Violist and a conductor Vuokko Lahtinen feels at home both with chamber music repertoire as well as symphonic literature. Her core values as a musician is to strengthen the role of the arts as a part of society and improve its accessibility for all the social classes. Chamber music has…
Hilda Kunnola is a harpist from Helsinki who graduated with a Master’s degree in Music from the Sibelius Academy in 2024. Her primary teachers were Stefania Saglietti Couto and Päivi Severeide, and she furthered her studies under Kirsten Eche at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. Originally from Kuusisto, Hilda is…
Gabriel Kivivuori Sereno is a Finnish-Mexican singer, composer and pianist, and one of the most sought-after soloists of his generation in Finland. The young artist gained nationwide acclaim after winning the Uuno Klami competition for young composers in 2022, as well as receiving the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s Eero Rantala Fund…
Tarmo Järvilehto is a lecturer in piano performance at the Lahti Conservatory. He studied piano at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki as a student of Tapani Valsta. In 1988 he was awarded at the Maj Lind piano competition, and then named “Young Artist of the Year” by the city of…
Tuulia Hero is the violinist for the London-based Paddington Trio, an active concert violinist and improviser, and Professor of Violin at the Royal Northern College of Music. Tuulia has received first prizes in several prestigious competitions, most recently the 2023 Parkhouse Award and the 70th Royal Over-Seas League Competition. As…
Aku Sorensen is a Finnish-American conductor and violinist. Born in California and now working mainly in Finland, Sorensen has appeared with the Finnish National Ballet, the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jyväskylä Sinfonia, the Pori Sinfonietta, the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra and the Tapiola Symphony, among others. Sorensen has also served as…
Saxtronauts is an exploratory saxophone ensemble that brings diverse art music to a wide range of audiences—even in unconventional locations. Their performance Space Odyssey has toured observatories and science centers across Finland in recent years. Saxtronauts has performed at events such as the Helsinki Festival, Flow Festival, the October of New Music festival…
Kuopio Symphony Orchestra, the largest symphony orchestra in Eastern Finland, maintains the more than one-hundred-year orchestral tradition of Kuopio. The orchestra’s 44 musicians represent over ten nationalities. Most concerts take place in the esteemed Concert Hall of the Kuopio Music Centre, but the orchestra also brings music to audiences around…
Aku Sorensen is a Finnish-American conductor and violinist. Born in California and now working mainly in Finland, Sorensen has appeared with the Finnish National Ballet, the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jyväskylä Sinfonia, the Pori Sinfonietta, the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra and the Tapiola Symphony, among others. Sorensen has also served as…
Aida Hadzajlic is a Helsinki-born Finnish-Croatian violist. Hadzajlic began her studies at the East Helsinki Music School and graduated from the Sibelius Academy in 2024, where she studied under Lilli Maijala, Helge Valtonen, Pirkko Simojoki and Annariina Jokela. Currently, Hadzajlic is pursuing postgraduate studies in Switzerland at the Zurich University…
