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Conductor Emilia Hoving makes her debut in front of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra in the oldest and most popular of our concert traditions, the May Day Matinees.

In the middle of March 2020, concert halls around the world closed their doors due to restrictions imposed to counter the coronavirus pandemic.

“Siri Brander's Elegie for string orchestra was newsworthy and – it has to be said at once – good news indeed.” The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra’s popular concert in April 1894 featured a set of symphonic masterpieces, yet the newspaper Uusi Suometar highlighted the opening number of the conce

Viktoria Mullova invites audiences in with true gems of concert repertoire; Arvo Pärt’s three pieces, which exude quiet, simple beauty. Jean Sibelius's diary entries about his Fifth Symphony reveal the ecstasy of composing: “I have a lovely theme.

The spotlight shines brightly on the clarinet when classical music and jazz wink at each other.

Conductor André de Ridder is the founder of the s t a r g a z e musical collective and a curious and innovative concert curator. The artistic director of the Musica nova Helsinki-festival brings works that require electricity and video screens.

Born in Tehran, composer Behzad Ranjbaran lives in New York and teaches music theory at the Juilliard School of Music. He is inspired by the rich layers of Persian music, literature and history. His Songs of Eternity are embellished with vocal ornaments and spirals. 

“Oh turn, turn your course, In the valley spring is coming to bloom!” Robert Schumann begins his symphony with the trumpets blowing away the clouds to make room for spring, borrowing the rythm of the opening stanza of the german poet Adolph Böttger’s poem.

The phenomenal trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger brings us Betsy Jolas’ new work. The evening’s programme also features Steve Reich’s latest orchestral work, which Susanna Mälkki premiered in Los Angeles. 

Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen opens an old French book of fairy tales and conjures up characters woven into music by Maurice Ravel. So welcome Sleeping Beauty, Little Tom Thumb, the Empress of the Pagodas, and the Beauty and the Beast!

October is wrapped up with the sounds of big symphonic composers.

” When I woke up I heard a sound, it grew ever louder, I could no longer imagine myself in a dream, music was sounding, and what music! reads the diary entry of Richard Wagner’s wife Cosima, on Christmas Day 1870, after the premiere of her symphonic birthday present.

This concert, led by Pekka Kuusisto, sets off with New York composer Missy Mazzoli’s Vespers.

The autumn season is opened with memories from the turn of the century, when the orchestra premiered several works by Sibelius, such as the Wood Nymph and Cassazione.

Helsingin kaupunginorkesterin mindfulness-konsertissa hyväksyvän tietoisen läsnäolon harjoitukset tehdään yhdistettynä kaupunginorkesterin muusikoiden esityksiin.

Suora lähetys Musiikkitalon Paavo-salista: luvassa leikkiä, laulua ja kaunista musiikkia!

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