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EVENTS

Past concerts

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December 13, 2016 at 7 pm

Hamina Town Hall, Hamina

Music by Mozart, Franck, Karg-Elert & Christmas carrols

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December 11, 2016 at 7 pm

Imatran konserttihovi, Imatra

Music by Mozart, Franck, Karg-Elert & Christmas carrols

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December 1, 2016 at 7 pm

Vuotalo, Helsinki

Vuotalo soi! Piano recital with music by Messiaen, Satie and Ravel

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November 13, 2016 at 7 pm

Deutsche Kirche, Helsinki

Music from J.S. Bach's circle with Mikael Helasvuo, flute

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November 11, 2016 at 7 pm

Town Hall, Raatihuone, Lappeenranta

Music from J.S. Bach's circle with Mikael Helasvuo, flute

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October 30. 2016

Schaumann Hall, Pietarsaari / Jakobstad

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 with Barock Ostrobothnia cond. Anton Steck

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October 7, 2016 at 8 pm
Venezia Biennale, Teatro alle Tese
First performance of Kaija Saariaho's FIGURA for clarinet, piano and string quartet
With Kari Kriikku, clarinet and Diotima Quartet

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October 2, 2016 at 5 pm
Raatihuone, Hämeenlinna
Metsä, yö ja lintu - Recital with music by Sibelius, Sciarrino, Messiaen, Pohjannoro, Schoenberg & Brahms

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July 1 to 9, 2016
Nurmes Summer Academy and Concerts
Chamber music with Mikael Helasvuo, flute, Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, Minna Pensola and Antti Tikkanen, violin, Sergey Malov, viola, Lauri Angervo, Tomas Djupsjöbacka, cello, Anna Laakso, piano

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June 29-30, 2016
Brinkhall Festival
Music by Mahler, Korngold with Erica Back, mezzosoprano
Mozart lecture
Recital with Ravel, Chopin and Satie

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June 18, 2016 at 9 pm
Verbania, Italy
Festival del pianoforte romantico
Recital with music by Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Field

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April 20, 2016 at 7 pm
Lähetyskirkko, Helsinki
Chamber music by Haydn, Mozart and Mendelssohn with Moshe Aron Epstein, flute and Marko Ylönen, cello

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March 8, 2016 at 6 pm
Organo Hall, Music Centre, Helsinki
Six sonatas for violin and obbligato keyboard with Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen, violin - on a Silbermann fortepiano copy (1747)

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January 31, 2016

Camerata Hall, Music Centre, Helsinki

Sibafest

Metsä, yö ja lintu - Recital with music by Sibelius, Sciarrino, Messiaen, Pohjannoro, Schoenberg & Brahms

 

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January 29, 2016

Taipalsaari Church

Metsä, yö ja lintu - Recital with music by Sibelius, Sciarrino, Messiaen, Pohjannoro, Schoenberg & Brahms

 

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January 19, 2016

Lapland Music Institute, Lappia House, Rovaniemi

Metsä, yö ja lintu - Recital with music by Sibelius, Sciarrino, Messiaen, Pohjannoro, Schoenberg & Brahms

 

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November 9, 2015

Sigyn Hall, Turku, Finland

Metsä, yö ja lintu - Recital with music by Sibelius, Sciarrino, Messiaen, Pohjannoro, Schoenberg & Brahms

 

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October 10, 2015

Tapiola Hall, Espoo, Finland

Tapiola Sinfonietta & Espoo Piano Week

J.S. Bach: Concerto for two pianos BWV 1061 with Antti Hotti

 

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August 20-23, 2015

Via Lattea Festival, Serpiano & Lugano, Switzerland

Olivier Messiaen: Catalogue des Oiseaux (Le traquet stapazin, Le chocard des alpes)

Mario Pagliarani: Interludi  alla macchina per cinguettare

 

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August 9, 2015

Piano / Forte -Festival

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Recital of music by Jean Sibelius

 

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July 29 to August 1, 2015

Sandviken Chamber Music Festival, Sweden

Chamber music concerts with Mats Widlund & Stefan Bojsten, piano, Peter Olofsson, violin, Lilli Maijala, viola, Mats Olofsson, cello

 

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July 12, 2015

Paateri Church

Recital with music by J.S. Bach, W.F. Bach, C.P.E. Bach and D. Scarlatti on a Silbermann fortepiano (1747)

