He has composed about 150 works covering a broad range, from choral works and instrumental miniatures to orchestral music and operas. He has received commissions from ten countries. Among his recent large-scale works are
Seven Songs for Planet Earth, commissioned by the
Choral Arts Society of Washington and the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra,
Migrations for mezzo-soprano, male voice chorus and orchestra, commissioned by The
Minnesota Orchestra and recorded by
BIS Records, and the song cycle
Songs of Meena, commissioned by The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Kortekangas is particularly known for his choral music and operas, of which the latest are
Messenius ja Lucia (2004), ''
Daddy's Girl (2007), One Night Stand (2011), Oma vika
(Own Fault, 2015), Veljeni vartija'' (My Brother's Keeper, 2018), and
Koria täti (2021), as well as the church operas
Elämänkuvat (Pictures of Life, 2019) and
Ende und Beginn (2021). Kortekangas's work list also includes a number of chamber as well as instrumental solo works, particularly for organ and period instruments. == Awards ==