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…
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…
Pianist Martin Malmgren is a versatile performer who loves exploring both the knowns and the unknowns of the musical universe. He has performed widely across four continents and enjoys making music in all possible settings – as soloist, lied pianist, chamber musician, orchestra pianist, in contemporary music ensembles, folk music…
Laura Martin is a very versatile musician. She likes to think of herself as a multi-faceted artist, on one side the classical cellist, and on the other side the artist working with different art forms and reflecting on society. Her latest performance mixing different art fields was “Concordia”, a Butoh…