 

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July 4 to 12, 2015

Nurmes Summer Academy and Summer Concerts

Chamber music concerts with Mikael Helasvuo, flute, José Luis Estèlles, clarinet, Alexander Gebert, cello, Eriikka Maalismaa & Minna Pensola, violin, Lilli Maijala, viola, Lauri Angervo, cello

 

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July 6, 2016

Nurmes Orthodox Church

Bach programme on Silbermann fortepiano

 

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June 25, 2015

Hämeenlinna Town Hall

Recital with piano and violin music by Jean Sibelius in collaboration with Minna Pensola, violin

 

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May 27, 2015

Villa Lante, Rome

Brahms Sonatas for Violin and Piano with Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen, violin

 

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February 5, 2015

Musica Nova, Helsinki City Hall

Piano recital with music by Paavo Heininen, Salvatore Sciarrino and Jovanka Trbojevic (world premiere , with Joonatan Rautiola, saxophone)

 

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November 15, 2014

Helsinki Conservatory Hall, Soloist Guild Series

Trios by Mozart and Haydn with Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen, violin and Jussi Seppänen, cello

 

 

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November 14, 2014

Lux Musicae Festival, Siuntio, Finland

Schumann: Fantasy, Geistervariationen, Märcherbilder (with Antti Tikkanen, violin)

 

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October 4-5. 2014

Balder Hall, Helsinki

Chamber music by Ravel, Beethoven and Schubert with Laura Vikman, violin, Aleksandr Rudin, cello, Monica Groop, mezzosoprano and Mikael Helavsuo, flute

 

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August 26, 2014 onwards

Finnish National Opera

Mozart: Marriage of Figaro, recitativos on fortepiano

 

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July 30 to August 3, 2014

Joroinen Music Festical

Chamber music with Mikael Helasvuo, flute, Jaakko Luoma, bassoon, Mia Huhta, soprano, Markus Hohti, cello, Anna Laakso, piano (Stravinsky: Sacre du printemps 4 hands)

 

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July 5 to 12, 2014

Nurmes Summer Academy and Summer Concerts

Chamber music concerts with Vera Beths, violin, Mikael Helasvuo, flute, Eriikka Maalismaa, violin, Lauri Angervo & Markus Hohti, cello, Lilli Maijala, viola, Anna Laakso & Mikael Kemppainen, piano

 

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July 3, 2014

Paateri Church, Lieksa

Mozart sonatas with Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, violin

 

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May 27, 2014

Grande salle de la Radio d'Algérie

Algiers, Algeria

Music by Haydn, Meriläinen, Saariaho, Martinu with Mikael Helasvuo, flute and Anssi Karttunen, cello

 

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May 25, 2014

Pyhtää Church

with Mia Huhta, soprano

Haydn, Beethoven

 

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April 25, 2014

Kauniainen, Nya paviljongen

with Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen, violin

Brahms Sonatas

 

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April 14 & 15, 2014

G-18 Hall, Helsinki

Taite Music Theatre

"Nautinnon ja tuskan puutarha"

 

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March 10, 2014

Sibelius Academy Concert Hall

"Papillons" with Ilmo Ranta & Anna Kuvaja, pianos

French (Ravel), Russian (Mussorgsky & Rachmaninoff) and Finnish (Heininen, Meriläinen) music for two and three pianists

 

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February 10, 2014

Camerata Hall, Music Centre, Helsinki

Sibelius Academy Concert Series

Duo recital with Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

 

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February 2, 2014

Trondheim, Norway

Schubert: Winterreise

with Jan van Elsäcker, tenor

 

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January 31, 2014

Trondheim, Norway

Barokkfestival

Schubert

 

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December 2, 3 & 10, 2013

G-18 Hall, Helsinki

Taite Music Theatre Production

"Nautinnon ja tuskan puutarha"

Music by Erik Satie (Socrate), Claude Debussy (Bilitis) and Jean Sibelius (Josephsson Songs)

Collaborating with Pia Freund, soprano, Petteri Salomaa, baritone, Kaisa Korhonen, recitant, Maija Nurmio, dancer, Mikael Helasvuo & Timo Pulakka, flute, Kirsti Vartiainen & Vuokko Ahtila, harp, mise en scène Hili Iivanainen

 

