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 […]
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 […]
The Kymi Sinfonietta begins its autumn season with a programme steeped in nostalgia, of standards deeply etched on the Finnish mindscape. Almost part of the national heritage, they are fertile […]
Kymi Sinfonietta organizes a unique concert, Mozartista Aviciihin, in collaboration with Kotka City Theatre. The versatile program of the concert includes both Mozart's classical productions and the most popular contemporary […]
Come and support our young local talents! The soloists in this concert conducted by Esa Heikkilä are all students at music colleges in the region and for them, playing with […]
Tonight’s conductor, Juha Kangas – “father” of the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra – has reaped many accolades and distinctions in the course of an extensive and varied career both at home in Finland and abroad. With him he is bringing two works by Mozart and two by Latvian Pēteris Vasks, a composer with whom he has […]
The Kymi Sinfonietta’s May Day concerts herald the advent of spring with a programme of cheerful music in the company of top artists. Setting the tone of this light-hearted concert will be rising-star conductor Sauli Saarinen, Marika Hölttä (coloratura soprano) and Aarne Pelkonen (baritone) in a cavalcade of rousing entertainment, light classics and speak-to-the-heart evergreens, […]
As our guest we welcome one of today’s most celebrated French horn virtuosos, Radovan Vlatković – a player who has made the horn known by performing, recording and teaching the world over. At the heart of the concert is Mozart’s elegant Horn Concerto No. 3. Also on the programme is the Concertino for French Horn […]
We immerse ourselves in the reassuring, optimistic message of Easter as we listen to Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross. He composed it in 1786, describing each of the seven words in ten minutes of glorious music. He prefaced them with an Introduction, and ended with an Earthquake. The meditative, moving […]
Tonight we join forces with conductor-tenor Topi Lehtipuu, the Somnium vocal ensemble and three soloists for a spectacular evening of drama and dance. Representing ballet is Stravinsky’s Apollon Musagète, a work of classical themes, characters and dances. Our operatic gems are plucked from works by Rameau, an orchestral genius cleverly drawing on different operatic genres, […]
Take a musical journey to Salasaari, an island shrouded in candy-floss mist. Two plucky travellers in a hot-air balloon will be spying on the island’s secrets and hidden passages, culminating in a chance to join in the island’s very own song. This concert is based on the popular Finnish picture books and TV series about […]
In honour of Women’s Day we present music by magnificent women composers from different eras and genres. The broad-minded attitude to music of tonight’s conductor, Aliisa Neige Barrière, is reflected in her choice of repertoire for this concert. In addition to works by Grieg and Sibelius we will be treated to Childhood Fantasies by pioneering […]