reifeprüfung or Deutsches Internationales Abitur (RP / DIA) diploma
• A Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification, a further vocational qualification, or a specialist vocational qualification defined under the Act on Vocational Education and Training
• A foreign degree or qualification that makes you eligible for corresponding higher education in the awarding country
• A Cambridge Advanced International Certificate (AICE)
• A degree at a Finnish higher education institution or a degree abroad corresponding to at least a bachelor’s degree.
• In addition, a person who has been granted the right to study in a university in Finland is eligible to apply.

To be eligible to study for a Master of Music degree (2.5 years) at the Sibelius Academy you need to have completed at least one of the following:

• A lower university degree in music (Bachelor)
• A university of applied sciences degree in music
• A foreign degree or qualification in music that provides eligibility for corresponding higher education studies in the awarding country
• A lower university degree in another field and, additionally, higher education studies in music.

Any exceptions to the previous qualifications requirement given above will be detailed in the admissions criteria for each degree programme.

Language skills

Degree studies at Sibelius Academy require sufficient command of Finnish, Swedish, or English. You must demonstrate your language skills with a language proficiency test or prior studies in order to apply to Sibelius Academy. If your chosen programme has several languages of study, you are only required to prove your proficiency in one of the languages.

If you demonstrate your language skills with studies that you complete after the application period, your admittance will be conditional with respect to language skills. Applicants demonstrating their language proficiency based on their studies have the opportunity to submit the required certificate demonstrating their proficiency no later than 14 July 2023 at 3pm (Finnish time). Submit an acceptable certificate of your language skills to the Sibelius Academy as soon as possible, but at latest by the deadline mentioned above.

Change of main subject: conditionality

If the bachelor’s degree of a current student applying for a change of the right to study is unfinished at Uniarts Helsinki and the change of the right to study is accepted conditionally, the fixed term for completing the degree in question is on the last day before the new right to study (31 July 2023), contrary to the selection criteria for bachelor’s and master’s education.

How to confirm your study place

You need to accept the study place no later than 14 July 2023 at 3pm (Finnish time) or you will lose your place (Universities Act 38 § / Polytechnics Act 28 c).

Accepting a study place is a binding choice, and you cannot cancel or change your choice later. When you accept a study place bindingly, all your other study programmes will automatically be cancelled. You may accept only one study place leading to a higher education degree in Finland that begins in the same academic term (1 August – 31 December).

The study place is accepted electronically in the Studyinfo portal. If you have been accepted to a study programme, you will receive an e-mail with a confirmation link (sender noreply@opintopolku.fi). Click the given link and confirm your study place. If you cannot accept your study place electronically, please use the paper form sent to you together with your acceptance letter and deliver it by e-mail to hakijapalvelut@uniarts.fi.

Request for rectification

If you are dissatisfied with the admissions decision, you can request for rectification of the Dean’s admission decision from Uniarts Helsinki under the Universities Act (558/2009), section 82. The purpose of a written request for rectification is to give you the possibility to appeal and request for rectification if there is a reason to believe that there has been an error in the decision-making process. The rectification procedure is not intended as a means for receiving feedback or asking for further information about the admissions process.

A written request for rectification should be submitted to the university within 14 days of the publication of the admission result.

Junior Academy admissions results 2023