“Who knows what a symphony is?” asked the teacher.
“It’s a pizza,” replied Pate.
“You must be thinking of opera, which is a pizza, as we all know very well,” corrected the teacher.
“Our father once got such a tough symphony that he had to stay at home all day," Tiina said.
“The flu, your father must have had the flu,” the teacher corrected.
“It wasn’t, father plays the horn and he had to practice all day at home because the piece was so difficult,” explained Tiina.
Timo Parvela’s popular Ella & Friends book series (Tammi Publishers) has been raising new generations of readers for 30 years! To mark the anniversary, Ella and her friends will be attending a special concert at Musiikkitalo.
Age recommendation
5+
| Violin 1 Pekka Kauppinen Eija Hartikainen Katariina Jämsä Sanna Kokko Helmi Kuusi Elina Lehto Petri Päivärinne Kalinka Pirinen Harry Rayner Serguei Gonzalez Pavlova Violetta Varo Violin 2 Kamran Omarli Teija Kivinen Eva Ballaz Dhyani Gylling Matilda Haavisto Anna-Maria Huohvanainen Liam Mansfield Siiri Rasta Krista Rosenberg Viola Lotta Poijärvi Petteri Poijärvi Aulikki Haahti-Turunen Tuomas Huttunen Kaarina Ikonen Carmen Moggach Markus Sallinen Hajnalka Standi-Pulakka Cello Tuomas Ylinen Beata Antikainen Fransien Paananen Ilmo Saaristo Laura Martin Maria Morfin Venäläinen Bass Eero Ignatius Venla Lahti Tarmo Anttila Eero-Kalle Bergman | Flute Elina Raijas Päivi Korhonen Oboe Hannu Perttilä Nils Rõõmussaar Clarinet Anna-Maija Korsimaa Hyesoo Kim Bassoon Markus Tuukkanen Erkki Suomalainen Horn Sam Parkkonen Jonathan Nikkinen Trumpet Michael Olsen Inka Pärssinen Trombone Valtteri Malmivirta Timpani Mikael Sandström Percussion Pasi Suomalainen Harp Minnaleena Jankko |
Yes, but only before or after the concert. During the concert we just want you to enjoy the music. This way you won’t disturb the musicians or other audience members.
Only the orchestra has a dress code. You can dress as you like.
You can give the ticket to a friend or donate it to a music student by calling 09-3102 2700 or sending an e-mail to helsinki.philharmonic@hel.fi by 3pm on the day of the concert.
