“I have considered it a special honour to plan the Sibelius Festival and have sought to keep the focus of the programme on the master composer’s output. The works by other composers have been selected according to the above considerations. I am grateful for this trust and look forward to magical encounters with Sibelius.”

Hannu Lintu
Artistic Director, Lahti Symphony Orchestra´s Sibelius Festival

Thursday 27.8.2026

4 pm Sibelius Festival Buffet / Restaurant Lastu

5.30-6.00 PRE-CONCERT TALK / Carpenter´s Hall
Music journalist Jaani Länsiö interviews Hannu Lintu (in Finnish)

6.30 pm OPENING CONCERT / Main Hall
Sinfonia Lahti
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Inmo Yang, violin

Richard Strauss: Don Juan (1888)
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto (1905)
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 (1902)

Duration 2 hours, incl. 20 min intermission.

Friday 28.8.2026

3.30 pm CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT / Main Hall
Inmo Yang, violin
Ossi Tanner, piano

Jean Sibelius: Four Pieces Op. 115  (1929)
Jean Sibelius: Three Pieces Op. 116 (1929)
Richard Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E Flat Major, Op. 18 (1887)

Duration 1 hour, no intermission.

4 pm Sibelius Festival Buffet / Restaurant Lastu

5.30-6.00 pm PRE-CONCERT TALK / Carpenter´s Hall
Journalist, writer Minna Lindgren: What did Busoni´s years in Finland mean? (in Finnish)

6.30 pm SYMPHONY CONCERT / Main Hall
Sinfonia Lahti
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
YL Male Voice Choir

Jean Sibelius: Valse Triste (1904)
Ferruccio Busoni: Piano Concerto (1903)
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 (1907)
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia (1900)

Duration 2 hours, incl. 20 min intermission.

Saturday 29.8.2026

2.30 pm CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT / Main Hall
ILOA String Quartet

Alban Berg: String Quartet Op. 3 (1910) 
Jean Sibelius: String Quartet “Voces Intimae” (1908) 

Duration 1 hour, no intermission.

3 pm Sibelius Festival Buffet / Restaurant Lastu

4.00-4.30 pm PRE-CONCERT TALK / Carpenter´s Hall
Professor of Musicology (emeritus)Eero Tarasti: From Symbolism to Modernism

5 pm FINAL CONCERT / Main Hall
Sinfonia Lahti
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Olga Heikkilä, soprano
Mihails Čulpajevs, tenor
Gabriel Kivivuori Sereno, baritone
Dominante & Murtosointu

Jean Sibelius: Bardi (1913)
Sergei Rachmaninov: The Bells (1913)
Jean Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise (1908)
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 (1911)

Duration 2 hours, incl. 20 min intermission.

Sibelius Festival Express

Easy, fast and inexpensive, the Sibelius Festival Express takes you direct to the Sibelius Hall. Departure from Helsinki, front of Kiasma (Mannerheimintie – Tilausajopysäkki), and return from Lahti, in front of the Sibelius Hall, approx. 15 minutes after the end of the concert.

HELSINKI – SIBELIUS HALL – HELSINKI

Thu 27.8.2026 SOLD OUT
Departure from Helsinki at 4 pm.
Departure from Sibelius Hall 15 minutes after the end of the concert approx. at 8:45 pm.

Fri 28.8.2026
Departure from Helsinki at 4 pm.
Departure from Sibelius Hall 15 minutes after the end of the concert approx. at 8:45 pm.

Sat 29.8.2026 SOLD OUT
Departure from Helsinki at 2 pm.
Departure from Sibelius Hall 15 minutes after the end of the concert approx. at 7:15 pm.

Tickets: Return trip € 21

Sibelius Festival Buffet at Restaurant Lastu

Thu 27.8.2026 at 4 pm
Fri 28.8.2026 at 4 pm
Sat 29.8.2026 at 3 pm

€ 48,50

Table reservations: sibeliustalo@compassgroup.fi / tel. 010 729 6577 (weekdays 8.30 am-15.30 pm)

Information on parking areas

Due to the Sataman Yö event the asphalt parking area near the Sibelius Hall is closed on 25th-31st August. The sandy parking area in front of Sibelius Hall is in use. There will be a lot of attendees to the concert and Sataman Yö event and limited amount of free parking areas in the Sibelius Hall surroundings. Please make sure to reserve extra time upon arrival, thank you.