Markus Pesonen
Markus Pesonen is an award-winning composer, musician and sound designer. He has a long experience in working with several music groups and works together with dance, theatre, performance art and film. Collaboration with health and social care professionals has led Markus to develop Sound Journeys that use his field recordings from nature together with original music to create immersive soundscapes with educational and therapeutic potential. Markus holds a masters degree in music and a composer diploma from the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, but his insatiable curiosity has taken him to explore and research far across disciplines.
“Spreading out of the loudspeakers wider that the sound sources into a tremendous three-dimensional experience. The album is meditatively peaceful in essence, despite thunderous contrasts. — Matti Komulainen, Turun Sanomat”
In the contemporary music field, Markus is known from music groups ranging from solo guitar with live electronics to his 11-piece ensemble Markus Pesonen Hendectet and from chamber music to techno remix with an international trajectory. Parallel to now to 17 releases as a composer and musician, he has also created 19 visual and sound art exhibitions and the music for 15 dance and theatre pieces, and three films.
““The end result of the visionary approach of Pesonen’ skilful arrangements is curious and shows a rich musical kaleidoscope which ripples down to small ingenious details.” — Hannu Lehtonen, Finnish Business Magazine”
Markus has performed and exhibited in Europe, America and Asia in places such as Royal Albert Hall, Documenta 13, Gateshead International Jazz Festival, Museo de Arte Moderno Mexico City, Taipei Arts Festival, Banlieues Bleues, WeJazz Festival, New Directions Festival Luleå, Kulturhuset Stockholm, Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene, Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival Willisau, Exploratorium Berlin, Radial System and Schaubühne. In 2019 he’s sound installation travelled in events with over a million visitors.
““The visitors were so enthusiastic about the sound installation that the space was never empty during the entire 12- day fair, and sometimes there were up to 8 people inside the 4-people space. Many guests returned to the listening experience several times during their visit to the fair. The experience was described as calming, relaxing, intense and enhancing wellbeing.”
— Miksei Mikkeli at Berlin International Green Week (400,000 visitors) ”
Contact:
mail@markuspesonen.com
+358 401 312 887