Joel Järventausta
Joel Järventausta's compositions are often inspired by extra-musical sources like nature and other arts, visible in his work titles. Synesthesia also plays an important role. “Carefully crafted sounds-worlds and textures are always a priority. These for me, are like the detailed use of colour and light in painting”, he says.
Järventausta's output include both chamber and vocal music, orchestra works and opera. He has won international competitions and gotten his music performed in many countries.
Spending his childhood in Luxembourg and Germany, Finnish composer Joel Järventausta (b. 1995) completed his studies in the United Kingdom, and was awarded a PhD in Composition from King’s College London, where he studied with Sir George Benjamin and Prof. Silvina Milstein, supported by the Arts & Humanities Scholarship.
Based back in Finland, Joel is currently working as a freelance composer. His work has been commissioned and performed by orchestras and ensembles such as London Symphony Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre national d’Île de France, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Jyväskylä Sinfonia, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Chamber Choir and Uusinta Ensemble.
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Category | Duration | Available from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Autumn Songs | sopr, pno | 2021 | Vocal and Choral Works | 12:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Bacchanale | 2222 4331 11 0, str | 2023 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 05:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Beach | guit | 2017 | Works for Solo Instrument | 06:00 | Music Finland |
Bells & Echoes | cl, vln, pno | 2022 | Chamber Works | 20:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Bourrée | 4hn, 3trp, 3rb, tba, timp, 3perc | 2022 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 04:00 | Music Finland |
elegy | pno | 2017 | Works for Solo Instrument | 04:00 | Music Finland |
En sourdine | sopr, vla | 2020 | Vocal and Choral Works | 08:00 | Music Finland |
En sourdine | sopr, vlc | 2020 | Vocal and Choral Works | 08:00 | Music Finland |
Fantasy for piano & orchestra | 3333 4331 12 1, str, pno solo | 2025 | 22:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen | |
Ihminen parhaan kykynsä mukaan | baryt, actress, 2vln, vla, vlc, perc, pno | 2023 | Works for the Stage | 01:00:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Kajo | vla | 2019 | Works for Solo Instrument | 06:00 | Music Finland |
Lullaby | vln, vlc, pno | 2020 | Chamber Works | 04:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Most quiet need | 3sopr | 2018 | Vocal and Choral Works | 03:00 | Music Finland |
Naava | 2222 2200 10 0, str | 2021 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 07:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
On Blue | 2vln, vla, vlc | 2019 | Chamber Works | 11:00 | Music Finland |
Pilgrim | cl, perc, hp, acc, vln, vla, vlc, db | 2020 | Chamber Works | 12:00 | |
Reflecting Taverner | chx (SSAATTBB) | 2019 | Vocal and Choral Works | 06:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Ripped Tapestry | 1222 2200 10, str | 2019 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 10:00 | Edition Durand |
Ritual | vln | 2020 | Works for Solo Instrument | 05:00 | Music Finland |
Snowscapes | pno | 2021 | Works for Solo Instrument | 13:00 | Music Finland |
Soi | vln | 2017 | Works for Solo Instrument | 09:00 | Music Finland |
Soliloquy | acc | 2022 | Works for Solo Instrument | 07:00 | Music Finland |
Songs, Games & Dances | fl, cl, bsn, hp, pno, vln, vla, vlc, vln solo | 2024 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 17:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Songs of Empty Landscapes | cl, vln, vla, vlc, pno | 2020 | Chamber Works | 17:00 | |
Songs of Empty Landscapes | asax, pno, vln, vla, vlc | 2020 | Chamber Works | 17:00 | Music Finland |
Sunfall | 3333 4331 12 1, pno, str | 2020 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 17:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Suns extinguished | 3333 4331 12 1, str | 2018 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 05:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
There will come soft rains | chx [SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB] | 2022 | Vocal and Choral Works | 08:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
the sighing of the winds is softer than ever | 1111 1110 01 0, str [11111], pno solo | 2018 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 15:00 | Music Finland |