Sinfonia Lahti - Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Sinfonia Lahti - Lahti Symphony Orchestra

The Lahti Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra for Lahti, Finland and the world that is proud of its traditions but also has an innovative attitude.

At the heart of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra’s activity is a broad and wide-ranging series of symphony concerts, plus high-quality concerts of lighter music. Considerable emphasis is laid on work directed at children and young people in the Lahti area. The orchestra is based at the Sibelius Hall, the acoustics of which have been listed as among the best in the world by such publications as The Guardian, the Wall Street Journal and Die Welt.

For some decades the chief conductors have been Finnish musicians of worldwide renown – Osmo Vänskä, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Okko Kamu and most recently Dalia Stasevska, who took over as principal conductor in the autumn of 2021. The same conductors have also served as artistic director of the Sibelius Festival that the orchestra has organized since 2000.

The widespread worldwide acclaim of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra stems from its extensive catalogue of recordings, numerous international tours and online concerts. More than thirty years of recordings, mostly for the Swedish BIS label, have resulted in around a hundred discs, many international record prizes, three platinum discs and seven gold discs, which have sold a total of more than 1.2 million copies worldwide. Its Sibelius recordings with Osmo Vänskä – among them the original versions of the composer’s Violin Concerto and Fifth Symphony – have been especially well received, and laid the foundations of the orchestra’s international reputation for playing Sibelius. Music by the orchestra’s composer laureate Kalevi Aho has also played a major role in its recording production.

The Lahti Symphony Orchestra has appeared at many prestigious festivals and at leading venues all over the world, including the BBC Proms in London, the White Nights Festival in St Petersburg, performances in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Philharmonie in Berlin, Musikverein in Vienna and Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. Concert tours have taken the orchestra to Japan, China, South Korea, the USA, South America and many European countries. In Finland the Lahti Symphony Orchestra has been a regular visitor to the Verkatehdas in Hämeenlinna since 2007 and is a familiar sight at other venues too.

The Lahti Symphony Orchestra was the first orchestra in the world to start regular concert broadcasts online at the ClassicLive website in 2007. The Lahti Symphony Orchestra Carbon Free project, which started in 2015, earned the international Classical:NEXT Innovation Prize in 2018.

 

Thu
22.5.2025
18:30
Sibeliustalo

Lahden kaupunginorkesteri - Sinfonia Lahti
Näkemiin, Dalia! (+verkkokonsertti)

Dalia Stasevska
Marjukka Tepponen, sopraano 
Tuija Knihtilä, mezzosopraano 
Peter Lodahl, tenori 
Matti Turunen, basso 
Tampereen oopperan kuoro
Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem, 84'
Konsertti katsottavissa myös verkkolähetyksenä osoitteessa http://www.sinfonialahti.fi/sl-classiclive/
Fri
23.5.2025
19:00
Tampere-talo

Lahden kaupunginorkesteri - Sinfonia Lahti
Verdi: Requiem

Dalia Stasevska
Marjukka Tepponen, sopraano 
Tuija Knihtilä, mezzosopraano 
Peter Lodahl, tenori 
Matti Turunen, basso 
Tampereen Oopperan kuoro
Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem, 84'
2023
Sinfonia Lahti - Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Rautavaara & Martinů - Piano Concertos No. 3

Dalia Stasevska, kapellimestari
Olli Mustonen, piano

Einojuhani Rautavaara: Piano Concerto No. 3 (1998)
Bohuslav Martinů: Piano Concerto No. 3 (1947-48)

BIS
2023
Sinfonia Lahti - Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Helvi Leiviskä: Orchestral Works Vol. 1

Dalia Stasevska, kapellimestari

Helvi Leiviskä:
Sinfonia Brevis,
Symphony No. 2
Orchestral Suite No. 2

BIS-2701
2022
Sinfonia Lahti - Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Sinfoniettas
Dima Slobodeniouk, kapellimestari
Francis Poulenc: Sinfonietta
Sergei Prokofjev: Sinfonietta in A major
Benjamin Britten: Sinfonietta op. 1

BIS Records AB, BIS-2601
2021
Sinfonia Lahti - Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Scenes from the Kalevala
Dima Slobodeniouk, kapellimestari

Leevi Madetoja: Kullervo, op. 15
Uuno Klami: Kalevala Suite, op. 23
Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen in Tuonela, op. 22 No. 2
Tauno Pylkkänen: Kullervo Goes to War

BIS
2020
Sinfonia Lahti - Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Peluri ja Kivinen kukka
Dima Slobodeniouk, kapellimestari
Sergei Prokofjev: Neljä muotokuvaa ja loppuratkaisu oopperasta Peluri, op. 49
Orkesterisarja baletista Kivinen kukka Hääsarja op. 126
Mustalaisfantasia op. 127 Hääsarja

BIS Records BIS-2301 SACD

Address
Sibelius Hall
Ankkurikatu 7
FI-15140 Lahti
www.sinfonialahti.fi

Principal Conductor
Dalia Stasevska

Composer laureate
Kalevi Aho

General Manager
Maija Kylkilahti
+358 50 518 4486

Deputy General Manager
Heli Leppälä-Hakala
+358 44 483 1527

Sales Secretary
Kristiina Palvanen
+358 50 518 4568

Administrative Secretary
Paula Tuominen
+358 50 518 4596

Secretary
Erja Toivonen
+358 44 716 1737

Music Librarian
Essi Kirjovaara
+358 50 518 4569

Stage Managers
Mika Kupari
+358 50 518 4487
Jaakko-Pekka Pätynen
+358 50 559 4028

Founded 1909
(municipalized 1949)

Size 67 musicians

Concert venue
Sibelius Hall, 1229 seats

Tickets
+358 0600 39 3949