Pori Sinfonietta - Pori City Orchestra

Pori Sinfonietta - Pori City Orchestra

The Pori Music Society founded an orchestra in Pori in 1877 out of fifteen amateur musicians playing mostly light and dance music. In 1902 classical music was added to the repertoire.

The Pori City Orchestra, nowadays known as the Pori Sinfonietta, was officially founded in 1938, when the players in the Pori Amateur Orchestra and the Pori Orchestra Society decided to join forces. From the late 1970s on all musicians were full-time professionals. 

A lively orchestra of a high standard, the Pori Sinfonietta participates in a variety of events in its home city, the surrounding province and other parts of Finland. The regular conductors have included Arvo Airaksinen, Juhani Numminen, Hannu Koivula, Juhani Lamminmäki and Ari Rasilainen. Conductor Petri Sakari was an artistic coordinator during the season 2005–2006 and Jukka Iisakkila was conductor during the years 2006–2012. Jan Söderblom worked as chief conductor from 2012 to 2016. Janne Nisonen was the chief conductor from 2016 to 2018 and Tibor Bogányi from 2018 to 2024.

The latest album by Pori Sinfonietta, The River, was released in 2016 on the ALBA records. It includes Selim Plamgren’s piano concertos numbers 1–3.

www.pori.fi

Sat
16.8.2025
18:00
Promenadisali

Pori Sinfonietta
Pori Sinfonietta Taiteiden yössä

​Ion Buinovschi, liidaus+viulu
​Selim Palmgren, sov. JP Lehto: Aus Finnland, II osa Minuetto in Folk style
W.A. Mozart: Sinfonia nro 35 "Haffner", I osa Allegro con spirito, 8'
Camille Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso op.28
W.A. Mozart: Sinfonia nro 35 "Haffner", IV osa Presto
​Maksuton
Toinen esitys klo 20
Sat
16.8.2025
20:00
Promenadisali

Pori Sinfonietta
Pori Sinfonietta Taiteiden yössä

​Ion Buinovschi, liidaus+viulu
Selim Palmgren, sov. JP Lehto: Aus Finnland, II osa Minuetto in Folk style
W.A. Mozart: Sinfonia nro 35 "Haffner", I osa Allegro con spirito, 8'
Camille Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso op.28
W.A. Mozart: Sinfonia nro 35 "Haffner", IV osa Presto
​Maksuton
Ensimmäinen esitys klo 18
Thu
4.9.2025
20:00
Keski-Porin kirkko

Pori Sinfonietta
Yökonsertti Suomalainen syysyö

Janne Nisonen
​Tommi Hyytinen, käyrätorvi
​Bernhard Crusell: Konsertto käyrätorvelle, 25' (rekonstruoinut Johanna Eränkö)
Outi Tarkiainen: Polar Pearls, 24'
Matilda Seppälä: Beauty Cravings, 15'
Ida Moberg: Stillhet, 4'
​Kausikorttikonsertti 1
Kymppikorttikonsertti
Liput: 31e/ 25e/ 10e / 27,50e (S-etu kortilla)
Thu
18.9.2025
18:30
Promenadisali

Pori Sinfonietta
Lilja & Paganini

Erkki Lasonpalo
​Lilja Haatainen, viulu
​Lotta Wennäkoski: Verdigris, 11'
Niccolo Paganini: Viulukonsertto nro 1 D-duuri, 35'
Jean Sibelius: Sinfonia nro 3, 30'
​Kausikorttikonsertti 2
Kymppikorttikonsertti
Liput: 31e/ 25e/ 10e
Toinen esitys Satasoitto-festivaalilla Harjavallan kirkossa 19.9. klo 19
Fri
19.9.2025
19:00
Harjavallan kirkko

Pori Sinfonietta
Lilja & Paganini

Erkki Lasonpalo
​Lilja Haatainen, viulu
​Lotta Wennäkoski: Verdigris, 11'
Niccolo Paganini: Viulukonsertto nro 1 D-duuri, 35'
Jean Sibelius: Sinfonia nro 3, 30'
​Satasoitto-festivaali
Liput: 25e/ ovelta 27e
Ensimmäinen esitys 18.9. klo 18.30 Porin Promenadisalissa
2023
Pori Sinfonietta - Pori City Orchestra

Barbara Hendricks

Jan Söderblom, kapellimestari
Barbara Hendricks, solisti

Hectror Berlioz:
Herminie H 29
Les Nuits d'été Op. 7 H 81
Cléopatre H 36

Arte Verum
2017
Pori Sinfonietta - Pori City Orchestra
April
Jan Söderblom, kapellimestari
Janne Mertanen, piano
Palmgren Selim:
Piano concerto No.4 Op.85 "April"
Piano concerto No. 5 Op. 99
A Pastorale in three scenes, Op. 50
Exotic March
Alba Records ABCD 400
2016
Pori Sinfonietta - Pori City Orchestra
The River
Jan Söderblom, kapellimestari & viulu
Henri Sigfridsson, piano
Selim Palmgren: Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 33 "The River”
Selim Palmgren: Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 13
Selim Palmgren: Piano Concerto No. 3 Op. 41 "Metamorphoses”
Selim Palmgren: Pieces for violin and piano op. 78
Alba ABCD 385
2015
Pori Sinfonietta - Pori City Orchestra
Deus Protector Noster
Jukka Linkola, kapellimestari
Jan Lehtola, urut
Jukka Perko, saksofoni
Porin Filharmoninen kuoro, valm. Ognian Vassilev
Jukka Linkola: Deus Protector Noster
Pori Sinfonietta PSCD-450 PSDVD-450
2010
Pori Sinfonietta - Pori City Orchestra
Jukka Iisakkila
Erkki Palola, viulu & alttoviulu
Anni Kuusimäki, harppu
Kai Nieminen:
Il viaggio del cavaliere... (inesistente)
In Mirrors of Time
La Serenissima
Pilfink JJVCD-79

Address
Yrjönkatu 15 A 5. krs (Teljäntori)
FI-28100 Pori
+358 44 701 1096
www.pori.fi/sinfonietta

Chief Conductor
Tibor Bogányi

General Manager
Leena Harmaala
+358 44 701 1097

Producer, Publicist
Ilona Koskimäki
+358 44 701 1072

Administrative Secretary
Anja Randén
+358 44 701 1102

Music Librarian-
Stage Manager
Kirsti Tuuri
+358 44 701 1098

Stage Manager
Jussi Pajala
+358 44 701 9325

Musicians
sinfonietta.valtuuskunta[at]pori.fi

Founded 1938
(municipalized 1955)

Size 31 musicians

Concert venues
Promenade Center,
688 seats, Yrjönkatu 17
Keski-Pori Church,
1500 seats

Tickets
Lippu.fi - Pori Sinfonietta