Picture: Mathias Nyqvist

2025

Pianist in the Wasa theater production ”Kunskapskabaren” in november. Wasa teater

Street jazz gigs in July at Fondis, Vasa.

Arrangements for the Wasa symphony orchestras concert Beatles 2.0 in Vasa and Kokkola. Vasa stadsorkester Beatles 2.0

Acting operations manager and conductor of the Närpes youth symphonic windband 2025. Närpes skolmusikkår

2024

Arrangements for the album ”Uudenvuodenjuna”( new year’s train) by Tuomas Rannankari. Also nominated for best childrens album of the year by finnish childmusic association.

Playing music by Bill Evans trio “Bill meets Miles” with Zacharias Holmqvist on bass and Stefan Brokvist on drums at Doobop club 28.9 at 20.00. Guest solist Anders Sjölind on trumpet.

Conducting concert with Fort big band and the folkmusik trio “I Fäälan” at dooop club 8.11 at 20.00.

Playing with Ostrobothnia jazz orchestra music to silent film “Meren kasvojen edessä” at Ritz in Vasa 23.8 at 19.00. Ritz 23.8.2024

Playing music of Georg Riedel together with Rickard Slotte on trumpet and Olli Rantala on bass in the City church of Vasa 18.8 at 23.00 (The night of the arts).

Wasa teater:

– Snöfall (music director)

– Vändom min längtan (musical director)

– Solchanser (music)

– Vändags konsert/ vallentineday consert 14.2   Wasa teater

 J/K pop project in Jakobstad 18.3 (musical director and arranger)

2023

NEW CD: Som barn låg vi i gräset.

New arrangement’s of finnish-swedich children tunes made for orchestra and vocals both on CD and on all music platforms.
Videvisan. Arr. Ralf Nyqvist

Toivo goes kapakka:

Music by Toivo Kuula with new arrangements for jazz trio and solo violin.
https://www.netticket.fi/toivo-goes-kapakka-vasa-vaasa

Fort big band I Fäälan 

Traditional Ostrobothnian folk-tunes in new arrangements for big band and the folk band ” I fäälan ” . Videos coming up from the gig.  I Fäälan and Fort big band

Wasa teater:

– Vändom min längtan (musical director)

– Patrik, Irene och pensionärsmakten (music and musician)

– Solchanser (music)

2022

NYT -ensemble album ”Nature poems” from 2002 released on spotify and other stream platforms in december.

Nature poems

Ketola &Nyqvist duo Double image released on spotify and other platforms in december:

Autumn thoughts

Working at Wasa teater with music for plays and as conductor:

– Bothnia paradise

– Potatis rebellerna

– Visor i vintertid

– West side story (at Vaasan kaupunginteatteri as pianist)

Fort big band with Peter Asplund at Doobop club and Jeppis jazzfestival.

Ostrobothnia rhythm orchestra gigs in Jeppis Jazzfestival and Parainen/Pargas.

Ostrobothnia jazz sextet gigs in Helsinki, Kokkola, Mariehamn and Porvoo.

2021

Moments from K for string quartett and dance performance in Vasa 28.9, Seinäjoki 30.9 and Jakobstad 1.10. Produced by Malviniemi Company.Moments from K 

Premier of the musical Botnia Paradise at Wasa teater 18.9 Wasa teater

CD release of the album with OJS 13.9. Spotify

Performing new music from the record ” De bergtagna” with OJS on Etno-espa in Helsinki 6.8. Etno-espa

Conducting and playing in the musical Botnia Paradise at Wasa teater in the fall.

Recording and mixing the album ”De bergtagna” with Ostrobothnia jazz sextet march and april. Record booklet

2020

CD-skivan Undercovid/musik i tysta rum finns till försäljning på följande platser i Österbotten:

CD-levy on myynissä seuravissa paikoissa Pohjanmaalla:

• Tenho i Vasa på Kyrkoesplanaden/ Kirkkopuistikko 20.
• Luckan i Karleby (Stadsbiblioteket/ Kaupunkikirjasto).
• Luckan i Kristinestad på Östra långgatan 49.

Solopiano CD-release “UNDERCOVID/Music for quiet rooms” release date 8 december. Spotify

Christmas concert at Wasa teater:https://www.wasateater.fi/feature/julkonsert-med-lytts-vanner/

Consert with music by composers from Ostrobothnia with Bro Big band in Vasa and Jakobstad

Preparatory doctoral studies at Sibelius academy in Helsinki

Premiered music for choreography and string quartet to the project “Dance all year long” in Kokkola/Karleby. The music is 4 movements for strings and choreography for 2 dancers made by Mia Malviniemi. Moments from K premiered in 6.8.2020 in Kokkola. Keski-Pohjanmaan kamariorkesteri

Composing music in april-may for solo piano to be recorded in june-july by myself. A solo record project during the pandemic with financial support by Svensk kulturfonden( The swedish culture foundation i Finland). The idea is to use pianos that can’t be used because off the lock downs on different locations in Osthrobothnia. The music will be released in the fall as a musical documentation of my compositions and solo playing but also as an document of the unusual time of the pandemic.

CANCELED: Arranging new music for Ostrobothnia jazz sextet for summer tour in Swedish and Finnish archipelago.

Composing string quartet music for performance with for Malviniemi dance company in august.

CANCELED: Working with Fort big band for droop club 25-year anneversery consert feat.Peter Aspund as guest solist 21.3.  Doobop club

1 st price in competition for Overture for symphonic wind orchestra. Blåsmusik.fi

New composition for BRO big band concert i may in Vasa and Pietarsaari.

Arrangements for Emma Klingenberg performance with lyrics by Tove Jansson at Svenska teatern in Helsinki. Tove Jansson “Visdiktaren”

CANCELED: Musical director at Wasa teater spring 2020.Månskens prinssen

2019

Musical director for Fiddler on the roof at Wasa teater from august 2019. Spelman på taket

Conducting/teaching on the big band camp in Parainen from 22-26.7. Big band Camp at Pjukala

Playing with Ostrobothnia jazz sextet in Turku and Tammisaari in April and May. Sibelius museum

Arranging and conducting music by Jaco Pastorius and Stefan “Kilju” Lindblom with Fort big band in Vasa and Pietarsaari in April. Droop club , JazzOo.r.f.

Conducted West side story in Kokkola and Pietarsaari in March. West side story

One week in residence at Villa Vikan in February.

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

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

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