Past concerts

  • 01.01.1970 | Sibelius Hall

    ODE TO JOY

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor
    Helena Juntunen, soprano
    Virpi Räisänen, mezzo-soprano
    Tuomas Katajala, tenor
    Andrew Foster-Williams, bass
    Dominante Choir
    Juhlakuoro Choir

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

  • 01.01.1970 | Sibelius Hall

    ODE TO JOY

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor
    Helena Juntunen, soprano
    Virpi Räisänen, mezzo-soprano
    Tuomas Katajala, tenor
    Andrew Foster-Williams, bass
    Dominante Choir
    Juhlakuoro Choir

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

  • 13.12.2023 18:00 | Sibelius Hall

    CHRISTMAS CONCERT – ELLA AND FRANK’S CHRISTMAS

    Jules Buckley, conductor
    Emma Smith, vocals
    Atila, vocals

  • 14.12.2023 18:00 | Sibelius Hall

    CHRISTMAS CONCERT – ELLA AND FRANK’S CHRISTMAS

    Jules Buckley, conductor
    Emma Smith, vocals
    Atila, vocals

  • 02.02.2024 19:00 | Sibeliustalo

    STORMSKERRY MAJA

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor
    Tiina Lymi, director
    Lauri Porra, music
    Cast: Amanda Jansson, Linus Troedsson, Jonna Järnefelt, Tobias Zilliacus, Amanda Kilpeläinen, Amanda Kilpeläinen Arvidsson, Desmond Eastwood, Tony Doyle

     

     

  • 15.02.2024 19:00 | Sibelius Hall

    MOONSTRUCK PIERROT

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor
    Maria Ylipää, vocals
    Carl Knif, direction

    Claude Debussy: Claire de lune
    Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite
    Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire

  • 22.02.2024 19:00 | Sibelius Hall

    STAR WARS – A NEW HOPE

    Stefan Geiger, conductor

  • 23.02.2024 19:00 | Sibelius Hall

    STAR WARS – A NEW HOPE

    Stefan Geiger, conductor

  • 27.03.2024 19:00 | Sibelius Hall

    EASTER CONCERT

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor
    Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
    Allan Clayton, tenor
    Christopher Maltman, baritone
    Dominante Choir
    Murtosointu Choir

    Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius

  • 11.04.2024 19:00 | Sibelius Hall

    LIFE AND DEATH

    Roderick Cox, conductor
    Alban Gerhardt, cello

    Antonín Dvořák: Cello Concerto
    Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung
    Samuel Barber: Symphony in One Movement

  • 18.04.2024 19:00 | Sibelius Hall

    LIGHT!

    François Leleux, conductor and oboe

    Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
    Lera Auerbach: Eterniday (Hommage à W.A. Mozart)
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Concerto
    Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2

  • 25.04.2024 19:00 | Sibelius Hall

    IN THE HEART OF ROMANTICISM

    Sir Mark Elder, conductor
    Sir Stephen Hough, piano

    César Franck: Le chasseur maudit
    Antonín Dvořák: Piano Concerto
    Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

  • 01.05.2024 13:00 | Sibelius Hall

    MAY DAY MATINEE

    Kasmir Uusitupa, conductor
    Ella Kanninen, juontaja

  • 16.05.2024 19:00 | Sibelius Hall

    ODE TO JOY

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor
    Helena Juntunen, soprano
    Virpi Räisänen, mezzo-soprano
    Tuomas Katajala, tenor
    Andrew Foster-Williams, bass
    Dominante Choir
    Juhlakuoro Choir

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

  • 17.05.2024 19:00 | Sibelius Hall

    ODE TO JOY

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor
    Helena Juntunen, soprano
    Virpi Räisänen, mezzo-soprano
    Tuomas Katajala, tenor
    Andrew Foster-Williams, bass
    Dominante Choir
    Juhlakuoro Choir

