2025
8.1 - Helsinki
“Planetarium: An evening of Finnish piano music”
World premiere of Paavo Heininen’s Etudes op. 104a, and piano miniatures by Sibelius, Merikanto, Raitio, Pergament, Bergman, Leiviskä and Melartin.
13.2 - Mikaeli Concert Hall
“Music for a winter evening”
Chamber music with musicians from St. Michel Strings.
With Elias Nyman, violin, Soila Häkkinen, violin, Lauri Lehto, violin, Sari Nevanko, viola, Sakari Kivinen, cello
Shostakovich - Ysayë - Brahms
26.4 Uusi Paviljonki
Poulenc - Piano concerto, FP 146
with Kauniaisten orkesteri, conducted by Petri Sakari
7.5 Mikaeli Concert Hall
“Chamber music series - The ‘Trout’ quintet”
With Jyrki Lasonpalo, violin, Lauri Kotila, violin, Sari Nevanko, viola, Sakari Kivinen, cello and Kari Ovaskainen, double bass
Babajanian - Schubert
July, venue TBA
“Music in the archipelago”
With Sebastian Brenner, clarinet, Sebastian Silén, violin and others
31.7-3.8 - Lapland - Luosto soi! festival
31.7, 17-18.00 - Ski-Knööli, Luosto
DARKNESS – OPENING CONCERT
Rebecca Clarke - Viola sonata
with Aida Hadzajlic, viola
31.7, 20.00–21.30 - Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, Sodankylä
SPRING MORNING
Dora Pejačević - Violin sonata no. 1 in D major op. 26 “Spring”
1.8, 20.00–21.30 - Pyhä-Luosto Visitor Centre Naava, Pyhätunturi
VILLE LUMIÈRE
Louise Farrenc - Trio for flute, cello and piano op. 45
with Livia Schweizer, flute and Saara Särkimäki, cello
2.8, 13.00–15.00 Sodankylä County Government Hall, Sodankylä
TWILIGHT – CLOSING CONCERT
Nikolai Medtner - Piano Quintet in C major op. posth
Past concerts
27.11 - Espoo
“Finnish chamber music”
with Zoltán Takács, violin, Erkki Palola, viola and Lauri Rantamoijanen, cello
Sibelius - Leiviskä
23.11 - Kelupirtti, Sodankylä
“Knowns and unknowns”
Sebastian Silén, violin
Sibelius, Stenhammar, Bull, Merikanto, Heininen, Pergament
14.11 - Alessandro Hall, Loimaa
Solo recital
Raitio, Melartin, Pergament, Sibelius, Heininen, Merikanto
9.11 - Balderin sali, Helsinki
“Tillsammans 125” - Music by Harri Wessman and Mikko Nisula
Annaliisa Pillak, mezzo-soprano, Annemarie Åström, violin, Eeva Rysä, cello, Sami Junnonen, flute, Kirill Kozlovsky, piano and Jenni Lättilä, soprano.
29.9 - Hietsun Paviljonki, Helsinki
CD release concert - "Moses Pergament, Volume One: A Musical Miscellany”
Lea Tuuri, violin, Sebastian Silén, violin, Max Savikangas, viola, Antto Tunkkari, cello and Aida Salakka, double bass
1-4.8 - Lapland - Luosto soi! festival:
1.8 - Pyhä-Luosto Visitor Centre Naava, Pyhätunturi
“Folk Joy”
Grieg - Improvisations on two Norwegian Folk-Songs op. 29
Busoni - Kultaselle
Dvořák - Piano Trio No. 4 ”Dumky” op. 90
Philip Zuckerman, violin and Laura Martin, cello
2.8 - Porttikoski stage, Sodankylä, Aska
“The Garden of Joy and Sorrow”
Sibelius - The Trees op. 75
3.8 - Luostotunturi auditorium, Ukko-Luosto
“A room of one’s own”
C. Schumann Drei Romanzen op. 22
Carwithen Violin Sonata
Mendelssohn-Hensel Piano Trio op. 11
Helmi Malmgren, clarinet, Joonas Pekonen, violin, Philip Zuckerman, violin and Laura Martin, cello
22.7 - Barösund
“Music in the archipelago”
Sebastian Hilli - Palace
Sibelius - Malinconia
Erik Bergman - Three fantasies for clarinet and piano
Sebastian Hilli - Riversong (2024), world premiere
Paavo Heininen - “Sixths” and “Iltalaulu” from Etudes op. 104a (world premiere)
Moses Pergament - Violin sonata (1918-20)
Sebastian Silén, violin, Antto Tunkkari, cello, Sebastian Brenner, clarinet
11.5 - Hakasalmen huvila, Helsinki
“Hommage a Gabriel Fauré”
Preludes op. 103
Second piano quintet op. 115
Elias Nyman, violin, Lea Tuuri, violin, Jasmine Beams, viola, Lauri Rantamoijanen, cello
5.5 - Balderin sali, Helsinki
“The Rhythm of Light” - Music by Heikki Tuuli
11.4 - Uusi Paviljonki, Kauniainen
Moses Pergament - Piano Concerto (Finnish premiere)
Sasha Mäkilä, conductor, Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra
12.4 - Temppeliaukio church, Helsinki
Moses Pergament - Piano Concerto (Finnish premiere)
Sasha Mäkilä, conductor, Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra