Lieu : Helsinki

Pehr Henrik Nordgren at 70

Pehr Henrik Nordgren (1944-2008) was a unique voice in Finnish music. Influenced by both Japanese and Finnish folk music, as well as Shostakovich, Nordgren never achieved the same international recognition ...

A sea journey with Leif Segerstam

With a population of just over 5 million, Finland can boast of having a disproportionately large number of orchestras with international reputations. This includes the orchestras of Tampere and Lahti, ...

Kari Kriikku plays Saariaho’s clarinet concerto

For such a small country, Finland can easily boast having at least four living composers with major international careers: Saariaho, Magnus Lindberg, Salonen, and Aho. Of these, Saariaho is arguably ...

Concert du Jour de l’Indépendance de la Finlande

Bien que les concerts de musique finlandaise en Finlande sont fréquents, le répertoire se limite généralement à Sibelius ou à d'autres compositeurs vivants , tels que les «trois grands » ...

Finnish Independence Day Concert

Although performances of Finnish music in Finland are frequent, the repertoire is generally restricted to Sibelius or other living composers, such as the "big three" of Lindberg, Salonen, and Saariaho. ...

Christian Tetzlaff plays Shostakovich second violin concerto

While the first violin concerto of Shostakovich is firmly established in the 20th-century violin repertoire, performances of his second violin concerto are considerably less frequent. Perhaps this is due to ...

Denève conducts Britten, Roussel and Ravel

22 November 2013 is the precise day when the British composer Benjamin Britten would have turned 100 years old. To celebrate the occasion, the first half of the evening’s program ...

Gossec en Finlande !

Orchestre de la radio de Finlande Avec l’Orchestre philharmonique d’Helsinki, l’Orchestre de la radio de Finlande est l’autre grande phalange de la capitale finnoise, mais si la philharmonie est centrée sur ...

Honegger et Walton en concert d’abonnement classique à Helsinki

Orchestre philharmonique d’Helsinki Depuis les pays francophones, la vie musicale finlandaise laisse assez rêveur car la fidélité du public permet toutes les audaces de programmation à l’image de ce concert du ...

Festival d’Helsinki 2009 : Perspectives finnoises

C’est avec une certaine émotion et un plaisir non dissimulé que Susanna Mälkki retrouvait son sol natal pour donner avec l’Ensemble Intercontemporain, deux concerts prestigieux dans le cadre du Festival ...