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

  • 29.05.2024 18:00 | Sibelius Hall

    STORMSKERRY MAJA

    Sinfonia Lahti
    Nick Davies, conductor

    Tiina Lymi, director and script
    Lauri Porra, music

  • 30.05.2024 13:00 | Sibelius Hall

    STORMSKERRY MAJA

    Sinfonia Lahti
    Nick Davies, conductor

    Tiina Lymi, director and script
    Lauri Porra, music

  • 22.08.2024 19:00 | Sibelius Hall

    QUEEN – A KIND OF MAGIC

    Sinfonia Lahti & Rajaton
    Nick Davies, conductor

  • 23.08.2024 13:00 | Sibelius Hall

    QUEEN – A KIND OF MAGIC

    Sinfonia Lahti & Rajaton
    Nick Davies, conductor

  • 23.08.2024 19:00 | Sibelius Hall

    QUEEN – A KIND OF MAGIC

    Sinfonia Lahti & Rajaton
    Nick Davies, conductor

  • 29.08.2024 18:00 | Sibeliustalo

    PRE-CONCERT TALK

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2024

    Dalia and Janne – Timo Virtanen interviews Dalia Stasevska

  • 29.08.2024 19:00 | Sibelius Hall

    OPENING CONCERT

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2024

    Sinfonia Lahti
    Dalia Stasevska, conductor

    Symphony No. 1
    Symphony No. 2

    4 pm Pre-Concert Talk, Sibelius Hall, Carpenters´s Hall

  • 30.08.2024 16:00 | Sibelius Hall

    RUNIC SINGING

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2024

    Pajolaine Folk Song Duo:
    Minna-Liisa Tammela, voice, laments, jouhikko
    Emmi Kuittinen, voice, laments, kantele

  • 30.08.2024 18:00 | Sibeliustalo

    PRE-CONCERT TALK

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2024

    Timo Virtanen: Sibelius’s Symphonies and ‘the wordless recitation of melodies’

  • 30.08.2024 19:00 | Sibelius Hall

    GUEST CONCERT

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2024

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Dalia Stasevska, conductor
    Golda Schultz, soprano

    Symphony No 3
    Luonnotar
    Symphony No 5

    6 pm Pre-concert Talk, Sibelius Hall, Carpenter´s Hall

  • 31.08.2024 13:00 | Sibelius Hall

    AINO

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2024

    Seela Sella, narrator
    Vilina Rainisto, piano

    Six Impromptus, Op. 5
    Caprice, Op. 24 No. 3
    Valse, Op. 24 No. 5
    Nocturno, Op. 24 No. 8
    Romance in D flat major, Op. 24 No. 9

  • 31.08.2024 16:00 | Sibeliustalo

    PRE-CONCERT TALK

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2024

    Vesa Sirén: Changes to the Myth of Sibelius

  • 31.08.2024 17:00 | Sibelius Hall

    FINAL CONCERT

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2024

    Sinfonia Lahti
    Dalia Stasevska, conductor

    Symphony No. 4
    Symphony No. 6
    Symphony No. 7

    4 pm Pre-Concert Talk, Sibelius Hall, Carpenters´s Hall

  • 12.09.2024 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    ALL THE WAY TO THE CORE

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor
    Joint concert with the Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Anna Thorvaldsdóttir: AIŌN
    Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1, ‘Titan’

    17.30 pm Pre-concert talk, Dalia Stasevska & Maija Kylkilahti

  • 19.09.2024 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    TIMELESS CLASSICS

    Tabita Berglund, conductor
    Luka Coetzee, cello

    Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
    Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
    Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 7

  • 25.09.2024 18:00 | Sibelius Hall

    PETER AND THE WOLF – CHILDREN’S CONCERT

    Kasmir Uusitupa, conductor
    Tapani Kalliomäki, narrator

    Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf – a symphonic tale for children

  • 10.10.2024 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    LONGING FOR BEAUTY

    Masaaki Suzuki, conductor

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3
    Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 44, ‘Trauer’
    Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, ‘Reformation’

    17.30 pm Pre-concert talk, Minna Lindgren

  • 17.10.2024 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    BAX & BRAHMS

    Hannu Lintu, conductor
    Alessio Bax, piano

    Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
    Einojuhani Rautavaara: Symphony No. 2, ‘Sinfonia intima’
    Paul Hindemith: Nobilissima Visione

    17.30 pm Pre-concert talk, Hannu Lintu & Maija Kylkilahti

  • 07.11.2024 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    GLASS CONCERTO

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor
    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    Missy Mazzoli: Orpheus Undone
    Philip Glass: Violin Concerto No. 1
    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

  • 14.11.2024 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    JOHN WILLIAMS: CONCERTO

    Tianyi Lu, conductor
    Harri Lidsle, tuba

    Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
    Joan Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
    John Williams: Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra
    Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4

  • 22.11.2024 13:00 | Sibelius Hall

    ACTION MOVIES film music concert

    Michael Seal, conductor

  • 22.11.2024 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    ACTION MOVIES film music concert

    Michael Seal, conductor

  • 28.11.2024 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    MUSTONEN & THE EMPEROR

    Olli Mustonen, conductor and piano

    Olli Mustonen: Triptych
    Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
    Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, ‘Scottish’

    17.30 pm Pre-concert talk, Minna Lindgren

  • 06.12.2024 15:00 | Sibelius Hall

    TO FINLAND!

