2018

New Cd release with Double Image , Autumn thoughts coming in november. Release gigs in Turku, Pietarsaari and Vaasa.

Staying in residens in Arenys de mar in Spain 10-31.10.

Playing with Emma Klingenberg in Turku. J’oublie

Double image in residens at Villa Vikan recording new stuff and gigs in Turku, Pietarsaari and Vaasa

Conducting the Finnish airforce big band in Jyväskylä 7.9 Soitellen sotaan

Conducting/teaching on the big band camp in Parainen from 23-27.7 Big band camp 2018

Working as curator for BMU (wind music projekt in Finland and Scandinavia) 2018. BMU

One week in residence at Villa Vikan in May to make and rehearse music for uppcoming recording  sessions with duo Double image in June.

Playing and rehearsal new music for and with Fort big band in April and May. FORT BIG BAND

Playing with Ostrobothnia Jazz sextet music by Piazzolla in Vasa,Turku, Jakobstad and Kiel(Germany).Hotel Astor

Writing new arrangements of Finnish military music for the army force big band 100- anniversary concert in september.

Playing with Emma Klingenberg in Jakobstad.

Working with arrangements in Verona in February for Topelius concert with orchestra and  vocal soloists.

Performing People “Pollution” part 2 in January in Vasa with Malviniemi dance company and Peter Enroth and Stefan Backas

2017

Staying in residence at  VICC (Visby international center for composers) for two weeks in december. VICC web

New record with Ostrobothnia Jazz sextet on Spotify. Check it out.

Premier of People “Pollution” 10.8 in Vasa.

A performance for dance, two musicians, sound designer and video media about our relation to the environment. Photo: Marcus Lervik

New record out with music by Anna Kruse and lyrics by Edith Södergran. Arrangements for big band and vocal group and Anna K. Nordisk Big Band poesi by The Pagsberg Big Band and vocals. My arrangements are SKUM and STJÄRNENATTEN.

New record by Peter Nordwall feat. Johanna Grussner. Peter saxophones , Me piano, Ape Anttila bass and Markus Ketola drums.

New record with vocal group Nya toner and my arrangements of old folksongs from Finnish/swedish tradition for male vocals and jazz group.

“Reunion” of Groove missile celebrating Finland 100 with guest solist Mathias Sandberg on guitar. Doo bop club

Conducting and playing gigs with Fort big band and solist Charlotta Kerbs “Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald”. Doobop club

Conducting the Swedish school music event (Skolmusik 2017) concert in Korsholm with 7000 children in the choir i May. DUNK

Conducting own arrangements for big band and sinfonietta in concert with “American songbook”  repertoire in Jakobstad. Schaumanhall

Recension Österbottens Tidning:

"Fantastiska soloprestationer av Musikhusets unga studerande. Men framför allt en sammanhållen och stilren resa genom den amerikanska musikskatten. Visst går det också att spela covers på arrangemang för klassiska amerikanska storband, men det blir en helt annan upplevelse när en kunnig arrangör som Ralf Nyqvist får sätta sin speciella prägel på hela konserten. Sammanhållet och stilrent och med en klangbotten ivår österbottniska musikuppfattning, om det nu finns en sådan även utanför det rent folkmusikaliska".

In residence in Verona writing arrangements for Anna Kruse and “The Big band and the vocals” in Denmark. Facebook

Arrangements for the concert “Spegling” with artists and music from  Finland-Swedish tradition. Kulturfonden

Scholarship from Svenska kulturfonden (Swedish culture foundation in Finland) for working freelance 2017.

2016

 Conducting and playing at Wasa theather christmas conserts ” Julkonsert med Lytts och vänner” Wasa teater , You tube

In residence at Villa Vikan in november writing music for Finland 100-anniversery next year

Playing /conducting in Stockholm  on the swedish-finnish chamber of commerse 80 years anniversary at the hotel Grand.

Playing with Bothnia rhythm orchestra in Finland and Sweden in october.  Bro big band .

Conducting the Finnish air force Big band( Ilmavoimien big band) in concert with vocal group Club for five Paviljonki

Conducting Turku Jazz orchestra with solist Satu Sopanen and music for children by Finnish composers.Spotify

Recording my arrangements of music by Astor Piazzolla with Ostrobothnia  jazz Sextet in august.

Conducting/teaching on the big band camp in Parainen from 25-29.7. DUNK- homepage

Conducting a musical showcase in Pietarsaari in May.New Music Theatre

Heres a tribute to Astrid Lindgren. An arrangement for Brassquintet with here most famous songs. YouTube score

Celebrating my 50-year birthday at the Bocks brewery in Vaasa having jam session with my family and friends 30.3

Residence at Villa Vikan in march  Villa Vikan

Gigs with the Trio med bambi ensemble at Stockholm city theatre 3-4.3 Trio med bambi

Playing music of Lars Gullin with Micke Lånbacka in Vasa 17.2

Conducting Sugar in Tampere  Tampereen Teatteri “Sugar”

2015

Christmas concert at Wasa theatre in December

Premier of People II in Pietarsaari at the RUSK chamber-music festival 19.11

Gig with music of Dave Brubeck with jazz quartet at the Doobop club 14.11

Gigs with the Trio med bambi ensemble at Stockholm city theatre 26-30.10

Premier of the musical ”Sugar ” in the Tampere theatre 10.9

Gig with Double image in Vasa at the culture night festival 6.8

Big band camp in July in Pargas 20-24.7

Concerts with Bothnia rhythm orchestra and Toby Loth in Vasa and Helsinki

Residence in Cite International Paris in March and April