The Sounds of Luosto festival will be organized in the Lappish landscape on Luosto, Pyhä, and in Sodankylä. Concerts will be held in places like the natural amphitheater of Ukko-Luosto and the banks of the river Kitinen, as well as Sodankylä’s historic old church. The theme of 2024 is Echoes…
Jyväskylä Sinfonia Jyväskylä Sinfonia is a classical music gem in Central Finland, whose heart beats in Jyväskylä and plays throughout the region. The orchestra’s nearly 150 events reach more than 30 000 listeners every year, from symphony concerts to genre-bending special productions and music events for all ages. Since autumn…
The Program for the 2024 Sounds of Luosto festival, taking place in the beginning of August, has been published. The main concert of the festival on Ukko-Luosto will be performed by the Jyväskylä Sinfonia under the direction of conductor Aku Sorensen. The four-day festival will take place 1.-4.8 on Luosto,…
Joonas Pekonen is a versatile young violinist currently residing in London. He enjoys an active freelance career in the UK, and plays regularly with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Northern Sinfonia and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Joonas was invited to work as the 1st concertmaster…
Photo Studio Kupu/Sade Puusa Aida Hadzajlic is a Helsinki-born Finnish-Croatian violist, who began her studies as a 7-year-old at the East Helsinki Music School. In the year 2018, she began her studies at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts as a student of Helge Valtonen. Since the…
Tuulia Hero is the violinist for the London-based Paddington Trio, an active concert violinist and improviser, and a teacher of violin and chamber music at the Royal Northern College of Music and Guildhall Young Artists King’s Cross in London. With the Paddington Trio, Tuulia has received first prizes in several…
Harpist Hilda Kunnola was raised in Kuusisto before moving to Helsinki, where she is currently completing her Master’s degree at the Sibelius Academy under the leadership of Stefania Saglietti Couto. Hilda has completed her previous studies at the Sibelius Academy with Päivi Severeide, Emmanuel Ceysson, and studied in the Freiburg…
Born in Kuopio, violist Vuokko Lahtinen has recently completed a master’s in music from the Sibelius Academy and is finishing her studies at the University of the Arts, Berlin as a student of Wilfried Strehle. She has previously studied at the Paris and Helsinki Conservatories, as well as in Jorma…
Anu Magga is a Sami reindeer farmer, entrepreneur, and artist who holds traditional Sami joik and storytelling close to her heart. Magga has performed joik since her school days, and she sought to enhance her storytelling skills with a degree from the Lapland University as a Story Master. In addition…
Helmi Malmgren is a clarinetist from the countryside, who has more recently made Helsinki her home. She performs in orchestras and festivals around Finland and is inspired when music becomes like a physical reaction in the body. Chamber Music and other ensemble playing is very close to her heart, and…
