Kuopio Symphony Orchestra
Kuopio Symphony Orchestra maintains over the 110-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 and Alberto 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.
In addition to symphonic repertoire, the KSO 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. The orchestra holds 60 or so concerts a year at the Kuopio Music Centre.
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.
21.1.2021
19:00
Verkkokonsertti
Kuopion kaupunginorkesteri
Sellon legenda
Arto Noras, sello
Jaakko Kuusisto: Sellokonsertto op. 38, 25'
Jean Sibelilus: Sinfonia nro 5 op. 82, 30'
Striimauskonsertti
7.5.2021
19:00
Martti Talvela -sali, Mikaeli
Mikkelin kaupunginorkesteri
Kuopion kaupunginorkesteri
Lemminkäinen
Tuomas Lehto, sello
Edward Elgar: Sellokonsertto
Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen
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
Honorary Conductor
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
Orchestra Secretary
Elina Kasurinen
+358 44 718 2363
Administrative Secretary
Anne Ahtonen
+358 44 718 2375
Music Librarian
Jasper Sarinko
+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, 1050 seats
Tickets +358 600 96 100
(1,98 €/min.+psf)
Telephone exchange
+358 17 182 111