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor and violin

    Iro Haarla: Barcarole
    Jean Sibelius: Rakastava
    Ida Moberg: Sunrise Suite
    Lotta Wennäkoski: Verdigris
    Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
    Fredrik Pacius: Maamme (National anthem)

  • 11.12.2024 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    CHRISTMAS MEMORIES  – CHRISTMAS CONCERT

    Hans Ek, conductor
    Maria Ylipää, vocals
    Alexander Lycke, vocals

  • 12.12.2024 13:00 | Sibelius Hall

    CHRISTMAS MEMORIES  – CHRISTMAS CONCERT

    Hans Ek, conductor
    Maria Ylipää, vocals
    Alexander Lycke, vocals

  • 12.12.2024 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    CHRISTMAS MEMORIES  – CHRISTMAS CONCERT

    Hans Ek, conductor
    Maria Ylipää, vocals
    Alexander Lycke, vocals

  • 18.12.2024 17:00 | Sibelius Hall

    THE SNOWMAN – FILM MUSIC CONCERT

    Erle Kont, conductor

  • 18.12.2024 19:00 | Sibelius Hall

    THE SNOWMAN – FILM MUSIC CONCERT

    Erle Kont, conductor

  • 10.01.2025 13:00 | Sibelius Hall

    VIENNESE WHIRLS

    Kaapo Ijas, conductor
    Silja Aalto, soprano
    Ville Rusanen, baritone

  • 10.01.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    VIENNESE WHIRLS

    Kaapo Ijas, conductor
    Silja Aalto, soprano
    Ville Rusanen, baritone

  • 23.01.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    TWO-HEADED PIANO

    Kristiina Poska, conductor
    Lucas & Arthur Jussen, piano

    Gabriel Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande
    Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos
    Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3

    17.30 pm Pre-concert talk, Minna Lindgren

  • 30.01.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    HOPES FOR THE FUTURE

    Students from the Sibelius Academy conducting class:
    Adomas Morkunas
    Julie Røssland
    Vincent Siret
    Kasmir Uusitupa

    Lotus Tinat, violin

    Sakari Oramo, professor of orchestral conducting

    Franz Schubert: Unfinished Symphony
    Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto
    Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 6

     

    17.30 pm Pre-concert talk

  • 13.02.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    INSPIRED BY TOVE JANSSON

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor
    Piia Komsi, soprano
    Alma Pöysti, narrator
    Carlos da Cruz, animator

    Jean Sibelius: The Oceanides
    Judith Weir: Natural History
    Andrea Tarrodi: Wildwood (first Finnish performance)
    Lauri Porra: Seasons in Moominvalley

  • 20.02.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    FROM THE NEW WORLD

    Rumon Gamba, conductor
    Lilli Maijala, viola

    Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
    Sampo Kasurinen: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
    Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’

  • 06.03.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    A STRUGGLE WITH FATE

    Roderick Cox, conductor
    Paula Ernesaks, horn

    György Ligeti: Concert Românesc
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto No. 3 for Horn and Orchestra
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

  • 09.03.2025 10:00 | Sibelius Hall

    SIBELIUS HALL’S BIRTHDAY

    10.30 am Opening of the exhibition
    Kimmo Kivisilta, CEO, Sibelius Hall
    Maija Kylkilahti, General Manager, Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra’s string quintet

    11am & 1pm brunch

    12 pm & 14 pm Sibelius Hall tours

  • 19.03.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LAHTI!

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor
    Verneri Pohjola, trumpet
    Johanna Rusanen, soprano
    Ville Rusanen, baritone
    YL Male Voice Choir

    Sauli Zinovjev: an adagio
    Kaija Saariaho: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra HUSH
    Jean Sibelius: Kullervo

    16.30 pm Sibelius Hall tour (tickets €9 Ticketmaster)

    17.30 pm Pre-concert talk
    Ceremonial speech: Life requires art (in Finnish)
    Kaisa Rönkkö, Director, Arts Promotion Centre Finland

  • 20.03.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LAHTI!

