Composition at the Sibelius Academy, 1994-2002 with Erkki Jokinen and Paavo Heininen (Master of Music -degree in 2002). Composition masterclasses with Jouni Kaipainen, Magnus Lindberg, Kaija Saariaho, Jonathan Harvey and Michael Jarrell.
As a conductor, Haapanen traveled throughout Europe, including Germany, Poland, Hungary and Italy. As a musical scholar, he collected and studied Medieval Finnish music, dating from 1050 to 1522.
Playful and with an acute ear for the full range of possibilities of the human voice, Perttu Haapanen has established himself as one of the most exploratory and...
His primary teacher there was Tuomas Haapanen. Part of Kuusisto's training was American; he studied under Miriam Fried and Paul Bliss at Indiana University between 1992 and 1996.