Tapiola Sinfonietta - Espoo City Orchestra

Tapiola Sinfonietta - Espoo City Orchestra

The Tapiola Sinfonietta has established itself as Finland’s premier chamber orchestra. Founded as the Espoo City Orchestra in 1987, it currently has 43 members. The orchestra is known for its adventurous repertoire planning and has been widely acclaimed for nuanced performances across a wide range of eras and styles.

The Tapiola Sinfonietta often performs without a conductor, placing an emphasis on ensemble playing and the personal responsibility of each musician.

In 2000, the orchestra introduced a management model where artistic planning is handled by a management team formed of the General Manager and two orchestra members. Dialogue and a cross-sector approach are characteristic of the orchestra’s work with its Artists in Association, Artists in Residence and visiting conductors and soloists. In the 2024-25 season, the Tapiola Sinfonietta’s Artists in Association are conductor Ryan Bancroft and guitarist/composer Marzi Nyman, with pianist Irina Zahharenkova as Artist in Residence.

The orchestra’s home base is the Espoo Cultural Centre, located in the district of Tapiola, world famous for its garden city architecture. Engaging in exceptionally broad-based audience outreach work, the orchestra addresses all age groups in the City of Espoo, from unborn babies to senior citizens, and gives performances away from conventional concert venues.

The Tapiola Sinfonietta appears regularly at music festivals in Finland, and tours abroad have boosted its international reputation along with its award-winning discography.

Thu
13.2.2025
19:00
Tapiola-sali, Espoon kulttuurikeskus

Tapiola Sinfonietta
Musica Nova

Jutta Seppinen
Key Ensemble, kuoro
Brigitta Muntendort: Play me back adn Forth, 10'50
Jouni Hirvelä: tuning in to ice (k.e), 23'
Yiran Zhao: Kong, 13'
Claus-Steffan Mahnkopf: Mehr Wasser
Jin Oh: Roots, uusi versio
Eira Huse: Witness
Heinz-Juhani Hofmann: Uusi teos, kantaesitys
Liput alk. 32€ / 26€ / 10€
Thu
27.2.2025
19:00
Tapiola-sali, Espoon kulttuurikeskus

Tapiola Sinfonietta
Rondeau

Jean Rondeau
Henri Dutilleux: Les Citations, For Aldeburgh 85, 6'
Jean-Féry Rebel:  Les Èlèments, Le Cahos, 6´
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Air Grave Pour Les Esprits Infernaux, 1'30
Joseph-Nicolas-Pacrace Royer: Air Pour les Turcs, 2'
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Musette tendre en roudeau, Tambourin en roudeau, 3'30
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Orage, 2´30
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Ritournelle, 2'
Jean-Philippe Rameau:, Jean Gilles:  Messe des Morts, Gravement, 2'
Stèphane Delplace: Marche Funèbre, 5'
Claude Gervaise: Pavane d'Angleterre avec sa gaillarde, 2'
Henri Dutilleux: Les Citations, From Janequin to Jehan Alain, 10'
Jehan Alain: Lamento, 4'30
Jean Francaix: Concerto pour clavecin et ensemble instrumental, 17'
Konsertti katsottavissa myös verkkolähetyksenä: http://www.youtube.com/@TapiolaSinfonietta/streams
Liput alk. 32€ / 26€ / 10€
Sat
1.3.2025
9:30
Tapiola-sali, Espoon kulttuurikeskus

Tapiola Sinfonietta
Taaperotanssiaiset

​Tanssiinkutsu-potpuri, 2'40
Luigi Boccherini: Menuetti, 3'08
Max Oscheit: Picador-marssi, 2'28
Pjotr Tchaikovsky: Tee, 1'
Scott Joplin: The Entertainter, 3'09
Camille Saint-Saëns: Joutsen, 2'35
Armando Soricillo: Mustan kissan tango, 2'27
Leroy Anderson: Waltzin Cat
Johann Strauss Jr.: Tonava kaunoinen, 7'30
Frigg: Early Bird, 3'11
Henry Mancini: Baby Elephant, 2'41
Sat
1.3.2025
11:00
Tapiola-sali, Espoon kulttuurikeskus

Tapiola Sinfonietta
Taaperotanssiaiset

​Tanssiinkutsu-potpuri, 2'40
Luigi Boccherini: Menuetti, 3'08
Max Oscheit: Picador-marssi, 2'28
Pjotr Tchaikovsky: Tee, 1'
Scott Joplin: The Entertainter, 3'09
Camille Saint-Saëns: Joutsen, 2'35
Armando Soricillo: Mustan kissan tango, 2'27
Leroy Anderson: Waltzin Cat
Johann Strauss Jr.: Tonava kaunoinen, 7'30
Frigg: Early Bird, 3'11
Henry Mancini: Baby Elephant, 2'41
Thu
6.3.2025
19:00
Tapiola-sali, Espoon kulttuurikeskus

