Timo Tuhkanen (b. 1983, Muscat, Oman) is a composer, artist, and poet. He studied Oriental Music School of Jerusalem: Tabla & Indian Classical Music under Nurit Ofer (2002). He received his Bachelor of Arts (Horns) and Master of Music at Brunel University of West London, and is currently finishing his Ph.D. at the School of Music, University of Leeds.
His work as a composer and artist have been featured in Manifesta12 5x5x5 collateral events, Palermo; 3éme Biennale di l’Art Contemporain Casablanca, Marocco; XX Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland; European Mediterranean Art Association, Nicosia, Cyprus; Emma Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland; FILE Festival, São Paulo, Brazil; Moscow Philharmonica, Moscow, Russia; Kallion New Music Days, Helsinki, Finland; Alvar Aalto -museum, Jyväskylä, Finland; Dimitria Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece; Time of Music Festival, Viitasaari, Finland; AAVE-Festival, Helsinki, Finland; Musica Nova Festival, Helsinki Finland; Canterbury Jazz Festival, Canterbury, UK; and the Royal Festival Hall, recorded live on BBC3 Hear and Now, London, UK.
Tuhkanen lives and works in Helsinki where he is also the director of artist run cooperative gallery Myymälä2.
His work as a composer and artist have been featured in Manifesta12 5x5x5 collateral events, Palermo; 3éme Biennale di l’Art Contemporain Casablanca, Marocco; XX Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, Finland; European Mediterranean Art Association, Nicosia, Cyprus; Emma Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland; FILE Festival, São Paulo, Brazil; Moscow Philharmonica, Moscow, Russia; Kallion New Music Days, Helsinki, Finland; Alvar Aalto -museum, Jyväskylä, Finland; Dimitria Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece; Time of Music Festival, Viitasaari, Finland; AAVE-Festival, Helsinki, Finland; Musica Nova Festival, Helsinki Finland; Canterbury Jazz Festival, Canterbury, UK; and the Royal Festival Hall, recorded live on BBC3 Hear and Now, London, UK.
Tuhkanen lives and works in Helsinki where he is also the director of artist run cooperative gallery Myymälä2.