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor
    Verneri Pohjola, trumpet
    Johanna Rusanen, soprano
    Ville Rusanen, baritone
    YL Male Voice Choir

    Sauli Zinovjev: an adagio
    Kaija Saariaho: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra HUSH
    Jean Sibelius: Kullervo

    16.30 pm Sibelius Hall tour (tickets €9 Ticketmaster)

    17.30 pm Pre-concert talk
    Ceremonial speech: Life requires art (in Finnish)
    Kaisa Rönkkö, Director, Arts Promotion Centre Finland

  • 27.03.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    DOUBLE CONCERTO

    Okko Kamu, conductor
    Otto Antikainen, violin
    Senja Rummukainen, cello

    Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra
    Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 2

  • 03.04.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    THE MAGIC OF THE NORTH

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor
    Tami Pohjola, violin

    Jessie Montgomery: Banner for solo string quartet and orchestra (first Finnish performance)
    Kalevi Aho: Violin Concerto No. 2
    Ernst Pingoud: Prologue, tone poem
    Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 3

  • 10.04.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    SCENES FROM A FILM

    Kristian Sallinen, conductor
    Eeva Mäenluoma, clarinet

    Grażyna Bacewicz: Overture
    Esa-Pekka Salonen: kínēma
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

  • 16.04.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    MOZART’S REQUIEM

    Peter Whelan, conductor
    Aurora Marthens, soprano
    Elli Vallinoja, mezzo-soprano (change 17.9.2024)
    Markus Nykänen, tenor
    Matti Turunen, bass
    Dominante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem

    17.30 pm Pre-concert talk, Minna Lindgren

  • 24.04.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    MUSIC OF DIVAS

    Antti Rissanen, conductor
    Diandra, vocals

  • 25.04.2025 13:00 | Sibelius Hall

    MUSIC OF DIVAS

    Antti Rissanen, conductor
    Diandra, vocals

  • 25.04.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    MUSIC OF DIVAS

    Antti Rissanen, conductor
    Diandra, vocals

  • 01.05.2025 13:00 | Sibelius Hall

    MAY DAY MATINEE

    Sauli Saarinen, kapellimestari

  • 08.05.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    LEMMINKÄINEN

    Hannu Lintu, conductor
    Ilja Gringolts, violin

    Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus
    Lotta Wennäkoski: Violin Concerto ‘Prosoidia’ (first Finnish performance)
    Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen

     

  • 15.05.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    A HERO’S VERSES

    Anja Bihlmaier, conductor
    Nicolas Altstaedt, cello

    Sarah Gibson: beyond the beyond
    Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto
    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’

  • 22.05.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    FAREWELL, DALIA!

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor
    Marjukka Tepponen, soprano
    Tuija Knihtilä, mezzo-soprano
    Peter Lodahl, tenor
    Matti Turunen, bass
    Tampere Opera Choir

    Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem

  • 05.06.2025 18:00 | Mukkula Event Park

    PARK CONCERT

    Kaapo Ijas, conductor
    Silvia Marjanen, violin
    Niko Kyynäräinen, host

    Lasse Mårtenson: Stormskerry Maja
    Camille Saint-Saëns: Havanaise Op. 83
    Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
    Jean Sibelius: Finlandia

    The event area opening at 4 pm.

  • 14.08.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    BEE GEES & BEYOND

    Sinfonia Lahti & Rajaton
    Steven Reineke, conductor

  • 15.08.2025 13:00 | Sibelius Hall

    ABBA & THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC

    Sinfonia Lahti & Rajaton
    Steven Reineke, conductor

  • 15.08.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    ABBA & THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC

    Sinfonia Lahti & Rajaton
    Steven Reineke, conductor

  • 23.08.2025 17:00 | Ratina Stadium

    APULANTA & SINFONIA LAHTI

    Apulanta & Sinfonia Lahti
    Erkki Lasonpalo, conductor

  • 28.08.2025 16:00 | Sibelius Hall

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2025

    SIBELIUS HALL GUIDED TOUR

    The Guided tour will explore the history and architecture of Sibelius Hall and introduce you to its diverse spaces.

  • 28.08.2025 16:00 | Sibelius Festival Express

    SIBELIUS-FESTIVAL 2025

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL EXPRESS

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

  • 28.08.2025 17:30 | Sibelius Hall, Carpenter´s Hall

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2025

    PRE-CONCERT TALK

    Music journalist Jaani Länsiö interviews Hannu Lintu (in Finnish)

    Free of charge

  • 28.08.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall, Main Hall

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2025

    OPENING CONCERT

    Sinfonia Lahti
    Hannu Lintu, conductor
    Johanna Rusanen, soprano
    Davóne Tines, baritone
    YL Male Voice Choir

    Gustav Mahler: Todtenfeier (1888)
    Jean Sibelius: Kullervo (1892)

  • 29.08.2025 14:00 | Sibelius Hall

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2025

    SIBELIUS HALL GUIDED TOUR

    The Guided tour will explore the history and architecture of Sibelius Hall and introduce you to its diverse spaces.

