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 amphitheaters of Ukko-Luosto and Aittakuru, as well as Sodankylä’s historic old church. The theme of 2026 is Music of travel. On offer is…
The main concert on the Ukko-Luosto stage features the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Aku Sorensen and young rising star baritone Gabriel Kivivuori Sereno. The orchestra maintains an over 110-year-old tradition as the largest orchestra from Eastern Finland. In a unique concert in the magnificent Aittakuru, the renowned Finnish saxophone quartet Saxtronauts will create…
Luosto probably has the world’s only concert hall where you can enjoy the power of music while picking blueberries directly from your seat. “Luosto sounds in harmony with nature. Here, you can be exactly who you are.” The Sounds of Luosto Festival is held every August in the magnificent fell…
The program and performers for the Sounds of Luosto festival, taking place in the beginning of August, have been published. The four-day festival will take place 6.8.–9.8. on Luosto, Pyhä, and in Sodankylä. The theme for this year is Music of Travel, and there will be ten concerts. The program…
Cellist Annika Valkeajoki works as an alternating solo cellist of the Jyväskylä Sinfonia, and has also performed with several other orchestras including the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. She holds a Master of Music degree from the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki,…
Saara Särkimäki began her cello studies at the pulla-scented Western Helsinki Music Institute. From there her studies led her first to the Sibelius Academy and later, to complete a master’s degree at the Hochschule für Muik Saar under the tutelage of Gustav Rivinius. She also spent the Academic year 2019-2020…
Livia Schweizer is a flautist, improvisor, educator and artistic researcher based in Helsinki. She started to study flute at the Conservatory Mascagni of Livorno. Attracted by the Nordic cultures and by the Finnish musical scene, in 2012 Livia took part in the Erasmus program at the OAMK in Oulu, and…
Elisar Riddelin is a Finnish conductor and composer and the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra Vivo, whose work spans major Nordic orchestras, contemporary premieres, and cross-art collaborations.Riddelin has conducted orchestras in Finland, Sweden and Germany, including the Swedish and Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestras, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra,…
Joonas Pekonen is a sought-after leader in Finland and has recently been invited to work as a concertmaster with Lahti Symphony Orchestra, the Finnish National Opera Orchestra, the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Since Autumn of 2025, Pekonen has been a member of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London. Joonas has appeared in…
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 and folk…
