Spring concert tickets are on sale now
Tickets for the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra’s spring 2026 concerts are now on sale. Throughout the spring, audiences will be able to enjoy classics of orchestral music, interesting premieres and top interpretations by international guest artists. The orchestra's composer-in-residence for the season is the Icelandic superstar of contemporary music Anna Thorvaldsdottir, several works of whom will be performed by the orchestra.
The concert season kicks off in mid-January with a performance featuring the Finnish premiere of resident composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s acclaimed cello concerto Before We Fall. The opening concert, conducted by Chief Conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste, will feature cellist Johannes Moser as the soloist.
During the season, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra will also be conducted by familiar stars Daníel Bjarnason, Manfred Honeck, Hannu Lintu and Eva Ollikainen. Stars of the future who will take to the stage include violinist Lilja Haatainen and Emma Kajander, winner of the Lappeenranta Singing Competition.
Other guest soloists include mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and pianists Rudolf Buchbinder, Andreas Haefliger, Kirill Gerstein and Fazil Say, who will perform his composition Mother Earth as a soloist in May. Say’s piano concerto will be heard in Finland for the first time.
The forthcoming season will also be a celebration for string players. Joining the HPO as soloists will be violinists Leila Josefowicz and Christian Tetzlaff and violist Antoine Tamestit. Sauli Zinovjev's major orchestral work Taste of Metal will also receive its premiere. The spring season will also see the premiere of Awelings, a family concert with music by composer Antti Auvinen. The story is based on a children's book by Tuomas Kärkkäinen.
Digital brochure: https://ejulkka.grano.fi/hko_kausi_2025-2026/full-view.html
Tickets: Online from the HPO website www.helsinginkaupunginorkesteri.fi and from the Musiikkitalo box office.
Single tickets for spring season are on sale here.