- studied composition with Esko Syvinki at the Lahti Music Institute (now Päijät-Häme Conservatory)
- studied composition with Paavo Heininen, Eero Hämeenniemi and Einojuhani Rautavaara at the Sibelius Academy from 1978 to 1989; diploma 1989
- a study trip to Paris 1989-1990
- composition concerts in Lahti 1983 and Helsinki 1990 and 1997
- lecturer in music theory at the Department of Musicology of the University of Helsinki since 1993
- orchestral work Kri (1988) received second prize in the Nordic Music -89 composition competition in Gothenburg
- orchestral work Š-wüt (1991) won the composition competition for the 75th anniversary year of Finland’s independence in 1992
- composer in residence with the Hyvinkää Orchestra since 1997
- The National Council for Music: three-year-grant 2004-2007