He began his musical studies at Kuopio Conservatory where he studied singing under Pertti Rusanen after which he moved to the Sibelius Academy to study with Jorma Hynninen and, later, with Päivi Nisula.
Ville Rusanen’s 2007/2008 season includes Schönberg’s Gurrelieder with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, the role of Dan in Micha Hamel’s new tragic operetta Snow White for the Nationale Reisopera in the Netherlands and Carmina Burana with Orchestre National de Bordeaux under the baton of Kwamé Ryan.