Markku Nikula
Kaukaa hymyilee meri (The Sea Smiles from Distance) - [UA]
studied pop & jazz music at the Pop & Jazz Conservatory in Helsinki and composition with Kaija
Saariaho and Eero Hämeenniemi as well as musicology at the University of Helsinki. In 1993-1994
he studied musicology and research at the I.P.E.M. (Instituut voor Psychoacustica en Electronische
Muziek) in Gent / Belgium.
further studies and masterclasses:
Time of Music, Viitasaari, 1988 (Vitold Szalonek and Juhani Liimatainen)
Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt, 1988, 1992, 1994 and 1998
awards & prices
1st prize in the composition competition held in honour of the Anniversary of the Finnish Independence in 1990 (Uusimaa province anthem)
1st prize of the composition competition by Suomen kuntaliitto (The Association of the Finnnish
Local and Regional Authorities) for a signature tune
In 2006 Markku Nikula tought jazz music theory at the University of Helsinki. At present he teaches music theory at the "Helsinki Metropolia University for Applied Sciences" and is a member
of the Korvat Auki! ry (Ears Open! Society). For his longtime research on arabic music he is one
of the few western experts on the item.