  • 29.08.2025 15:30 | Sibelius Hall, Main Hall

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2025

    CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT

    Ossi Tanner, piano
    ILOA String Quartet

    Jean Sibelius: Piano Sonata in F major (1893)
    Pyotr Tchaikovsky: String Quartet in B flat major (1865)
    Jean Sibelius: String Quartet in A minor (1889)

  • 29.08.2025 16:00 | Sibelius Festival Express

    SIBELIUS-FESTIVAL 2025

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL EXPRESS

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

  • 29.08.2025 17:30 | Sibelius Hall, Main Hall

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2025

    PRE-CONCERT TALK

    Eero Tarasti: Wagner and Sibelius – the encouter of two composers (in English)

    Free of charge

  • 29.08.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall, Main Hall

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2025

    SYMPHONY CONCERT

    Hannu Lintu, conductor
    Miina-Liisa Värelä, soprano
    Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor
    Ain Anger, bass

    Jean Sibelius: The Lemminkäinen Suite (1891)
    Richard Wagner: Die Walküre, Act I (1870)

  • 30.08.2025 14:00 | Sibelius Festival Express

    SIBELIUS-FESTIVAL 2025

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL EXPRESS

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

  • 30.08.2025 14:30 | Sibelius Hall, Main Hall

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2025

    CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT

    Ossi Tanner, piano
    ILOA String Quartet

    Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces for piano (1867–1901)
    Norwegian Melody, Op. 12 No. 6 (1867)
    The Lonely Wanderer, Op. 43 No. 2 (1886)
    The Greeting Guests Arrive, Op. 65 No. 6 (1866)
    March of the Trolls, Op. 54 No. 3 (1891)

    Jean Sibelius: Piano Quintet in G minor (1890)

  • 30.08.2025 16:00 | Sibelius Hall, Carpenter´s Hall

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2025

    PRE-CONCERT TALK

    Minna Lindgren: Sibelius and the spirit of the time (in Finnish)

    Free of charge.

  • 30.08.2025 17:00 | Sibelius Hall, Main Hall

    SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2025

    FINAL CONCERT
    Sinfonia Lahti
    Hannu Lintu, conductor
    Karita Mattila, soprano

    Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite (1893)
    Jean Sibelius & Edvard Grieg: Orchestral Songs
    Jean Sibelius: Symphony No 1 (1899)

  • 12.09.2025 16:00 | Lahti City Hall

    AFTER WORK – CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet in A major, KV298
    Bohuslav Martinů: Three Madrigals for violin and viola
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for oboe and strings, KV406

    Admission free.

  • 13.09.2025 10:00 | Sibelius Hall

    OPEN DOORS AT THE SIBELIUS HALL

    Welcome to the Sibelius Hall – the doors are open! During the day you can get to know the Sibelius Hall and the people who work there. In the main auditorium of the Sibelius Hall, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra will perform concerts every hour, conducted by Atso Almila.

    Admission free.

  • 18.09.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    OPENING CONCERT: ODE TO JOY

    Hannu Lintu, conductor
    Silja Aalto, soprano
    Jeni Packalen, mezzo-soprano
    Jussi Myllys, tenor
    Juho Stén, bass
    Dominante

    Sauli Zinovjev: Fade Out (World premiere, commission by the Lahti Symphony Orchestra)
    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Ode to Joy’

  • 25.09.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    MOMENTS OF FRENZY

    John Adams, conductor
    Nora Niskanen, clarinet

    Claude Debussy: Rhapsody for clarinet and orchestra
    John Adams: Frenzy: a short symphony (first performance in the Nordic countries)
    Gabriela Smith: Tumblebird Contrails
    Claude Debussy: La Mer

    Pre-concert talk at 5:30 pm: Minna Lindgren

  • 02.10.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    THE STARRY NIGHT

    Hannu Lintu, conductor
    Daniel Lozakovich, violin

    Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
    Einojuhani Rautavaara: Symphony No. 6 ‘Vincentiana’

  • 09.10.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    IN THE EYE OF THE STORM

    John Storgårds, conductor and violin

    Keith Jarrett: Elegy for violin and string orchestra
    Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 52 in C minor
    Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

