Sunny morning walk with Johan after the first concert in Rotterdam. Second concert with Brahms Violin Concerto and Bruckner 7 with the Rotterdam Phil this afternoon.
📸: Dorran Alibaud

The Symphony No. 5 by Jean Sibelius will be performed in the final concert of LEAD! Foundation’s 5th Fiskars Festival on August 3rd!
Enjoy this snippet of the piece together with Oslo Philharmonic back in 2006.
Tickets for Fiskars here:
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With the glorious ending of the Second Symphony of Sibelius I wish everyone Happy Holidays and New Year!

Livestream in less than 1 hour! Our focus on Sibelius with the Helsinki Philharmonic / HKO Orchestra continues: After performing his Symphony No. 1 last weekend, it’s No. 2 and No. 3 tonight. Tune in here: helsinkikanava.fi/fi/player/even…

Our dear LEAD! mentor Franz Bartolomey passed away. The inspiration he gave to all of us was immensely valuable and we miss him greatly.
Rest in peace, dear Franz! LEAD! Foundation

Focus on Sibelius this December! Here’s a bit of his beautiful “Lemminkäinen-Suite“ with the hr-Sinfonieorchester in anticipation of his early symphonies which I’ll perform with the Helsinki Philharmonic / HKO this month!

#N響 定期11月Bプロ2日目バックステージから

今回の出演者陣がそろって舞台袖にて📸
マエストロ #ユッカ・ペッカ・サラステ
ソリスト #ペッカ・クーシスト
コンマス #郷古廉 郷古廉 Sunao GOKO

2枚目はヴィオラ #村上淳一郎 と笑顔で✨

#nhkso

As Cologne is celebrating the opening of the carnival season this weekend, here’s a bit of our performance of Berlioz’s “Le Carnaval romain“ with the WDR Sinfonieorchester from 2010.
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#berlioz #carnival

Mahler’s desperate love theme from his Symphony No. 6 with the Oslo Philharmonic. Looking forward to revisiting this beautiful piece this coming weekend with the New World Symphony in Miami and on January 10 & 11 with the the Helsinki Philharmonic / HKO! #mahler #symphony

Nytkö siis aiotaan luopua painotetuista opetuksesta?
Joka käänteessä kyllä kehutaan tuloksilla urheilussa
musiikissa ja muissa taideaineissa. Nyt on siis paha juttu, että lahjakkuuksille on annettu mahdollisuus kehittää itseään rauhallisemmassa ja keskittyneemmässä ympäristössä.

After a tough selection process, we're pleased to announce the participants for the LEAD! Foundation Academy Masterclass 2022 in Fiskars:

David Bui, Andrew Joon Choi, Slaven Kulenovic, Deun Lee, Victor Roanet, Matthew Rhodes, Kristian Sallinen and Naomi Woo

Congratulations!

Happy to announce an exciting gathering happening again in August. Welcome to join us at the Fiskars Summer Festival with LEAD! Foundation

Dear colleagues, tomorrow is the last day to send your applications to the Fiskars Festival masterclass for conductors. Join me and Hannu Lintu Dalia Stasevska 🇫🇮 🇺🇦 and Esa-Pekka Salonen in August.

Send CV and conducting videos to [email protected]

Looking forward to the Shostakovich 8th symphony tonight with Helsinki Philharmonic / HKO and the talk with Stephen Johnson, the writer of 'How Shostakovich changed my mind'. The life and mind of that genius is a big mystery. Under the tyranny artists were in danger then and again now!

Tuntuu jotenkin häpeälliseltä pelätä Venäjän mahdollisia
reaktioita Suomen liittymisestä Natoon, ukrainalaisten
kamppaillessa omasta tulevaisuudestaan samaa roistovaltiota vastaan.

Radu Lupu, great friend and musician is gone.

Just signed the contract to be the Chief Conductor and Artistic director of the Helsinki Philharmonic / HKO starting Sept 2023.
I am really looking forward to bringing my long time relationship with the orchestra to a new level together with the artistic team Pekka Kuusisto and Anna Clyne

I was in the US border yesterday, got the usual quite rude treatment from the officers. Finally got my passport back and the officer said: I am really looking forward to your Sibelius 5 on Friday. Sibelius has friends everywhere!