Open positions
We are looking for a cello tutti and principal clarinet.
Chief Conductor
Risto Joost appointed new KSO Chief Conductor.
Kuopio Video Postcard
A Musical Postcard from Kuopio with Atso Almila's Kuopio250 Fanfare
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Kuopio Music Centre Box Office is open as follows:
Tue-Fri from 1 pm to 5 pm or until the beginning of the performance and on weekends 1 hour before the beginning of the performance.
until 12.6. Tue-Fri from 1 pm to 5 pm
13.6. 4-5 pm
14.6. – 3.8. closed
starting from 4.8. Tue-Fri from 1 pm to 5 pm
Tel. 0600 96100 (1,98 €/min. + local network fee). Address Kuopionlahdenkatu 23.
Kulttuurikulma (Lippupiste ticket outlet) / Shopping Center Apaja, Kauppakatu 45. Open Tue-Fri from 11 am until 5.30 pm, Sat from 10 am until 3 pm.
Lippupiste ticket outlets around the country tel. 0600 900 900 (1,98 €/min. + local network fee).
Kuopio City Theatre Box Office open hours – see www.kuopionkaupunginteatteri.fi (site in Finnish), tel. 0600 413143 (1,98 €/min. + local network fee).
On Thursday, May 28th the KSO joins forces with the Oulu Symphony, and this large-scale ensemble will perform György Ligeti’s celebrated work Atmosphères, Sergei Prokofiev’s powerfully surging Scythian Suite, and Gustav Holst’s classic The Planets. In Holst’s work, the ensemble is joined by the women of the Kuopio Symphony Choir. The performance is conducted by Rumon Gamba, Chief Conductor of the Oulu Symphony.
21.05.2026
The KSO’s season concert on Thursday, May 7th combines the elegance of Viennese Classicism with the emotional intensity of the Romantic era. The concert will feature pianist Eero Heinonen as soloist, performing Mozart’s chamber-like Piano Concerto No. 14. As a counterpart to the concerto, Tchaikovsky’s dramatic Symphony No. 4 will be heard. The orchestra is conducted by the KSO First Conductor Kolja Blacher.
30.04.2026
The KSO’s season concert on the 16th of April offers a richly hued selection of music. Appearing as soloist on the stage is pianist Laura Mikkola, who will perform two piano concertos: Lithuanian Žibuoklė Martinaitytė’s Chiaroscuro Trilogy and Camille Saint-Saëns’s fantasy Africa. Under the baton of Anna-Maria Helsing, the programme also includes Tectonic by Bulgarian Dobrinka Tabakova and the melancholy Symphony No. 4 by Einar Englund.
09.04.2026
The Kuopio Symphony Orchestra consists of 44 musicians. The KSO musicians represent well over 10 different nationalities and therefore the orchestra’s working language is English. The Chief Conductor of the KSO is Jaakko Kuusisto. Atso Almila acts as the Second Conductor. In 2010 professor and maestro Jorma Panula was appointed as the orchestra’s Honorary Conductor.
The Kuopio Symphony Orchestra wants to introduce various audience groups to the world of music by organizing diverse concerts and special events. The main point is to give artistic experiences, to increase public awareness and knowledge of orchestral music and other forms of art music and also to develop people’s cultural competence.
Enjoy our concerts in YouTube. The orchestra's YouTube Channel introduces concerts by the KSO chamber music ensembles and individual musicians as well as the whole Kuopio Symphohy Orchestra. The concerts have been either recorded or livestreamed from Restaurant Maxim in Kuopio or at the orchestra’s home, ie. at the Kuopio Music Centre.
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