Tanja Nisonen has been Assistant Principal Horn of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra since 2003. In addition to her work as an orchestral musician, Nisonen performs extensively as a chamber musician and soloist.
In addition to chamber music festivals in her home country, Nisonen has performed in the UK, Sweden, Germany, Spain, and Norway. As a soloist she has performed in Turku, Lappeenranta, Joensuu, and Jyväskylä, and in the spring of 2024 in Pori. Several composers have written music for Nisonen, including Leif Segerstam, Timo-Juhani Kyllönen, Jukka Harju, and Mari Sainio.
Tanja Nisonen is currently a doctoral student at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts, where she is working on her dissertation on women composers for French horn.
Teaching is very important to Nisonen. Since 2010 she has been a lecturer in French horn at the Turku Academy of Arts. Nisonen has given master classes at various French horn events in Finland and abroad.
Nisonen has also been the president of the Finnish French Horn Club for several years. In this position she has had the opportunity to organise the Nordic French Horn Seminar 2023 and to participate in the development of Finnish French horn playing. The activities of the Brass Academy are an inspiring continuation of this work.
Nisonen likes to spend her free time at her summer cottage in Tammela with her family and her dog Churro.