Calendar

Jul 15th, 2023 18:00 - Brinkhall soi

Closing concert "Lotta"

Lotta Wennäkoski: Hava
Jean Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia concertante

Chamber orchestra Refugium musicum
József Hárs, conductor
Paula Sundqvist, violin
Christoffer Sundqvist, clarinet

Kakskerta church

Jul 12th, 2023 19:00 - Brinkhall soi

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in D minor "Souvenir de Florence"
Louise Farrenc: Nonet, op. 38

Eeva Tuhkanen, Antti Hosio & Satu Tauro, violin
Marjukka Manner, Anni Holopainen & Jenni Antikainen, viola
Paavo Junttila, Aino Liutu & Eeva-Maria Seppäläinen, cello
Juho Vikman, double bass
Tiina Rantala, flute
Juuli Markkanen, oboe
Mikko Kokkonen, clarinet
Seppo Heikkinen, bassoon
Jaakko Välimäki, French horn
József Hárs, conductor

Kakskerta Church

May 17th, 2023 19:00 - Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

Young Soloists´s Concert 2023

József Hárs, conductor
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

Sigyn Hall

May 5th, 2023 19:00 - The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

József Hárs, conductor
Piotr Anderszewski, conductor & piano soloist

György Ligeti: Chamber Concert
Joseph Haydn: Piano Concerto No. 11 D Major
W. A. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 G Major K453

Music Centre, Concert Hall

Mar 7th, 2023 19:00 - Finnish Chamber Opera

Finnish Chamber Opera: Posthuman

Composer: Max Savikangas
Libretto, visualization, direction: Teemu Mäki
Conductor: József Hárs
Choreography: Petri Kekoni

Dance House Helsinki, Pannu Hall

Mar 5th, 2023 15:00 - Finnish Chamber Opera

Finnish Chamber Opera: Posthuman

Composer: Max Savikangas
Libretto, visualization, direction: Teemu Mäki
Conductor: József Hárs
Choreography: Petri Kekoni

Dance House Helsinki, Pannu Hall

Mar 3rd, 2023 19:00 - Finnish Chamber Opera

Finnish Chamber Opera: Posthuman - World Premiere

Composer: Max Savikangas
Libretto, visualization, direction: Teemu Mäki
Conductor: József Hárs
Choreography: Petri Kekoni

Dance House Helsinki, Pannu Hall

Feb 2nd, 2023 17:30 - Lahti Symphony Orchestra

"Baby Symphony" Children's concert
w. Satu Sopanen

Sibelius Hall, Lahti

Dec 15th, 2022 18:00 - Pori Sinfonietta

Christmas Concert "Koko perheen joulukonsertti"

József Hárs, conductor
Eppu Nuotio, narrator

Promenadi Hall, Pori Finland

Nov 8th, 2022 19:00 - Chamber Orchestra Avanti!

Avanti! climate concert – From idyll to catastrophe

Tommi Hakala, baritone
Otaniemen Kaiku choir
Mikael Fortelius, speech
Hannele Korhonen, speech
Avanti large orchestra
József Hárs, conductor

Merikaapelihalli, Cable Factory, Helsinki Finland

Oct 9th, 2022 18:00 - Sipoon äänet & Avanti!

Chamber Orchestra Avanti!
József Hárs, conductor
Petri Kumela, guitar

George Crumb: Dream Sequence
Louise Farrenc: Nonet in E flat Major, Op. 38
Antti Auvinen: Andalusian Panzerwagen Jazz
Richard Wagner: Siegfrieds Tod und Trauermarsch

Sipoo Church

Jul 27th, 2022 19:00 - Joensuu City Orchestra

The Final of the 5th Lieksa Brass Week International French Horn Competition

Lieksa Church, Finland

Jul 16th, 2022 18:00 - Brinkhall soi

Refugium musicum Chamber Orchestar
József Hárs, conductor
Kaisa Kortelainen, flute
Jesús Pinillos Rivera, oboe

Osmo Tapio Räihälä: Stream for string orchestra
Antonio Salieri: Concerto for Flute and Oboe in C major
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major

Kakskerta Church, Turku Finland

Jul 15th, 2022 15:00 - Brinkhall soi

Children's concert: Peter and the Wolf

Reader: Nicke Lignell
Conductor: József Hárs
Refugium musicum Chamber orchestra
S. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

Turku City Theatre

Jul 2nd, 2022 13:00 - Avanti! Summer Sounds 2022

Composition Workshop: “Quite contrary”

József Hárs, conductor
Avanti! Chamber Orchestra

Porvoo’s Voluntary Fire Brigade Hall, Finland

Jul 1st, 2022 13:00 - Avanti! Summer Sounds 2022

Chamber Concert: “Afternoon Hyper”

József Hárs, conductor
Musicians from Avanti!

Anna Clyne: Roulette
Robert Honstein: Endless Landscape
Ludwig van Beethoven: Grosse Fuge
Shelley Washington: A Kind of Lung
Michael Gordon: Hyper

Porvoo Cathedral, Finland

Jun 30th, 2022 13:00 - Avanti! Summer Sounds 2022

Chamber Concert: “Steel Hammer”

József Hárs, conductor
Trio Mediæval
Mark Stewart, electric guitar
Musicians from Avanti!

