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 […]
Meet the artists and the people behind the scenes. Juha Kangas (conductor) and Marko Ylönen (soloist, cello)
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 […]
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 […]
Meet the artists and the people behind the scenes. Topi Lehtipuu (conductor) and concert artists
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 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. The album was a major recording project with a symphony orchestra in Paris, but Edelmann has never before performed it in full with an orchestra […]
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 […]
Meet the artists and the people behind the scenes. Tung-Chieh Chuang (conductor) and Jiyoon Lee (soloist, violin)
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 […]
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.
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!