Romeo and Juliet, Maria and Tony – doomed love in Renaissance Verona and 1950s Manhattan. Both Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Leonard Bernstein knew how to weave the world's most famous love story into heart-wrenching music. Heidi Sundblad-Halme was a composer and one of Finland's first professional female conductors. Her ballet The Enchanted Belt is one of the discoveries of the HUOM project, which is bringing forgotten orchestral works to light.
Finnish conductor Emilia Hoving (born 1994) is firmly established internationally. In the 2024–2025 season, Hoving returns to conduct the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. She also makes her debut with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic at the Concertgebouw. Additional first appearances include the Belgian National, the Castilla y León Symphony, the Royal Scottish National, the Stavanger Symphony, the Strasbourg Philharmonic, the Tasmanian Symphony, and the Trondheim Symphony orchestras.
Emilia Hoving began her conducting studies in 2015 with Jorma Panula and later continued at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with professors Sakari Oramo and Atso Almila. Hoving’s career was launched as an assistant to Hannu Lintu at the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (2019–2020) and Mikko Franck at the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (2020–2022).
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.
