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 amphitheater of Ukko-Luosto and the banks of the river Kitinen, as well as Sodankylä’s historic old church.
The theme of 2024 is “light”. On offer is a highly varied program of orchestra, chamber, and performance of familiar classics, contemporary music, and forgotten masterpieces, as well as the traditional saloon concert! This year’s church concert also offers the opportunity to hear the historically significant La Perla guitar from up close.
Transportation to concert venues will be provided by a bus that departs from Lapland Hotels Luostotunturi. Tickets for this bus can be purchased from the Festival Office, located inside the hotel.
In addition to individual tickets, patrons will have the possibility to buy different types of ticket packets. All tickets are sold on Ticketmaster. During the festival tickets can be bought also from Festival Office and at the door.
SUMMIT SERIES consists of the opening concert on 31.7. on Luosto and the concert on Pyhätunturi on 1.8., the main concert at Ukko-Luosto and evening concert on Luosto on 2.8. (a total of 4 concerts).
SODANKYLÄ SERIES consists of Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory concert on 31.7., the Sodankylä Old Church concert, and Porttikoski concert on 1.8. (a total of 3 concerts)
LUOSTO DAY (2.8) consists of the main concert at Ukko-Luosto and the evening concert on Luosto (a total of 2 concerts).
TICKET PACKAGES CAN BE BOUGHT HERE:
SUMMIT SERIES (a total of 4 concerts)
Presale 115 € (+ Ticketmaster handling fees) • Festival Office 130 €
THURSDAY 31.7. • Darkness, Restaurant Ski-Knööli, Luosto
FRIDAY 1.8. • Ville Lumière, Pyhä-Luosto Visitor Centre Naava, Pyhätunturi
SATURDAY 2.8. • Inextinguishable, Oulu Sinfonia, Ukko-Luosto outdoor stage, Luosto • Passing of the Torch, Lapland Hotels Luostotunturi auditorium, Luosto
SODANKYLÄ SERIES (a total of 3 concerts)Presale 80 € (+ Ticketmaster handling fees) • Festival Office 90 €
THURSDAY 31.7. • Spring Morning, Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory
FRIDAY 1.8. • The Pearl, Sodankylä Old Church • The Promise of Sunrise, Porttikoski Stage, Aska
LUOSTO DAY (a total of 2 concerts)Presale 50 € (+ Ticketmaster handling fees)• Festival Office 60 €
SATURDAY 2.8. • Inextinguishable, Oulu Sinfonia, Ukko-Luosto outdoor stage • Passing of the Torch, Lapland Hotels Luostotunturi auditorium
CONCERTS & SIDE EVENTS
WEDNESDAY 30.7.2025
POP-UP PROGRAMS
On the day before the festival begins, the musicians will wander around Pyhä-Luosto and Sodankylä region, offering musical encounters to locals and tourists alike.
THURSDAY 31.7.2025
17.00–18.00 Restaurant Ski-Knööli, Luosto
DARKNESS – OPENING CONCERT
presale 29/10 € (+ Ticketmaster handling fees) • at the door 35/15 €
Includes welcome drink
Perhaps against expectations, the light-themed Sounds of Luosto 2025 festival begins in the dark of night. We’ll explore the beauty of darkness and twilight, celebrate and fall in love. This concert programme reminds us that darkness is not empty, but full of sadness, joy and romance.
C. Schumann Sechs Lieder op. 13
Fukushima Mei
Aho Hämärän laulu
Clarke Sonata for viola and piano
Emma Mustaniemi, soprano
Livia Schweizer, flute
Elisar Riddelin, violin
Tuulia Hero, violin
Aida Hadzajlic, viola
Hilda Kunnola, harp
Martin Malmgren, piano
Tarmo Järvilehto, piano
20.00–21.30 Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, Sodankylä
SPRING MORNING
Presale 29/10 € (+ Ticketmaster handling fees) • at the door 35/15 €
Spring mornings are full of hope. After a long winter, the world is filled with the light of life. In this concert, we marvel at that moment and that light, always familiar yet always special. The first half of the concert will feature two works on the theme of spring. The second half will feature the sunny first piano trio by Brahms, who was a 20-year-old rising star himself full of the promise of life when he composed the work.
Boulanger D’un matin de printemps
Pejačević Violin sonata no. 1 in D major op. 26 “Spring”
Brahms Piano trio no. 1 in B major op. 8
Philip Zuckerman, violin
Joonas Pekonen, violin
Antto Tunkkari, cello
Martin Malmgren, piano
Tarmo Järvilehto, piano
There will be an intermission during the concert.
FRIDAY 1.8.2025
10.00 Lapland Hotels Luostotunturi auditorium, Luosto
MORNING PRESENTATION: A GLIMPSE INTO THE DAY’S CONCERTS
13.00–14.00 Sodankylä Old Church, Sodankylä
THE PEARL
presale 25/10 € (+ Ticketmaster handling fees) • at the door 30/15 €
The 19th century Spanish guitar maker Antonio de Torres made around 300 guitars in his lifetime. The instruments he built are like the Stradivari of guitars, sought-after and valuable. But many of them have disappeared without a trace, and only a handful are still in playing condition. Now one of the most important guitars built by Torres has been brought to Finland. Its name is La Perla, the Pearl.
In this concert, guitarist Rody van Gemert will perform a programme in which each piece is linked to his unique instrument, his shining pearl.
