The Kymi Sinfonietta welcomes German conductor Jascha von der Goltz, who gained widespread international attention on winning the first prize in the International Panula Conducting Competition in 2021. At the heart of the concert is one of the most challenging, intense works in all cello literature, the first cello concerto by Dmitri Shostakovich. The soloist […]
For this concert we are honoured to welcome one of Finland’s most celebrated conductors, Osmo Vänskä, bringing with him three works full of light and joy. The other eagerly-awaited artists […]
For this concert we are honoured to welcome one of Finland’s most celebrated conductors, Osmo Vänskä, bringing with him three works full of light and joy. The other eagerly-awaited artists […]
Works by the early Classical era feature far less often in the repertoire of the orchestral giants than those by Mozart or Haydn. Tonight is therefore a major exception, focusing […]
The Kymi Sinfonietta’s ultra-popular series of movie concerts continues with the evergreen Chaplin classic The Gold Rush, with a live accompaniment to the original silent movie of 1925. Chaplin composed […]
The Kymi Sinfonietta’s ultra-popular series of movie concerts continues with the evergreen Chaplin classic The Gold Rush, with a live accompaniment to the original silent movie of 1925. Chaplin composed […]
The Kymi Sinfonietta’s ultra-popular series of movie concerts continues with the evergreen Chaplin classic The Gold Rush, with a live accompaniment to the original silent movie of 1925. Chaplin composed the score in 1942, and it has since been arranged for live performances of the 1925 version by Timothy Brock. Based on the plot of […]
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Rachmaninov – a composer, first-rate pianist and conductor who ended up emigrating from Russia to the United States. The programme for this concert curated by the leader of our second violins, Sergei Tiutiunik, includes three small-scale works brimming with late-Romantic longing in which the […]
Opera is Italy’s gift to the world, and to guide us on our journey to its very sources is one of our two new Artistic Partners, Topi Lehtipuu. The sparkling classics range in this concert from the early 17th-century Baroque to the 19th century in the company of masters of this impressive dramatic genre. At […]
Opera is Italy’s gift to the world, and to guide us on our journey to its very sources is one of our two new Artistic Partners, Topi Lehtipuu. The sparkling classics range in this concert from the early 17th-century Baroque to the 19th century in the company of masters of this impressive dramatic genre. At […]
This programme is part of the “Waves! Light and Sound in Kotka" festival The interplay of light, water and colour floods the concert hall in this fantastic work of art to music chosen by Olari Elts and lighting effects by Niko Tiainen. The audience can look forward to a concert of astounding shades and effects […]
Tonight we have a chance to spend the evening in the musical company of the Polish winner of the most recent Maj Lind Piano Competition, Piotr Pawlak. Winner of many competition prizes and renowned for his stage charisma and profound understanding of music, Piotr is sure to amaze us with his performance of the ever-popular […]
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