Tuulentei: Soila Sariola, vocals Petteri Sariola, guitar Jyri Sariola, drums January 2024 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Finnish kantele player Martti Pokela. In honour of the centenary, three of his descendants wish to honour their grandfather’s musical legacy by combining forces in a trio with a larger orchestral line-up. Coupled with some […]
January 2024 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Finnish kantele player Martti Pokela. In honour of the centenary, three of his descendants wish to honour their grandfather’s musical legacy by combining forces in a trio with a larger orchestral line-up.
Our Artistic Partner Topi Lehtipuu has created a host of imaginative programmes to delight our audiences, and tonight’s is no exception. It focuses on communication between husband and wife: tragic and comic scenes in which silence acquires many manifestations.
Our Artistic Partner Topi Lehtipuu has created a host of imaginative programmes to delight our audiences, and tonight’s is no exception. It focuses on communication between husband and wife: tragic and comic scenes in which silence acquires many manifestations.
Brass take the limelight in this cheerful, foot-tapping concert of items ranging from operatic tunes to symphonic elation that is part of the Kymi Brass event in Kouvola.
Brass take the limelight in this cheerful, foot-tapping concert of items ranging from operatic tunes to symphonic elation that is part of the Kymi Brass event in Kouvola.
A concert of powerful feelings and stories almost certainly on the wish-list of many. Our guide in the enchanting tango nuevo world of tango master and innovator Astor Piazzolla is bandoneon player Henrik Sandås.
The artists in this concert both have roots in Central Europe, which also provides the substance for the programme. Krzysztof Dobosiewicz and Kymi Sinfonietta clarinettist Csaba Rajnai first joined forces nearly 20 years ago for the premiere of Dobosiewicz’s first clarinet concerto.
The artists in this concert both have roots in Central Europe, which also provides the substance for the programme. Krzysztof Dobosiewicz and Kymi Sinfonietta clarinettist Csaba Rajnai first joined forces nearly 20 years ago for the premiere of Dobosiewicz’s first clarinet concerto.
Uuno Klami was born 125 years ago this year. Esa Ylönen (piano) and the Kymi Sinfonietta strings conducted by Esa Heikkilä mark the occasion with an illustrated talk tracing the life of the Finnish composer from the Lallukka home for artists to Kujaholm in Virolahti where he spent his summers.
This concert brings a message of peace, joy and hope. Catch the warm seasonal mood at our traditional Christmas concert of dreamy, much-loved evergreens and old Finnish Christmas carols.
This concert brings a message of peace, joy and hope. Catch the warm seasonal mood at our traditional Christmas concert of dreamy, much-loved evergreens and old Finnish Christmas carols.