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November 27 & 29, 2013

YLE Radio Concerts, moderator Minna Lindgren

Chamber Music with Antti Tikkanen, Minna Pensola & Maija Linkola, violin, Markus Hohti, cello

 

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November 7 to 10, 2013

Korundi Concert Hall, Rovaniemi Valoa kamariin Festival

Chamber music with Anna Laakso, piano, Mikael Helasvuo, flute, Antti Tikkanen, violin, Minna Pensola, violin, Taru Lehto, viola, Lauri Sallinen, clarinet, Lauri Angervo, cello

 

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November 4, 2013

Camerata Hall, Music Centre, Helsinki

Klang Contemporary Music Series

Magnus Lindberg: Jubilees & Etudes

 

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October 30, 2013

Oulu, Uuden Musiikin Lokakuu Contemporary Music Event

with Pia Freund, soprano & Markus Hohti, cello

Saariaho, Tötterström, Satie

 

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October 9, 2013 Hämeenlinna Castle

with Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen, violin

C.P.E. Bach, Mozart & Beethoven Sonatas

 

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September 11, 2013 Korundi Concert Hall, Rovaniemi

Beethoven: Sonata A with Lauri Angervo, cello

Stravinsky: Sacre du printemps, 4 hands with Anna Laakso

 

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September 5, 2013 Sinebrychoff Art Gallery

Music by Sibelius. Debussy, Chopin

 

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June 30 thru July 6, 2013, Nurmes

every night at 7 pm at the Hannikainen Hall
NURMES CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS AND SUMMER ACADEMY

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June 26, 2013, at 7 pm, Lohtaja
LOHTAJA CHURCH MUSIC FESTIVAL
Lied recital with Pia Freund

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April 18, 2013, at 8 pm, Cité de la Musique, Paris
Domaine privé Kaija Saariaho
with Pia Freund, soprano, Florent Jodelet, percussion, Anssi Karttunen, cello
Music by Kaija Saariaho

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March 8 thru 10, 2013, Sellosali, Espoo
KAIHO FESTIVAL
Festival of music of the Romantic era
Schumann

 

March 5, 2013, at 7 pm, Camerata, Music Centre, Helsinki
ELÄKÖÖN MOZART! 3
Mozart cycle - sonatas for keyboard and violin
with Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen, violin

 

December 18, 2012, at 7 pm, Saksalainen kirkko, Helsinki

ELÄKÖÖN MOZART! 2

Mozart cycle - sonatas for keyboard and violin

with Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen, violin

 

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December 11, 2012, at 7 pm, Pyynikki-sali, Tampere

Recital with Mikael Helasvuo, flute

Trbojevic, Roussel, Reinecke

 

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December 4, 2012, at 7 pm, Camerata Hall, Helsinki

Chamber music with Mikael Helasvuo, flute, Pia Freund, soprano & Timo Torikka, actor

Trbojevic (first performance), Juon, Roussel, Reinecke

 

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December 2, 2012, at 4 pm, Aino-sali, Kirkkotie 49, Tuusula

“Ainon vieraana”

Piano recital with music by Schubert, Chopin, Sibelius, Debussy & Lachenmann

 

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November 27, 2012, at 7 pm. G18-sali, Yrjönkatu 18, Helsinki

Pantaleon

Hummel: Septet & Spohr : Nonet

First concert of the new period chamber ensemble Pantaleon

 

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November 15, 2012, at 7 pm, Raatihuone, Hämeenlinna

Sibelius & Runeberg, fragments of poetry, piano music and the melodram Svartsjukans nätter

with Jussi Lehtonen, actor, Maija Linkola, violin, Joel Laakso, cello & Meeri Pulakka, soprano

 

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November 13, 2012, at 7 pm, Kanneltalo, Helsinki

CONTRASTS

Music by Ives, Sibelius, Berg, Hillborg, Messiaen, Feldman, Bartók

with Sofia Greus, violin & Taavi Oramo, clarinet

 

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October 28, 2012 at 3 pm, Sellosali, Espoo

Recital with Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen, viulu

Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms

 

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October 26, 2012, Trossingen Musikhochschule

Internationale Trossinger Tastentage

Recital on fortepiano

Mozart, Schubert, Chopin

 

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October 17 thru 20, 2012, Korundi, Rovaniemi