Mompou Movements Cuna and Preludio from Suite Compostelana
Arcas Murcianas
Tárrega Serenata Española
Eslava El otro lado de las cuerdas
Byrd Praeludium MB 115
Weiss Chaconne SW 10
Rody van Gemert, guitar
16.00–17.00 Porttikoski stage, Aska, Sodankylä
THE PROMISE OF SUNRISE
Presale 25/10 € (+ Ticketmaster handling fees) • at the door 30/15 €
Every sunrise is a promise, and every sunrise is promised to us. Set amidst the idyllic setting of the Porttikoski stage and the Kitinen cliffs, this programme consists of songs composed during the world wars. They are sometimes full of sadness and sometimes full of hope, all knowing that even the darkest night is followed by the dawn’s light.
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Holst Four Songs for Soprano and Violin op. 35
Bacewicz Suite for Two Violins
Stravinsky Elegy
Flothuis Aubade
Emma Mustaniemi, soprano
Livia Schweizer, flute
Philip Zuckerman, violin
Joonas Pekonen, violin
Tuulia Hero, violin
Vuokko Lahtinen, viola
20.00–21.30 Pyhä-Luosto Visitor Centre Naava, Pyhätunturi
VILLE LUMIÈRE
Presale 29/10 € (+ Ticketmaster handling fees) • at the door 35/15 €
For centuries, Paris has been known as the city of light. The nickname came about in the 19th century because the city had rapidly become the scientific and cultural capital of Europe and because it was the first city to introduce widespread use of gas street lighting. This concert will feature three less frequently heard chamber music works by composers from the 19th and 20th centuries who called the city of light home.
Farrenc Trio for flute, cello and piano op. 45
Saint-Saëns Fantasia for violin and harp op. 124
Hahn Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor
Livia Schweizer, flute
Elisar Riddelin, violin
Philip Zuckerman, violin
Aida Hadzajlic, viola
Saara Särkimäki, cello
Hilda Kunnola, harp
Martin Malmgren, piano
Tarmo Järvilehto, piano
There will be an intermission during the concert.
SATURDAY 2.8.2025
10.00 Lapland Hotels Luostotunturi auditorium, Ukko Luosto
MORNING PRESENTATION: A GLIMPSE INTO THE DAY’S CONCERTS
13.00–15.00 Ukko-Luosto Outdoor Stage, Luosto
INEXTINGUISHABLE – MAIN CONCERT
Presale 33/10 € (+ Ticketmaster handling fees) • at the door 40/15 €
Under 16-year-olds free of charge
At the heart of the Oulu Sinfonia headlined concert is the ancient Greek myth of Prometheus. Against the willof the king of the gods, Prometheus gave fire to mankind and was cruelly punished for it. This fire has carried mankind from the pristine nature portrayed at the beginning of the concert to the present day. Now, fire is a symbol of life and the will to live, relentless and tenacious, as Nielsen described it in his Symphony No. 4, ”Inextinguishable”.
Dvořák In Nature’s Realm -overture op. 91
Liszt Prometheus (Symphonic poem no. 5) S.99
Nielsen Symphony no. 4 op. 29 “Inextinguishable”
Oulu Sinfonia
Aku Sorensen, conductor
There will be an intermission during the concert.
17.00–18.00 Lapland Hotels Luostotunturi auditorium, Luosto
PASSING OF THE TORCH
Presale 25/10 € (+ Ticketmaster handling fees) • at the door 30/15 €
The world of culture has always been full of trailblazers, but their time too always comes to an end. The programme for this concert consists of tributes to deaths of great composers from the important voices of the next generation – a musical passing of the torch.
Saariaho Nocturne
Schnittke Prelude in Memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich
Aho Solo XII (In memoriam Einojuhani Rautavaara)
Liszt Am Grabe Richard Wagners (version for string quartet and harp)
Arensky String Quartet no. 2 op. 35
Elisar Riddelin, violin
Joonas Pekonen, violin
Tuulia Hero, violin
Vuokko Lahtinen, viola
Aida Hadzajlic, viola
Saara Särkimäki, cello
Antto Tunkkari, cello
21.00–23.00 Restaurant Punakettu, Luosto
LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS – SALOON GIG
Presale 30 € (+ Ticketmaster handling fees) • at the door 40 €
Ticket price includes one drink
Every year at Luosto, the penultimate evening of the festival ends on the terrace of Restaurant Punakettu, where the festival musicians perform a lighter programme and spend time with festival guests.
SUNDAY 3.8.2025
13.00–15.00 Sodankylä County Government Hall, Sodankylä
TWILIGHT – CLOSING CONCERT
Presale 29/10 € (+ Ticketmaster handling fees) • at the door 35/15 €
The sunset, in all its beauty, is often also a symbol of the end of a life. In this concert, we look at that moment in both the day and in life. The programme opens with Resphigi’s Sunset, in which lovers meet and are seperated by death all in the course of one evening. We will also hear Barber’s String Quartet, the slow movement of which is some of the most famous music in the world, and Medtner’s Piano Quintet, which symbolises both the end of his life and the culmination of all his work.
Respighi Il tramonto, Cantata for Soprano and String Quartet
Barber String Quartet in b minor op. 11
Medtner Piano Quintet in C major op. posth
Emma Mustaniemi, soprano
Philip Zuckerman, violin
Elisar Riddelin, violin
Joonas Pekonen, violin
Tuulia Hero, violin
Vuokko Lahtinen, viola
Aida Hadzajlic, viola
Martin Malmgren, piano
There will be an intermission during the concert.
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