FOLKWANG UNIVERSITY OF ARTS ESSEN
A wonderful place with wonderful people
Last but not least, the Folkwang University of the Arts is special on account of its unique historic buildings and the many special people who have always been – and still are – here: Pina Bausch (dancer and choreographer), Armin Rohde and Caroline Eichhorn (actors), Frank Peter Zimmermann (violinist), Lothar Zagrosek (conductor), Hagen Rether (cabaret artist), Timm Rautert (photographer) to name just a few, did their study at the Folkwang. A whole array of important cultural, scholarly and creative pathways has been forged here. And every single day new highlights are being reached – in terms of aesthetics, content and setting cultural directions for the whole region and the international scene.


Siiri Niittymaa
1999 geboren in Schweden
2018-2021 Sibelius-Akademie Helsinki, Finnland, Bachelor of Music bei Prof. Petri Alanko, Hanna Kinnunen
2021/22 Folkwang Universität der Künste Essen MA Klasse Prof. Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann, Erasmus
seit 2022. Folkwang Universität der Künste Essen MA Klasse Prof. Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann
Orchester:
2020 Finnish National Opera, Praktikum
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Praktikum
2021 Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Praktikum
Essener Philharmoniker, Bühnenmusik Piccolo, Aushilfe
2022 Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Aushilfe
Vadstenaakademien, Stipendiatin
2022/23 Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchesterakademie
Preise und Stipendien:
2018 Göteborg Blasorchester (GWO), Stipendium
2021 "Svenska Gillet"-Verein, Helsinki, Stipendium
2022 Stockholm International Music Competition, 2. Preis