VALOA KAMARIIN Festival

with Anna Laakso, piano, Maija Linkola, violin, Anna-Kreetta Gribajcevic, viola, Lauri Angervo & Joel Laakso, cello, Mikael Helasvuo, flute

 

October 10, 2012, Camerata, Music Centre, Helsinki

LONG LIVE MOZART! ELÄKÖÖN MOZART!

with Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen, violin*

October 7, 2012, Sibelius Academy Concert Hall

DEBUSSY FESTIVAL

Masques - D’un cahier d’esquisses - L’Isle Joyeuse

 

 

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September 13, 2012, Sellosali, Espoo

Recital with Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

 

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August 6, 2012 at 7 pm Konsertti kotiin! Vantaa Music Festival

Scarlatti, C.P.E. Bach & Mozart (solo)

 

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August 8, 2012 at 7 pm, Pyhän Laurin kirkko, Vantaa Music Festival

Music by C.P.E. Bach, A. Titz & W.A. Mozart

with Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen, violin

June 30 thru July 7, 2012 NURMES NUORI MUSIIKKI & CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT FESTIVAL

 

July 1, 2012 at 7 pm, Hannikainen Hall, Nurmes

Music for Erkki Karu film “Nummisuutarit” (1923)

 

July 2, 2012 at 7 pm, Hannikainen Hall, Nurmes

Debussy Rhapsody with Olli Leppäniemi, clarinet

 

July 3, 2012 at 7 pm, Orthodox Church, Nurmes

Music by Mozart, C.P.E. Bach & Boccherini

with Mikael Helasvuo, flute, Goran Gribajcevic & Pekka Kauppinen, violin, Anna-Kreetta Gribajcevic, viola, Lauri Angervo, cello

 

July 4, 2012 at 7 pm, Hannikainen Hall, Nurmes

Schubert Variations in A flat for 4-hand piano, Rossini (arr. Czerny) Ouverture for Tancredi for 6-hand piano

with Anna Laakso and Mikael Kemppainen, piano

 

July 5, 2012 at 7 pm, Hannikainen Hall, Nurmes

Beethoven & Debussy

with Jan Söderblom, violin and Eero Heinonen, piano

 

July 6, 2012 at 7 pm, Hannikainen Hall, Nurmes

Janacek

with Lauri Angervo, cello

 

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April 17, 2012 at 7 pm, Camerata Hall, Music Centre, Helsinki

Sibelius & Runeberg, fragments of poetry, piano music and the melodram Svartsjukans nätter

with Jussi Lehtonen, actor, Jan Söderblom, violin, Marko Ylönen, cello

 

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February 4, 2012 at 3 pm, Lagstad

Tapiola Sinfonietta Chamber Music Series

Mozart: Kegelstatt Trio

Schumann: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3

with Asko Heiskanen, clarinet, Ulla Soinne, viola & Meri Englund, violin

 

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February 1, 2012 at 6 pm, Camerata Hall, Music Centre, Helsinki

SibaFest

“Winter Tales”

Music by Hummel & Schubert

Mikael Helasvuo, flute

Tuija Hakkila, fortepiano

 

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November 12, 2011 at 4 pm , Lahti, Felix Krohn -sali

Avauksia Festival

“Näkymättömiä veistoksia ajassa”

with Sévérine Ballon, cello & Mikael Helasvuo, flute

Eötvös, Lim, Saariaho, Lachenmann, Zimmermann

 

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November 11, 2011 at 3.15 pm, Helsinki University Library

Music on the 11.11.11 Festival

with Ilmo Ranta & Riikka Rantanen

 

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November 5, 2011 at 5.30 pm Kauniainen, Nya Paviljongen

Kauniainen Music Festival

with Schrat Ensemble

Beethoven Piano Quintet & Haydn Sonata for Flute & Piano

 

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November 1, 2011 at 7.30 pm Kauniainen, Nya Paviljongen

Kauniainen Music Festival

with Samuli Peltonen, cello

Chopin Sonata for cello and piano

 

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August 20 - August 26, 2011, Festival Millesources & Dordogne

Chamber Music Concerts

 

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August 18, 2011, VPK-talo, Turku

“Taiteiden yössä”

Haydn Concerto D, Mozart Concerto f for three fortepianos

with Kuninkaantien muusikot & Anna Kuvaja & Eveliina Kytömäki, fortepianos

 

