NEWS
Autumn 2010
SEASON OPENING WITH MAESTRO PANULA'S MASTER COURSE & 80TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
KSO starts the autumn season 2010 with Maestro Jorma Panula's Master Course for Conductors on 22-28 August and further with the Maestro's own 80th Anniversary Concert on 3 September.
The upcoming season offers a wide variety of events: the Symphony Series introduces many pieces not previously performed in Kuopio. The programme also includes music unforgettably performed by Olavi Virta, hard rock with new symphonic arrangements interpreted by two Finnish rock stars - Jarkko Martikainen (featuring YUP) ja Timo Rautiainen (feat. Niskalaukaus) as well as the widely popular orchestral fairytale by Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf.
The Symphony Series Season Tickets are on sale until 2 September at the Kuopio Music Centre Ticket Sales.
Summer Season 2010
KSO AT CARINTHISCHER SOMMER FESTIVAL
KSO ended the Spring Season with a traditional promenade concert Summer Symphony on Thursday 3 June at the Kuopio Music Centre.
The concert was also an overture to the orchestra's guest performances in mid-July at the Carinthischer Sommer Festival in Austria under the baton of its Principal Conductor Sascha Goetzel. Read more about the festival.
KSO Autumn Season 2010 begins with Jorma Panula's Master Course for Conductors at the end of August (see more information below). Symphony Series Season Tickets are on sale starting from 2 August when the Ticket Office opens.
Jorma Panula's Master Course Conducting 22-28 August
KUOPIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WILL ORGANIZE PANULA'S MASTER COURSE
Professor Jorma Panula's Master Course Conducting will be organized on 22-28 August, 2010 at the Kuopio Music Centre. Conductor Atso Almila will act as Panula's assistant during the course and Kuopio Symphony Orchestra will be the training orchestra.
The application period has ended.
Jorma Panula's 80th Anniversary Concert 3.9.
MAESTRO'S CELEBRATION
The Maestro of maestro's, Jorma Panula, celebrates his 80th anniversary with a concert on 3 September, 2010 at the Kuopio Music Centre. The orchestra will perform under the baton of the Maestro himself and also the programme has been drafted by Panula. He has chosen Finnish soprano Helena Juntunen to sing Alma Mahler's songs arranged by him. Other programme includes Rautavaara's The Fiddlers, Sibelius's 6th and Schubert's Unfinished Symphony.
Tickets: 26/ 21/ 16 € from the Kuopio Music Centre Ticket Sales and Lippupiste.
Rajapinnalla 5 November
HARD & DARK ROCK GOES SYMPHONIC
KSO featuring two Finnish rock stars
The Kuopio Symphony Orchestra and two Finnish hard rock stars - Jarkko Martikainen and Timo Rautiainen - join together on stage on Friday 5 November at 7 pm.
Martikainen and Rautiainen step out of their so called natural habitat as soloists of their own rock bands (Martikainen > YUP and Rautiainen > Niskalaukaus) and introduce a more subtle but still gloomy side of themselves and also the songs they've written either invidually or together. The lyrics open a very reflective and also a dark world completed with new arrangements for the symphony orchestra. The KSO is conducted by Atso Almila.
Tickests: 21 €
Sascha Goetzel and Atso Almila continue until 2013
THE DYNAMIC CONDUCTOR DUO CONTINUES IN KUOPIO
The Principal Conductor of the KSO, Sascha Goetzel and Second Conductor Atso Almila have signed on for the artistic leadership of the KSO for another 3-year period. The Cultural Council of the Municipality of Kuopio hammered the decision at their meeting on May 5, 2009 to continue the engagement of both the conductors starting from Fall 2010 until August 2013.
Kulttuuriseteli & Virikeseteli Vouchers
ENCOURAGE YOUR PERSONNEL TO ENJOY CULTURE
Vouchers by Smartum and Luottokunta are now a valid means of payment at the KSO concerts.
Kulttuuriseteli vouchers provide the employer with a versatile, easy, and cost-effective means of supporting an employee's spontaneous development. Encourage your personnel to enjoy culture - not only for their own benefit but also for your company's.
Jewellery Collection by Designer Ritva-Liisa Pohjalainen
'SOINTU' INSPIRED BY SYMPHONIC MUSIC
Finnish designer Ritva-Liisa Pohjalainen has created a jewellery collection in honor of the KSO 100th Anniversary. 'Sointu' collection has been inspired by symphonic music, its beauty and the delight it brings. The collection includes pendant, earrings and brooche for women, tiepin and cuff links for men.
The next cooperative step together with Ritva-Liisa Pohjalainen will be an exhibition opening on 7 August at the Kuopio Music Centre representing one-off evening dresses and silver jewellery but also results of the designer's explorations with new materials, such as ceramics and glass.
Read more about Ritva-Liisa Pohjalainen
