Prof. Pauliina Tukiainen

The Finnish pianist Pauliina Tukiainen has made a name for herself as a multi-faceted interpreter and as a sought-after professor for song interpretation.

She studied piano in her home country and in Frankfurt am Main. During her studies with Hartmut Höll and Anne Le Bozec in Zürich and Karlsruhe, she was given numerous prizes and scholarships. She received further artistic impulses from Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ralf Gothóni, Thomas Hampson, Christoph Prégardien, and Wolfgang Rihm. 

Pauliina Tukiainen has performed in Europe, including at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, in the Musikverein in Vienna, in the Tonhalle Zürich, in the Oslo Konserthus, at the Hugo Wolf Academy, at theFestspielen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, at the Bodenseefestival, at the Fundación Juan March in Madrid, and at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest as well as in South Africa, India, and Vietnam.

A long-term artistic and programmatic collaboration has connected Pauliina Tukiainen with the Bon Schumannfest, where she has produced a stage for young song duos.

Concert recordings were made by numerous German and foreign radio stations. After her critically acclaimed debut CD "Mirrors" with works by Sibelius and  Saariaho, further records appeared from the label Coviello Classics with songs by Berg, Debussy, Schumann, Strauss, and Wagner as well as a first recording by Wolfgang Rihms "Ophelia sings." Her CD "Serious Songs"  with the baritone Arttu Kataja by Alba Records was nominated in 2020 by the Finnish Radio ass "Album of the Year." The newest recording of the duo is Schubert's Winterreise, appearing on the label Alba Classics in January 2022.

In addition to her concert activities, she teaches song interpretation at the Musikhochschulen in Frankfurt am Main and Freiburg and is a sought-after docent at masterclasses, workshops, and jury member at competitions.

Since October 2017 Pauliina Tukiainen ist professor of song interpretation at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg.