The main event of the four day festival will be a concert held on the unique outdoor stage built directly into the slopes of Ukko-Luosto. The festival has also been granted use of the 330 year-old wood church of Sodankylä for use in concerts. The Sounds of Luosto! festival will…
Attendees at the festival will have an opportunity to hear both well-established artists and up-and-coming talent from Finland, Italy, France, Sweden, and the United States. The main concert of the festival is the open-air concert at Ukko-Luosto. Lapland Chamber Orchestra will be conducted by cellist-conductor Tomas Djupsjöbacka, the Principal Guest…
Founded in 1972, Lapland Chamber Orchestra is the most northerly professional chamber orchestra in Finland and indeed in the entire EU. The orchestra has 18 full-time members and its Artistic Director is conductor John Storgårds. The first ever Principal Guest Conductor, for 2019-2021, is Tomas Djupsjöbacka.Based in Rovaniemi, the orchestra…
The Sounds of Luosto! festival will be held 29.7-1.8.2021 on the fells of Luosto and Pyhä, as well as in downtown Sodankylä. The program features a variety of chamber, orchestral, and solo performances. The four day classical music festival will offer a program covering over 900 years of music history.…
The artistic director of the Sounds of Luosto –festival is a young Finnish-American conductor Aku Sorensen. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Aku now lives in Finland and has studied the violin and conducting at the Sibelius Academy. Active as both a conductor and a violinist, Aku has worked…
The festival of 2020 will be organised 29.7.-1.8.2021 The Sounds of Luosto 2020 festival is cancelled due to the Corona-virus epidemic. The 2021 festival will be held according to the plans for the 2020 festival in Luosto, Pyhä, and Sodankylä. – In accordance with the guidelines laid out by federal…
