A concert steeped in atmosphere focusing on Arvo Pärt, pillar of Estonian classical music and one of his nation’s best-known contemporary composers. Tonight’s conductor is another Estonian, Tōnu Kaljuste: Estonian music influencer, choir leader and founder of the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Already a legendary composer, Pärt is known for […]
Symphonie du Concert Municipal des Honorables Villes de Kotka et d'Helsinki The Kymi Sinfonietta has begun collaborating with the highly-acclaimed Baroque Ensemble Nylandia. Founded by harpsichordist and keyboard player Matias Häkkinen, the Ensemble is adding some magnificent extra spice to our Baroque expertise by, among other things, bringing along some more unusual and authentic period […]
In 1997, Samuli Edelmann released an album called Vaiheet that soon achieved cult status. It featured settings by his father, Toni Edelmann, of texts by Goethe, Hesse, Shakespeare and others. […]
Artists now shooting to fame hold us spellbound in the first symphony concert of the spring season. As our guest we welcome Taiwan-born Tung-Chieh Chuang, a conductor whose talent has […]
Providing a stimulating foretaste of spring is the Frigg folk music ensemble led by Janne Nisonen. The world music media have playfully coined the perfect word to describe Frigg’s distinctive […]
The Christmas concerts by the Rajaton vocal ensemble have, over the years, become something of a byword. Their atmospheric music and brilliant unaccompanied singing bring the spirit of Christmas alive at concert halls the length and breadth of Finland.
In honour of Independence Day, we present a programme of music by great Finnish composers under the baton of Janne Nisonen. The soloist is charismatic Elina Vähälä, a violinist whose brilliant playing has enchanted audiences the world over.
One of Estonia’s most renowned orchestras, the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, joins forces with the Kymi Sinfonietta for inspiring concerts in Tallinn and Kotka conducted by Olari Elts. The concerts also celebrate the long, 70-year ties of friendship between the two cities.
How does the music of tomorrow’s composers sound? Come and find out at the finals concerts of a competition for young composers that has this year attracted more entries than ever before. Since the prizes are awarded on the basis of not only the scores but also their live performance, the tension will be electric right up to the very end!
Spanish multi-instrumentalist and instrument maker Abraham Cupeiro captured our audiences’ hearts the very first time he visited us in 2020. Tonight we hear the new project by the brilliant instrument maker in a magical, breath-taking blend of light and music.
Spanish multi-instrumentalist and instrument maker Abraham Cupeiro captured our audiences’ hearts the very first time he visited us in 2020. Tonight we hear the new project by the brilliant instrument maker in a magical, breath-taking blend of light and music.
Tonight we really enter into the spirit of the Eurovision Song Contest. Hanna Pakarinen, who represented Finland in 2007, and Mikael Saari, who twice excelled himself in the Finnish heats, lead us through Finland’s Eurovision Song Contest history from Laila Kinnunen (1961) to Blind Channel (2021). Along the way we will recall many hits and moments indelibly etched on the nation’s collective memory.