Niilo Junnikkala
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Niilo Junnikkala (b. 1995) has studied piano performance with Teppo Koivisto and Risto-Matti Marin at the Sibelius Academy receiving his Master ́s degree in 2020, and composition privately with Igor Rogaljov (Conservatory of St. Petersburg/Lahti Music Institute). Since 2018 Junnikkala has been working at the Sibelius Academy, Department of Composition and Music Theory, as a teacher in score-reading. In 2021 he joined the faculty of Lahti Music Institute as a teacher of composition. Junnikkala ́s musical output comprises works for various chamber ensembles and solo instruments (including four sonatas for piano), vocal and choral compositions and two symphonies. In addition to composing, writing is an important part of Junnikkala ́s work; his unpublished literary output includes both fiction and non-fiction.
