I have always been interested in various art forms, as well as poetry and literature. Since I had found music compositions and the artistic values of chess at an early age, writing at that time, did not feel like something that I should explore more seriously. This would come later.
Gradually, I became more and more interested in writing. My first poems were born in the mid-1980’s in Italy, where I was preparing for my first composition concert. Following my return to Finland and having my first concert in 1987, the art form of poetry found me. After exploring many different styles and poets, I finally came to the world of French poetry (especially Baudelaire and Rimbaud), where I immediately found my own soul landscape.
Gradually, I became more and more interested in writing. My first poems were born in the mid-1980’s in Italy, where I was preparing for my first composition concert. Following my return to Finland and having my first concert in 1987, the art form of poetry found me. After exploring many different styles and poets, I finally came to the world of French poetry (especially Baudelaire and Rimbaud), where I immediately found my own soul landscape.
Those poets were exposing me to an entirely new world that is full of mysterious and surreal dreams. I was utterly fascinated by this feeling. It also began to affect my own writing style both in music and in my poetry. And this effect has also appeared later in my visual art. Check out my works:
The interest in poetry and the possibilities of combining it with other art forms with new interesting ideas became evident in my next "Tales for String Quartet." The idea and the inspiration came from one of Charles Baudelaire’s poem, from his book "Le Spleen de Paris." I wanted to participate with this new work of mine in the composing competition in Finland which was held in 1988. In the competition, I shared the Second Prize.
To me, this innovative fusion of different art forms opened up doors to the world of poetry. Ever since the early 1990’s, alongside my music I began to focus more and more on my poetry. At the same time, I tried to extend my artistic palette to new dimensions that music as an art form does not allow because of its creative boundaries.