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July 27, 2011 at 6 pm, Hollola Church, Pyhäniemi Music Festival

“Auringon musiikkia”

with Uusi Helsinki Quartet & Monica Groop, mezzosoprano

 

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July 14, 2011 at 6 pm, Hollola Church, Pyhäniemi Music Festival

“Tunteen paloa”

Romances & Four-hand Piano Music by Brahms, Schumann, Mendelssohn

with Mari Palo, soprano, Lilli Paasikivi, mezzosoprano, Christian Juslin, tenor, Juha Kotilainen, baritone & Ilmo Ranta, piano

April 14, 2011 at 7 pm, Tampere Konservatorio

Bartók Sonata for Two Pianos and Two Percussions

in pianist Anna Laakso´s debut recital

 

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July 2 - July 10, 2011, Nurmes Summer Academy

Chamber music concerts

July 6, July 7 & July 8

 

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June 7, 2011, at 7 pm, Riihimäki

Bartók Sonata for Two Pianos and Two Percussions, Beethoven Cello Sonata in D

with Anna Laakso, piano, Joel Laakso, cello

 

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June 1, 2011, Metropolia , Helsinki

SE ensemble dir. Erkki Lasonpalo

Bartók Piano Concerto 3

 

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May 19, 2011, Sellosali, Espoo

Tapiola Sinfonietta / Chamber Music Series

with Anni Haapniemi, oboe, Asko Heiskanen, clarinet, Jaakko Luoma, bassoon, Tommi Hyytinen, horn

Widerkehr: Sonata, Mozart Piano Quintet KV 452

 

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February 13, 2011 at 7 pm, Sellosali, Espoo

Festival “KAIHO” (www.sellosali.fi)

Julia Lezhneva, soprano & Tuija Hakkila, piano

Schumann: Liederkreis op. 39, Schubert: Selection of songs

 

February 12, 2011 at 7 pm, Sellosali, Espoo

Festival “KAIHO” (www.sellosali.fi)

Schubertiade

(Lieder, Violin sonata & String Quintet)

with Arttu Kataja, baritone, Julien Chauvin, violin

 

 

February 10, 2011 at 7 pm, Sellosali, Espoo

Festival “KAIHO” (www.sellosali.fi)

“Last Concert of Frédéric Chopin in Paris in 1848”

with Julien Chauvin, violin, Timo-Veikko Valve, cello,  Annami Hylkilä, soprano & Petteri Salomaa, baritone

 

 

January 28, 2011 at 8 pm, Institut finlandais, 60, rue des Écoles, 75005 Paris

“Sonorités nordiques”

Music for piano by Jean Sibelius, Kaija Saariaho

 

 

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January 15, 2011 at 2 pm, Sibelius Birth Place, Hämeenlinna

Music by Sibelius (New CD)

 

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September 19, 2010 at 6 pm, Hyvinkää Hall

with the Hyvinkää City Orchestra, cond. Tuomas Pirilä

Mozart Concerto in D minor

www.hyvinkaanorkesteri.fi

 

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September 1, 2010 at 7 pm, Kuopio Music Center, Chamber Music Hall

Recital

Music by Chopin, Schubert, Saariaho and Sibelius

 

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August 27, 2010 at 4 pm, Sellosali Foyer, Espoo

Recital (Clementi piano 1828)

Music by Chopin and Schubert

www.sellosali.fi

 

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August 26, 2010 at 7 pm, Sellosali, Espoo

Recital (Clementi  piano 1828)

Music by Beethoven, Chopin and Schubert

 

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July 20 - August 1, 2010 Festival des Arcs, Savoie, France

(performances on July 20, 23, 24, 25, 26 and on August 1)

www.festivaldesarcs.com

 

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July 16, 2010 at 7 pm, Taipalsaari Church

Music for flute and piano

with Mikael Helasvuo, flute

Music by Martinu, Chopin

 

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July 13, 2010 at 6 pm, Hollola Church, Pyhäniemi Music Festival

“The Nights of Jealousy” - Sibelius & Contemporary Poets

Music by Sibelius, poems by J.L. Runeberg and Otto Manninen

with Jussi Lehtonen, actor, Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen, violin, Jussi Vähälä, cello

www.pyhaniemenkartano.fi/

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