Sibbe Live!: Johan Helmich Roman

03.09.2025 19:00 – 20:00

Standard price 15€ + order fee (from 1,50 € + 0,65 % of the order)

Students/pensioners/children 12€ + order fee (from 1,50 € + 0,65 % of the order)

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Treasures from the Sibelius Museum archives – brought to life in sound!

Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758), often referred to as the “Handel of Sweden,” was one of the most important Swedish Baroque composers and a central figure in the country’s musical life during his time.

One of Roman’s best-known works is Drottningholm Music, composed for the wedding of Swedish Crown Prince Adolf Fredrik and Prussian Princess Lovisa Ulrika in August 1744. Roman also left behind a substantial body of work, including symphonies, sonatas, motets, and psalms.

The Sibelius Museum holds a 1700s copy of Roman’s Ten Trio Sonatas, nine of which have survived. This concert presents a selection of these sonatas performed on period instruments by early music specialists from Turku.

Before the concert, Roman scholar Andreas Edlund from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in Stockholm will deepen our understanding of “the father of Swedish music.” The exact time of the lecture will be announced later.

Katriina Rainio, violin
Hanne Lund, violin
Carolina Bjon, cello
Julia Tamminen, organ & harpsichord

Katriina Rainio graduated as a music pedagogue from the Turku Music Academy in 2005, where she studied classical violin under Professor Aleksander Vinnitski. After her studies, she has worked with the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and the Kuopio City Orchestra, among others. Katriina has been playing Baroque violin since 2009, performing with the Kuninkaantien Muusikot-orchestra and in concerts organized by the Turun Vanha Musiikki ry. When the COVID-19 pandemic closed many doors, it brought Rainio an opportunity to pursue a musician’s degree in early music. She completed her soloist degree in Baroque violin in 2022 as a student of Hanne Lund. In 2024, she completed a Diploma of Higher Education in hospital and care music.

Katriina currently works as a music teacher at the Turku YMCA and at the music school Toivonlinnan Avoin Musiikkiopisto, which she helped to establish. She is an active chamber musician and freelance performer, engaging in projects ranging from early to contemporary music — including dance music, folk music, and improvisation.

Carolina Bjon is a cellist, music pedagogue, and Master of Musicology based in Turku. She studied cello at Novia University of Applied Sciences under teachers such as Hannu Kiiski and Helen Lindén. There she also studied Baroque music under Lauri Pulakka and Catherine Jones. She earned her Master’s degree at Åbo Akademi, writing her thesis on the value foundation of music school curricula. Carolina has received Suzuki teaching qualifications (levels 1 and 2) from Anja Majas teachings.

As an educator, Carolina has worked at institutions including Vantaan musiikkiopisto and Musik-och kulturskolan Sandels, teaching cello as well as orchestral and other group classes. She has been a long-time teacher and coordinator at music and folk music camps organized by Martin Wegelius Institutet and Föreningen Brage. Carolina is currently an active freelance musician, performing in cross-disciplinary projects and various genres, as well as in recording. She is a member of TVM and a founding member of the Barocksällskapet ensemble and the interdisciplinary Baroque group Corda Rossa. As a Baroque musician, she has a special interest in 18th-century music and Finland’s historical music scene. She plays a cello built in 1770 by Swedish luthier Johan Öberg.

Hanne Lund has studied violin at the Helsinki Conservatory, Malmö Academy of Music, TurkuArts Academy, and the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki. She holds a Master’s degree in music from the Sibelius Academy, with early music as her major and Baroque violin as her principal instrument. Hanne was drawn to Baroque violin because, in her words, the gut strings shimmer and hum delightfully in the ear, and the instrument’s repertoire is endlessly rich. She is delighted that she can regularly pursue Baroque music projects in her home city of Turku.

Hanne works as a violin lecturer at the Turku Conservatory and performs Baroque violin part-time with Kuninkaantien muusikot and in concerts organized by Turun Vanha Musiikki ry. Alongside her teaching work, she also regularly performs “modern” violin, mostly in chamber music settings with local musician friends and members of Salo Chamber ry. Over the years, she has also performed extensively with orchestras, including frequent concerts with the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra.

Julia Tamminen, born in Belarus, is an active concert organist, harpsichordist, and pianist. She has performed at leading Finnish festivals and throughout Europe, both as a soloist and a chamber musician in various ensembles. In addition to performing, she teaches harpsichord, organ, and piano at the Turku Conservatory and Espoo Music Institute.

Julia holds a Master of Music degree. She studied organ at the Sibelius Academy with Professors Olli Porthan and Markku Hietaharju, and harpsichord with Anssi Mattila and Elina Mustonen. With support from the Finnish Cultural Foundation, she pursued further studies in organ and harpsichord at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Pieter van Dijk and Menno van Delft. As a harpsichordist, she has participated in masterclasses with Ton Koopman, Gustav Leonhardt, Skip Sempé, and Mitzi Meyerson.

Tamminen has won prizes in several international organ competitions. Her greatest musical passions include early music, chamber music, and versatile collaboration with vocalists. She is the artistic director of the Martin Organ Days festival (Martin urkupäivät) and, since 2024, a board member of the Finnish Organum Society.