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…
Theresa Pilsl is a German soprano, and one of the rising stars of her generation in both operatic and concert performances. In the current season she will perform, among other things, the soprano part in Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’s ‘Elijah’ with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and ‘A German Requiem’ by…
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…
Photo Gerard Collett Keval Shah has quickly established himself at the forefront of a new generation of collaborative pianists. Since 2020, he has been Lecturer of Lied at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, an appointment which made him the institution’s youngest professor, and he now divides his time between running the…
Artistic director of the “Sounds of Luosto” festival, Aku Sorensen (born in Santa Clara, CA) has recently completed a master’s degree in conducting at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts, under the tutelage of Sakari Oramo. He has previously received tuition from such conductors as Jorma Panula,…
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 Rivinuk. She also spent the Academic year 2019-2020…
