About me
Aleksanteri Wallius is a versatile finnish organist. He graduated from the Sibelius-Academy in 2024. His teachers include Markku Hietaharju, Markku Mäkinen and Martin Schmeding. He is the First Prize winner of the 23rd International Wiesbaden Organ Competition. He is also a finalist of the prestigious Longwood Gardens Organ Competition. Wallius regularly performs as a soloist and as a part of choirs or various ensembles, including performing as a soloist with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (ERSO).
He has performed at all significant Finnish organ festivals and given concerts in several European countries. Among Wallius’s teachers in masterclasses have been Thierry Escaich, Olivier Latry, Nathan Laube, David Briggs, Jean Guillou, Ton Koopman, Jean-Baptiste Monnot, and Thomas Trotter. His particular interest lies in the 19th-century French symphonic organ music and in creating and performing arrangements. In the autumn of 2020, he performed all six organ symphonies by Louis Vierne in one day at Turku Cathedral. In recent years, he has been involved in premiering contemporary music compositions. In winter 2023-2024, Wallius was studying under professor Martin Schmeding at the Leipzig University of Music as part of an exchange program. This summer he will attend Elizabeth B. Stephens International Organ Competition in Atlanta as a finalist. Expected performances this season include concerts for example at the Bamberg Concert Hall, Helsinki Music Centre, and St. Ouen’s Abbey Church in Rouen.
In this list you can find my past concerts:
2024

Videos
Sergei Prokofiev: Toccata op. 11
Music centre, helsinki
Veli Kujala: Azul
Turku cathedral
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IN ENGLISH
Aleksanteri Wallius is a versatile finnish organist. He graduated from the Sibelius-Academy in 2024. His teachers include Markku Hietaharju, Markku Mäkinen and Martin Schmeding. He is the First Prize winner of the 23rd International Wiesbaden Organ Competition. He is also a finalist of the prestigious Longwood Gardens Organ Competition. Wallius regularly performs as a soloist and as a part of choirs or various ensembles, including performing as a soloist with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (ERSO).
He has performed at all significant Finnish organ festivals and given concerts in several European countries. Among Wallius’s teachers in masterclasses have been Thierry Escaich, Olivier Latry, Nathan Laube, David Briggs, Jean Guillou, Ton Koopman, Jean-Baptiste Monnot, and Thomas Trotter. His particular interest lies in the 19th-century French symphonic organ music and in creating and performing arrangements. In the autumn of 2020, he performed all six organ symphonies by Louis Vierne in one day at Turku Cathedral. In recent years, he has been involved in premiering contemporary music compositions. In winter 2023-2024, Wallius was studying under professor Martin Schmeding at the Leipzig University of Music as part of an exchange program. This summer he will attend Elizabeth B. Stephens International Organ Competition in Atlanta as a finalist. Expected performances this season include concerts for example at the Bamberg Concert Hall, Helsinki Music Centre, and St. Ouen’s Abbey Church in Rouen.
SUOMEKSI
Aleksanteri Wallius (s.1999) on monipuolinen suomalainen urkutaiteilija. Hän opiskeli Sibelius-Akatemiassa urkujensoiton maisteriohjelmassa Markku Hietaharjun ja Markku Mäkisen johdolla. Wallius voitti ensimmäisen palkinnon Wiesbadenin 23. kansainvälisessä urkukilpailussa tammikuussa (”Bach-Prize”) ja pääsi finaaliin vuoden 2023 maineikkaassa Longwood Gardens-urkukilpailussa USA:ssa. Hän esiintyy säännöllisesti resitalistina ja osana kuoroja tai erilaisia kokoonpanoja, joista mainittakoon esiintyminen Viron Kansallisorkesterin (ERSO) solistina.
Tämän vuoden kohokohtia Walliukselle ovat esiintymiset mm. Bambergin konserttitalossa, Helsingin Musiikkitalossa ja St Ouenin luostarikirkossa, Rouenissa. Hän on esiintynyt kaikilla merkittävillä kotimaisilla urkufestivaaleilla. Mestarikursseilla Walliuksen opettajina ovat olleet mm. Thierry Escaich, Jean Guillou, Ton Koopman, Jean-Baptiste Monnot, Olivier Latry jaThomas Trotter.
Hänen erityinen kiinnostuksensa on 1800–1900 -lukujen ranskalainen sinfoninen urkumusiikki sekä sovitusten tekeminen ja esittäminen. Syksyllä 2020 hän esitti Turun tuomiokirkossa yhdessä päivässä kaikki Louis Viernen kuusi urkusinfoniaa. Wallius opiskeli vuonna 2023-2024 Erasmus vaihto-ohjelmassa Professori Martin Schmedingin johdolla Leipzigin Musiikkikorkeakoulussa.



Photos of the first row: Tuomas Tenkanen





Other photos: Sakari Ryöskö