Kotka-born Essi Höglund is a young violinist, who has already appeared on concert stages all over Finland and the world. She appears often as both a solo and chamber artist and is also a sought-after orchestral musician. Höglund has appeared as a soloist with numerous Finnish orchestras, such as the…
Hilda Kunnola started playing the harp at the Turku Conservatory at the age of 9 and has spent her childhood in Kuusisto in the Turku archipelago. Having completed her studies with Päivi Severeide at the Sibelius Academy’s Youth Department in 2014-2019, she later on graduated from the Sibelius Academy with…
Violist Saara Kurki has graduated with a master’s in music from the Stockholm Royal Conservatory in Edsberg, where she studied with Malin Broman. At the moment, she is continuing her studies at the Sibelius Academy with Atte Kilpeläinen and performing as a freelance musician around Finland. Kurki has worked as…
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…
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…
Joonas Pekonen is a versatile young violinist currently residing in London. He enjoys an active freelance career in the UK, and is a regular guest with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Northern Sinfonia and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Born in Finland, Pekonen attended the Sibelius…
Conductor and composer Elisar Riddelin is currently pursuing a master’s degree in conducting at The Royal College of Music in Stockholm with professor Tommy B. Andersson. He has also studied conducting in Germany at Hochschule für Music Würzburg with Professor Ari Rasilainen and at Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Professor…
The Sounds of Luosto festival, which opened to rave reviews and full concerts in 2021 after corona cancellations the previous year, returns in 2022 for a festival focused on Stories and Myths. Over 5 days, the festival will feature 16 performances in venues throughout beautiful central Finnish Lapland, including numerous…
The third portion of the Sounds of Luosto festival photography competition (1.2-30.4.2022) has ended and the top three have been selected. This round received roughly thirty submissions, from which Rovaniemi-based photographer Irma Varrio selected three which stood out from the crowd while reflecting the light and sentiment of heart-winter and…
The program for the 2022 summer festival has had a change. The recital of pianist Tarmo Järvilehto on 29.7 in The Chapel of the Northern Lights is now themed around Humanity and Heroism. The change to the program was made because of the ongoing geopolitical crisis and a desire to…
