b. July 27, 1963 in Haapavesi, Finland
Music studies
- University of Turku, musicology since 1996
- Turku Conservatory, percussion and music theory 1991-1996
- Pop/Jazz Conservatory of Oulunkylä, percussion and music theory 1986-1990
Composition studies
- at the University of Turku and private studies with Jyrki Linjama,
Harri Suilamo, Mikko Heiniö, Tapio Nevanlinna and Helmut Lachenmann,
among others
Composition courses
- Centre Acanthes, Avignon, France, 1999
- The Summer Academy of Viitasaari, Finland, 1996-98
- Darmstadt, Germany, 1990
- under guidance of Jukka Tiensuu, Adriana Hölszky, Yoshihisa Taira and Helmut Lachenmann, among others
- participated in composition workshops of Turku Philharmonic Orchestra 1995 and 1997
Memberships
- Finnish Composers' Copyright Society Teosto since 2001
- Society of Finnish Composers since 1998
- "Ears Open" Society 1993-2000
- jury member in The ACL Young Composers Award competition arranged by The Asian Composers League, August, 2000
- Composer in residence of the Turku Conservatory 1998-1999
Competitions
- at the Ars Poetica Composers Competition selected for the festival
programme of the "Days of New Music, XII Edition", Chisinau, Republic
of Moldova, 2003 ("Obscure Counters")
- selected for the Second International Forum For The Young Composers arranged by The Ensemble Aleph, 2002 ("Obscure Contours")
- third prize in the international PanAccordion-2000 competition, 2000 ("Ehiknosdeux")
- finalist and awarded in the Uussävel competition arranged by the
Society of Finnish Composers and the Music Festivals of Turku 1997
("Approche")
- special prize in the Composing Competition for the String Orchestra of the University of Oulu 1994 ("Viima")
Varia
- visiting lecturer of contemporary music since 1999: Sibelius Academy
(Kuopio and Helsinki), Turku Conservatory, Puolala Music High School
(Turku), University of Turku
- composer-in-residence of the Arkipelag School of Music sine autumn 2003
Performances
- Mr Hyvärinen's works have been performed in the Northern countires, in Central Europe, in Japan and in Canada
Scholarships
- National Council for Music, Artist grant for the year 2001
- City of Turku, 1998, 2001
- Arts Council of Finland, 2000
- South-West Finland Arts Council, 2000
- Arts Council of Finland, grant for traveling expenses, 2000
- Sibelius Foundation, 1999
- Alfred Kordelin Foundation, 1999
- South-West Finland Fund, 1999
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