  • 16.10.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    LITTLE & GREAT

    Masaaki Suzuki, conductor

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25, ‘Little G minor’
    Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘Great C major’

  • 30.10.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    OCEANS & SPRING

    Nil Venditti, conductor
    Aleksi Trygg, violin
    Kei Ito, viola

    María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir: Oceans
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
    Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1, ‘Spring’

    Encore – Chamber Music Concert at 8:30 pm
    Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor
    Dmitri Shostakovich: Two Pieces for string octet, Op. 11

     

  • 30.10.2025 20:30 | Sibelius Hall

    ENCORE – CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT

    Sofia Greus, violin
    Anrew Ng, violin
    Viivi Hakkarainen, violin
    Totti Hakkarainen, violin
    Jaakko Laivuori, viola
    Yuki Kodama, viola
    Antero Manninen, cello

    Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor
    Dmitri Shostakovich: Two Pieces for string octet, Op. 11

    Admission free.

  • 06.11.2025 13:00 | Sibelius Hall

    FROM THE STORMSKERRY TO THE ARCTIC CIRCLE

    Ako Kiiski, conductor
    Oona Airola, vocal
    Mikael Saari, vocal

  • 06.11.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    FROM THE STORMSKERRY TO THE ARCTIC CIRCLE

    Ako Kiiski, conductor
    Oona Airola, vocal
    Mikael Saari, vocal

  • 13.11.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    ‘BRAHMS’S FIFTH’

    Christian Schumann, conductor
    Akiko Suwanai, violin

    Lili Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps
    Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
    Johannes Brahms, orch. Arnold Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No. 1

    Pre-concert talk at 5:30 pm: Minna Lindgren

  • 19.11.2025 18:00 | Sibelius Hall

    NEW YEAR´S TRAIN – CHILDREN´S CONCERT

    Jaakko Jauhiainen, conductor
    Tuomo Rannankari, vocal
    Laulupuu

  • 21.11.2025 16:00 | Lahti City Hall

    AFTER WORK – CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT

    Lotta Wennäkoski: Suka
    Zoltán Kodály: Serenade
    Leoš Janáček: Mladi

    Admission free.

  • 27.11.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

    Tabita Berglund, conductor
    Jakob Koranyi, cello

    Antonín Dvořák: Cello Concerto
    Modest Mussorgsky, orch. Maurice Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

  • 06.12.2025 15:00 | Sibelius Hall

    INDEPENDENCE DAY CONCERT

    Janne Nisonen, conductor
    Otto Antikainen, violin

    Jean Sibelius: Nocturne and Ballade from the suite ‘King Christian II’
    Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto
    Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
    Fredrik Pacius: Maamme

  • 11.12.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    LELEUX WITH LOVE

    François Leleux, conductor, oboe and cor anglais

    Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l’Oye
    Claude Debussy, arr. Gilles Silvestrini: Rhapsody for saxophone, version for oboe and cor anglais
    Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

  • 17.12.2025 13:00 | Sibelius Hall

    CHRISTMAS WONDERLAND – CHRISTMAS CONCERT

    Kaapo Ijas, conductor
    Laulupuu

  • 17.12.2025 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    CHRISTMAS WONDERLAND – CHRISTMAS CONCERT

    Kaapo Ijas, conductor
    Laulupuu

  • 18.12.2025 16:30 | Sibelius Hall

    THE SNOWMAN – FILM MUSIC CONCERT

    Kaapo Ijas, conductor

  • 18.12.2025 18:00 | Sibelius Hall

    THE SNOWMAN – FILM MUSIC CONCERT

    Kaapo Ijas, conductor

  • 18.12.2025 19:30 | Sibelius Hall

    THE SNOWMAN – FILM MUSIC CONCERT

    Kaapo Ijas, conductor

  • 09.01.2026 13:00 | Sibelius Hall

    UNDER VIENNA’S SPELL – NEW YEAR’S CONCERT

    Markus Lehtinen, conductor
    Johanna Lehesvuori, soprano
    Jussi Vänttinen, baritone

     

  • 09.01.2026 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    UNDER VIENNA’S SPELL – NEW YEAR’S CONCERT

    Markus Lehtinen, conductor
    Johanna Lehesvuori, soprano
    Jussi Vänttinen, baritone

     

  • 15.01.2026 18:30 | Sibelius Hall

    THREE STARS CONCERT

    Andrew Manze, conductor
    Christel Lee, violin
    Jonathan Roozeman, cello
    Denis Kozhukhin, piano

    Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, version for orchestra
    Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for violin, cello and piano
    Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5