Tapiola Sinfonietta
City Life

Aku Sorensen
Raschèr-saksofonikvartetti:
Andreas van Zoelen, tenorisaksofoni
Christine Rall, sopraanosaksofoni
Oscar Trompenaars, baritonisaksofoni
Morgan Webster, alttosaksofoni
Steve Reich: City Life, 24'
Philip Glass: Konsertto saksofonikvartetille ja orkesterille, 23'
Terry Riley: In C, 30'
Konsertti katsottavissa myös verkkolähetyksenä: http://www.youtube.com/@TapiolaSinfonietta/streams
Liput alk. 32€ / 26€ / 10€
2023
Tapiola Sinfonietta - Espoo City Orchestra

Terral, Strings to the Bone, Chamber Symphony

John Storgårds, kapellimestari
Sharon Bezaly, huilu

Sebastian Fagerlund:
Terral
Strings to the Bone
Chamber Symphony

BIS-2639 SACD
2023
Tapiola Sinfonietta - Espoo City Orchestra

Exquisitely Absurd

Dima Slobodeniuk, kapellimestari
Petri Kumela, kitara

Auvinen Antti: Panzerwagen Jazz
Lotta Wennäkoski: Susurrus
Riikka Talvitie: Without Irony

Alba Records ABCD 475
2022
Tapiola Sinfonietta - Espoo City Orchestra

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 1 & 2
Jean-Jacques Kantorow, kapellimestari

Alexandre Kantorow, piano
Camille Saint-Saëns:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 17
Valse-caprice Wedding Cake, Op. 76
Allegro appassionato, Op. 70
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 17
Rhapsodie d’Auvergne, Op. 73
Africa, Op. 89


Ondine ODE 1391-2
2021
Tapiola Sinfonietta - Espoo City Orchestra

Uni johon herään
Taavi Oramo, kapellimestari

Yona, laulu

Yona ja Mauri Syrjälä: Ooksä unohtanu
Yona, Mauri Syrjälä ja Nicolas Rehn: Kultavehka
Yona: Heihei
Yona ja Mauri Syrjälä: Irti
Yona ja Miska Soini: Vitun unelmat
Yona: En saa rauhaa
Yona ja Mauri Syrjälä: Se ei ikinä lopu
Yona: Solut herää eloon
Yona: Sanomatta selvää
Yona: Kannolla

Johanna Kustannus cd – 3576405
2021
Tapiola Sinfonietta - Espoo City Orchestra

Chants D'Auvergne
Carolyn Sampson, sopraano

Pascal Rophé, kapellimestari

Joseph Canteloube:

01   La pastoura als camps (La bergère aux champs)                                                      
02   Bailèro (Chant de bergers de Haute-Auvergne)                                                       
03   L'aio dè rotso (L'eau de source)       
04   Ound' onorèn gorda ? (Où irons-nous garder ?)                                                      
05   Obal din lou Limouzi (La-bas dans le Limousin)                                                        
06   Pastourelle                                               
07   La delaissádo (La delaissée)              
08   N'ai pas iéu de mio (Je n'ai pas d'amie)
09   Lo calhé (La caille)                                  
10   Lo fiolairé (La fileuse)                           
11   Passo pel prat (Viens par le pré)      
12   Lou boussu (Le bossu)                         
13   Brezairola (Berceuse)                          
14   Malurous qu'o uno fenno (Malheureux qui a une femme)                                 
15   Jou l'Pount d'o Mirabel (Au Pont de Mirabel)                                                           
16   Oi ayai 
17   Per l'èfon (Pour l'enfant)                    
18   Tchut, tchut                                             
19   Lou coucut (Le coucou)                       
20   Quan z'eyro petitoune (Lorsque j'étais petite)                                                        
21   Là-haut, sur le rocher                           
22   Hé ! beyla-z-y dau fé ! (Hé ! donne-lui du foin !)                                                      
23   Tè, l'co, tè (Va, l'chien, va !)               
24   Uno jionto postouro (Une jolie bergère)
25   Lou diziou bé (On disait bien)

BIS-2513 SACD

Address
Espoo Cultural Centre
Kulttuuriaukio 2
FI-02100 Espoo
(PL 3262, FI-02070 Espoon kaupunki)
tapiola.sinfonietta[at]espoo.fi
www.tapiolasinfonietta.fi

Facebook: fb.com/tapiolasinfonietta
Instgram: tapiolasinfonietta
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/TapiolaSinfonietta

Artists in Association
Ryan Bancroft, conductor
Marzi Nyman, guitarist-composer

Artist in Residence
Irina Zahharenkova

The Artistic Board
Maati Rehor, Hanna Juutilainen, Janne Nisonen

General Manager
Maati Rehor
+358 40 639 4314

II Manager
Anna Jaskiewicz
+358 40 620 6051

Marketing Planner
Mikko Koivumäki sub.
040 634 4543
Helena Ruhkala (on leave)
+358 40 514 0358

Producer
Tuomas Hokkanen
+358 40 636 9132
Miina Sivula (on leave)
+358 46 877 2299

Orchestra Coordinator
Susann Holmberg
+358 43 825 0833

Principal Music Librarian
Satu Eronen
+358 40 636 6436

Stage Manager
Jukka Kauppi
+358 50 526 0316

Civil servant
Martti Genevet
043 825 9604

Founded 1987

Size 43 musicians

Concert venue
Espoo Cultural Centre,
773 seats

Tickets
Lippupiste
+358 600 900 900
(2,00 € / min + local access charge)

Telephone exchange
+358 9 81 621