Tuomas Kantelinen

Our SNOW QUEEN Ice Show - based on Hans Christian Andersen's timeless fairytale - will premiere on the first day of the new year 2022 at the brand-new Tampere Deck Arena. There will be five performances, on January 1st, 2nd…

Happy New Year to everyone! Not that new really, since we are in mid-February - unless you're in China - but newish nevertheless... Greetings from Moscow where I am recording a new score for my producer and director friends, the…

January has been nice and busy - have recorded a lot with the orchestra and also with amazing soloists. Also working on some Nordic Themes for fun, fit for an epic viking movie that I still have to hear of…

Wishing a happy, healthy and creatively fulfilling 2016 to everyone! Last year I had the privilege of working on so many diverse projects - a ballet, movies in India, China, L.A., Scandinavia and Macedonia... Looking forward to another year filled…

The Mannerheim opera has been announced, and will premiere at the Ilmajoki Music Festival in June 2017 - celebrating a hundred years of Finland as an independent republic. I will be composing the music to Eve Hietamies' and Laila…

Just finished work on the Walking Dead: No Man's Land game by Next Games -based on AMC's hit television show and to be released this fall on iOS & Android platforms!

Also - had an absolute blast at the Ghent…

I composed my second ballet for choreographer Kenneth Greve and the Finnish National Ballet & Opera this summer, and the premiere was on Friday! The Little Mermaid tells the tragic but beautiful original Hans Christian Andersen story of the mermaid…

Recently completed the music for Svetozar Ristovski's film 'Lazar' - the movie tells about a very relevant subject in today's world, human trafficking. The film will have its festival premiere in the Warsaw Internation Film Festival's competition!

I have been fortunate to work on two Indian feature films this year: 'Nanak Shah Fakir' tells the story of Guru Nanak's life and teachings; 'Jaanisaar' is a period movie about an Indian prince who grew up in the UK…

Completed some orchestra recordings for Macedonian/Croatian feature 'The Liberation of Skopje'. Such a pleasure to work with father & son team Rade and Danilo Serbedzija for this film adaptation on the long-running play by Dusan Jovanovic. No word yet on…

Have been working on Muzaffar Ali's beutiful movie 'Jaanisaar' in India. A very inspiring story about India's fight for freedom and the British 'divide and conquer' tactics that helped divide a nation. This is the backdrop to a love story…

Currently working on a new ballet for the Finnish National Opera. It's a couple of years since we collaborated on 'The Snow Queen' - happy and excited to work with my friend, choreographer and National Ballet's artistic director Kenneth Greve…