Kotka Concert Hall

The programme for this concert is an imaginative mixture of old and new. The new work by Samuli Ahonen was composed for the Kymi Sinfonietta and the winner of its category in the IV Uuno Klami Composition Competition for children and young people. Outi Tarkiainen’s The Seasons of Love is a paean to the power of love that changes with the different phases in life. Representing older music is the first violin concerto by Mozart, with the magnificent Kotka-born Essi Höglund as the soloist. The delightful Symphony No. 1 by Louise Farrenc is enjoying a renaissance in orchestras’ repertoire, and not without reason. The conductor is the versatile Ruut Kiiski, now making her first appearance with the Kymi Sinfonietta.

It is a great pleasure for us to welcome the inspiring, charismatic, award-winning Alexandra Dariescu back to Kymenlaakso. Ten years have passed since she greatly impressed us at her debut with us, and her visit this time is sure not to leave anyone cold.

This concert strikes to the very heart of the Classical era!

The poetic themes of this concert evocative of the seductive call of the world at night act as signposts for the listener. The programme has been masterminded by its conductor, Adrien Perruchon, and the soloist is the magnificent Korean soprano MyungJoo Lee.

Young London conducting talent Kerem Hasan meets Jonathan Roozeman, the Finnish cellist rising comet-like on the international firmament in one of the best-known works by Tchaikovsky, the Rococo Variations.

This concert conducted by our Artistic Partner Topi Lehtipuu takes us to the scene of many turning points in the history of music, Vienna – a city that still eternalises the age-old musical traditions even today, with its New Year concerts and carnivals.

Paavali Jumppanen, a pianist who has explored the depths of Viennese Classicism in his concerts and writings, has curated a magnificent Mozart programme round two of that maestro’s great piano concertos.