Since graduating from the Sibelius-Academy. Sauli Zinovjev has been focusing mainly on orchestral music, with commissions and performances by distinguished orchestras such as the Finnish and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestras, Philharmonic Orchestras of Oslo, Helsinki and Gothenburg and the Bamberger Symfoniker, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne and Tapiola Sinfonietta. Zinovjev has collaborated with some of the frontline musicians such as Klaus Mäkelä, Víkingur Ólafsson, Tuuli Lindeberg, Pekka Kuusisto and Sakari Oramo. Zinovjev’s recent works include a Piano Concerto for pianist Víkingur Ólafsson commissioned by Finnish and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestras, and a new orchestral piece Wiegenlied commissioned by the Oslo Philharmonic, Gothenburg Symphony and Helsinki Philharmonic orchestras. Zinovjev’s recent highlights include the world premiere of his Piano Concerto (2019) performed by Klaus Mäkelä, Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri and Víkingur Ólafsson; the world premiere of Triple Drive (2021) on 24 October 2021, performed by Bowery Trio; the Finnish premiere of Wiegenlied (2020) performed by Helsinki Philharmonic, conducted by Klaus Mäkelä at the Musiikkitalo Concert Hall; and his Recharged (2015/18), performed by the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Klaus Mäkela on 13 April 2019. Most recently, the premiere of Double Trouble (2021) was performed by Hugo Ticciati and Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s Chamber Ensemble on 6 March 2022.