{"id":6597,"date":"2025-08-11T10:08:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T07:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kymisinfonietta.fi\/?post_type=uutiset&#038;p=6597"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:08:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T07:08:47","slug":"inka-puhakka-appointed-new-managing-director-of-the-kymi-sinfonietta","status":"publish","type":"uutiset","link":"https:\/\/kymisinfonietta.fi\/en\/news\/inka-puhakka-appointed-new-managing-director-of-the-kymi-sinfonietta\/","title":{"rendered":"INKA PUHAKKA APPOINTED NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE KYMI SINFONIETTA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kymi Sinfonietta (Kymenlaakso Orkesteri Oy) has appointed Inka Puhakka as its new Managing Director as of August 1, 2025. Inka holds a Master\u2019s degree from both the Sibelius Academy and the University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 and has previous experience of working with, among others, the Chamber Orchestra of Lapland, the Lapland Military Band, the Finnish Defence Forces, the Lappeenranta Music Institute, the Helsinki Police Band and most recently the Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 Sinfonia. She is also a member of the National Council for Music for 2025\u20132026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThough I\u2019m sad to be leaving the Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 Sinfonia, I\u2019m greatly looking forward to working with the Kymi Sinfonietta,\u201d says Inka. \u201cThe orchestra has a positive image \u2013 both for its quality and for the atmosphere at work. Added to which, the Kymi Sinfonietta lends itself to the performance of many kinds of music. I hope the varied repertoire will appeal widely to our Kymenlaakso audiences, because sharing cultural experiences with others is a means of rising above the dreary everyday round. I feel my work is meaningful precisely for its ability to make these concert experiences possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Mikko Hauhia, Chairman of the Board of the Kymi Sinfonietta (Kymenlaakso Orkesteri Oy) crystallises the recruiting process as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe process of recruiting a new Managing Director has at last arrived at a favourable conclusion. We\u2019ve been recruiting ever since last autumn, but it\u2019s been worth the wait. As we see it, Inka has an excellent command of the field, attitude and knowhow. A Managing Director equipped with these will cope extremely well. We warmly welcome Inka to Kymenlaakso.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6423,"template":"","aihe":[],"class_list":["post-6597","uutiset","type-uutiset","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kymisinfonietta.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutiset\/6597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kymisinfonietta.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutiset"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kymisinfonietta.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uutiset"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kymisinfonietta.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kymisinfonietta.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"aihe","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kymisinfonietta.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aihe?post=6597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}