Kuopio Symphony Orchestra
Kuopio Symphony Orchestra maintains the 100-year-old orchestra tradition as the largest symphony orchestra of Eastern Finland. The first conductor of the Kuopio City Orchestra was Lauri Siimes, followed by Nicholas Smith, Pertti Pekkanen, Robert Black, Atso Almila, Shuntaro Sato, Vello Pähn, Sascha Goetzel andAlberto Hold-Garrido. The Chief Conductor as of autumn 2018 is Jaakko Kuusisto and the Second Conductor is Atso Almila. Orchestra's Conductor Laureate is Jorma Panula.
The KSO holds most of its 60 or so concerts a year at the Kuopio Music Centre. In addition to its symphonic repertoire, the orchestra also covers a wide range of genres from chamber music to crossover concerts to the enjoyment of the public. The orchestra also pursues an active art education policy.
Kuopio Symphony Orchestra has performed on tour in Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Japan and in China. The orchestra cooperates on a permanent basis with the Savonlinna Opera Festival and has played in five world premieres. It has recorded on Finlandia Records and Japanese Octavia Records labels. In 2015 the latest CD was released on Alba Records.
6.7.2019
19:00
Luhangan kirkko
Kuopion kaupunginorkesteri
Sysmän Suvisoitto 2019
Mackenzie Melemed, piano
Edvard Grieg: Pianokonsertto a-molli, 30'
Antonin Dvořák: Sinfonia nro 9 "Uudesta maailmasta", 40'
Järjestäjä Sysmän Suvisoitto
12.7.2019
19:00
Hankasalmen kirkko
Kuopion kaupunginorkesteri
Oopperakonsertti
Matti Salminen, basso
Maiju Vaahtoluoto, mezzosopraano
Sanna Iljin, sopraano
Järjestäjä Kangasniemen Musiikkiviikot
13.7.2019
18:00
Kuopion Musiikkikeskus
Kuopion kaupunginorkesteri
Nekocon
30.8.2019
18:00
Kuopion Musiikkikeskus
Kuopion kaupunginorkesteri
Ilmaiskonsertti: Sukella syksyyn!
Einojuhani Rautavaara: An Epitaph for Béla Bartók
Sergei Prokofjev: Tuhkimo-valssi
Pelimusiikkikappale
Jean Sibelius: Sinfonia nro 3, II osa
Jean Sibelius: Karelia-sarjasta joku osa
Jacques Offenbach: Cancan
Elgar Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance
Vapaa pääsy
5.9.2019
19:00
Kuopion Musiikkikeskus
Kuopion kaupunginorkesteri
Mikkelin kaupunginorkesteri
Scheherazade
Linda Fredriksson, baritonisaksofoni
Timo Lassy, tenorisaksofoni
Armas Järnefelt: Forsfärden, 12´
Kerkko Koskinen: Konsertto kahdelle saksofonille, 25', kantaesitys
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov: Scheherazade op. 35, 50´
Liput: 33 / 27 / 11 € (sis. palvelumaksu)
Muut esitykset: 6.9. Mikkelin konserttikeskus Mikaeli
Sweet Rapture and Heartache, Beloved Opera Arias for Soprano
Alberto Hold-Garrido, kapellimestari
Marjukka Tepponen, sopraano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Welche Wonne, welche Lust, Crudele!, Non mi dir, E Susanna non vien?, Dove sono, Ruhe sanft
Gaetano Donizetti: Quel guardo, il cavaliere - So anch´io la virtu magica
Vincenzo Bellini: Oh! quante volte, Son vergin vezzosa
Charles Gounod: Ah! Je veux vivre
Jacques Offenbach: Elle a fui, la tourterelle
Gustave Charpentier: Depuis le jour
Richard Strauss: Allerseelen op. 10 no. 8, Amor op. 68 no. 5
Yuri Nitta
Jouko Harjanne, trumpetti
Jun Nagao: Fertile Tears
Vagn Holmboe: Concerto no. 11 for trumpet and orchestra op. 44
Knudage Riisager: Concertino for trumpet and strings op. 29
Jun Nagao: Symbiosis for solo trumpet and orchestra
Markus Lehtinen
Mari Palo, sopraano
Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne: Trois Bourreés &
Dvorák: Mesicku na nebi hlubokém (Rusalka) &
Puccini: Quando me'n vo soletta (La Boheme),
O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) & Mozart: Zeffiretti lusinghieri (Idomeneo)
Loewe/ Lerner: I Could have Danced all Night (My Fair Lady) & Herbert/ Smith: Art is Calling for Me (The Enchantress) & Gershwin: Summertime (Porgy and Bess) & Bernstein/Sondheim: I Feel Pretty & Somewhere (West Side Story) & Porter: So in Love (Kiss Me Kate) & Kern/Hammerstein: Can't Help Lovin' dat Man (Showboat)
Markus Lehtinen
Arto Noras, sello
Cello Cantabile
Pjotr Tshaikovski: Andante cantabile &
Pezzo capriccioso & Nocturne
Alexander Glazunov: Chant du Menestrel
Jean Sibelius: Cantique & Devotion
Camille Saint-Saëns: Allegro Appassionato
Antonin Dvorák: Waldesruhe
Gabriel Fauré: Élégie
Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei
Shuntaro Sato
Jean Sibelius:
Karelia overture, The Wood Nymph,
Spring Song, King Christian II Suite,
Nocturne, Elegy, Musette, Serenade,
Ballade, The Dryad, Dance Intermezzo,
Pan and Echo
Address
Kuopionlahdenkatu 23
FI-70100 Kuopio
Fax +358 17 182 373
musiikkikeskus[at]kuopio.fi
www.kuopionkaupunginorkesteri.fi
Principal Conductor
Jaakko Kuusisto
Second Conductor
Atso Almila
Conductor Laureate
Jorma Panula
Director
Katariina Kummala
+358 44 718 2361
Administrative Manager
Merja Hiekkalahti
+358 44 718 2362
Marketing Manager
Sari Kauhanen
+358 44 718 2369
Producer / Publicity Manager
Elina Prepula
+358 044 718 2364
Production Coordinator
Suvi Koutola
+358 44 718 2366
Orchestra Secretary
Elina Kasurinen
+358 44 718 2363
Administrative Secretary
Anne Ahtonen
+358 44 718 2375
Music Librarian
Jarmo Hiekkala, dep.
+358 44 718 2365
Stage & Service Managers
+358 44 718 2367
musiikkikeskus.aulaisanta[at]kuopio.fi
Founded 1909
(municipalized 1976)
Size 48 musicians
Concert venue
Kuopio Music Centre, Concert Hall, 1064 seats
Tickets +358 600 96 100
(1,98 €/min.+psf)
Telephone exchange
+358 17 182 111