About this artist
The Finnish pianist Pauliina Tukiainen studied piano in her native country and in Frankfurt am Main. She won numerous prizes and scholarships during her Art Song studies with Hartmut Höll and Anne Le Bozec in Zurich and Karlsruhe.
Further artistic impulses she received from Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ralf Gothoni, Thomas Hampson, Christoph Prégardien und Wolfgang Rihm.
Pauliina Tukiainen has given Song recitals in renowned concert halls and international festivals such as Musikverein in Wien, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, the Bodensee Festival, the Enescu Festival in Bukarest, Festival classique des Haudères in Switzerland, Fundación Juan March in Madrid, Zurich’s Tonhalle, the Liederhalle in Stuttgart, Konserthus Oslo, the Cape Classic Festival in South Africa, the Mehli Mehta Foundation in India, and Saigon Opera House, Vietnam.
Many of the concerts have been recorded live by international broadcasting companies. Her highly acclaimed debut CD, „Mirrors“, including chamber music and songs by Kaija Saariaho and Jean Sibelius, was released by Coviello Classics in 2013 followed by a recording of songs by Alban Berg, Claude Debussy and Richard Wagner.
Her newest CD includes songs by Robert Schumann, Richard Strauss and the world premiere of Wolfgang Rihms „Ophelia Sings“.
She has been connected to and shared an extensive cooperation with the Bonner Schumannfest where she has also as an artistic adviser created a podium for younger Liedduos.
Pauliina Tukiainen taught at the music universities of Frankfurt am Main and Freiburg.
She is an internationally sought-afer jury member and lecturer at masterclasses and workshops.
Since October 2017 she holds a professorship for Art Song at the Mozarteum University Salzburg.