Julia Wolfe: Steel Hammer

Art Factory, Avanti Hall, Porvoo Finland

Apr 29th, 2022 19:00 - Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Young soloists

Music Centre, Helsinki

Sep 16th, 2021 17:30 - Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

"Baby Symphony" Children's concert
w. Satu Sopanen

Music Centre, Helsinki

Jul 7th, 2021 20:00 - Uusinta Ensemble @ Time of Music

"Remembering history"

Uusinta Ensemble:
Malla Vivolin, flute
Helmi Malmgren, clarinet
Anna-Sofia Anttonen, saxophone
Sonja Fräki, piano
Petteri Kippo, percussions
Jerry Piipponen, percussions
Maria Puusaari, violin
Aleksi Kotila, violin
Max Savikangas, viola
Iida-Vilhelmiina Sinivalo, cello
József Hárs, director.

Daji Fujikura: Poison mushroom
Mioko Yokoyama: There are always flowers (2021) First performance
Erik Bergman: Mana
Jukka Koskinen: Ad Infinitum
Brigitta Muntendorf: Shivers of Speed (2013)
Chinary Ung: Oracle

The concert will be broadcasted by YLE.

Viitasaari Areena

Jan 6th, 2021 11:00 - Vienna Imperial Philharmonics CANCELLED

New Years Concert
Ein musikalischer Streifzug durch die Österreichisch-Ungarische Monarchie
mit Werken von Strauß, Lehár, Fucik & Co

Großer Saal, Musikverein

Dec 10th, 2020 18:00 - Pori Sinfonietta CANCELLED

Christmas Concert "Koko perheen joulukonsertti"

József Hárs, conductor
Satu Sopanen, vocals
Tuomo Rannankari, vocals

Promenade Hall, Pori

Oct 28th, 2020 19:00 - The Guards Band

AAVA-saxophone quartet
József Hárs, conductor

Temppeliaukio church (The Rock Church), Helsinki

Oct 15th, 2020 19:00 - Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

The young soloists´ concert

József Hárs, conductor

Sigyn Hall

Oct 8th, 2020 19:00 - Lahti Symphony Orchestra

SYMPHONY CONCERT
József Hárs, conductor
Eero Saunamäki, fipple flute

Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances No. 3
G. Ph.Telemann: Concerto in C major
Mozart: Serenade No. 9 ´Post Horn´

Sibelius Hall, Lahti

Aug 28th, 2020 19:00 - Uusinta Ensemble @ Ung Nordisk Musik

József Hárs – conductor
Malla Vivolin – flute, Angel Molinos – clarinet, Sikri Lehko – saxophone, Fanny Söderström – piano, Maria Puusaari – violin, Aleksi Kotila – violin, Max Savikangas – viola, Markus Hohti – cello

Matilda Seppälä (*1993): Vuolle
Lauri Toivio (*1972): Valse Vanitas (2020) (first performance)
Joel Järventausta (*1995): Songs of Empty Landscapes (2020) (first performance, commissioned by Uusinta Ensemblen)
1. Prelude
2. Haze
3. Snowriver
4. Lullaby
5. Earth Red
6. Grey-Blue
7. Postlude
Ari Romppanen (*1974): Arcturus (2016)
Maria Kallionpää (*1981): El Canto del Mar Infinito (2020) (first performance, commissioned by Tampere Biennale)

Puistotorni, Konsu Hall

Jul 29th, 2020 19:00 - CANCELLED Joensuu City Orchestra at Lieksa Brass Week

The Final of the 5th Lieksa Brass Week International French Horn Competition

Lieksa Church

Apr 2nd, 2020 19:00 - CANCELLED Uusinta Ensemble: Tampere Biennale 2020

József Hárs – conductor

Malla Vivolin – flute
Angel Molinos – clarinet
Sikri Lehko – saxophone
Fanny Söderström – piano
Maria Puusaari – violin
Aleksi Kotila – violin
Max Savikangas – viola
Markus Hohti – cello

Programme:
Maria Kallionpää (*1981): El Canto del Mar Infinito (2020) (premiere)
Joel Järventausta (*1995): Songs of Empty Landscapes (2020)
1. Prelude
2. Haze
3. Snowriver
4. Lullaby
5. Earth Red
6. Grey-Blue
7. Postlude
Ari Romppanen (*1974): Arcturus (2016)
Lauri Toivio (*1972): Valse Vanitas (2020)
Matilda Seppälä (*1993): Vuolle

G Livelab, Tampere

Mar 20th, 2020 20:00 - CANCELLED Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Sipe Santapukki: Ukkonen

József Hárs, conductor

Sibelius Hall, Lahti

Mar 19th, 2020 19:00 - CANCELLED Lahti Symphony Orchestra

József Hárs, conductor
Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

Magnus Lindberg: Expo
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Jean-Baptiste Arban: The Carnival of Venice
Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite

Sibelius Hall, Lahti

Mar 5th, 2020 19:00 - The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

József Hárs, conductor
Yuki Koyama, flute

Carl Nielsen: Flute Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 E Minor Op. 93

The Helsinki Music Centre, Concert Hall

Mar 4th, 2020 19:00 - The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

József Hárs, conductor
Yuki Koyama, flute

Carl Nielsen: Flute Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 E Minor Op. 93

The Helsinki Music Centre, Concert Hall

Feb 8th, 2020 19:00 - Chamber Orchestra Avanti!

ZENG – Lotta Wennäkoski 50th Anniversary Concert

József Hárs, conductor
Virpi Räisänen, mezzo-soprano
Eero Saunamäki, recorders
Heikki Nikula, bass clarinet
Ville Syrjäläinen, percussion
Avanti! Chamber Orchestra

Lotta Wennäkoski:
I stället för vingar (2014-16)
Hele (2018)
Kuule II (2007)
Zeng (2018-19)
and Hungarian folk songs

Juhlasali G18 (Yrjönkatu 18, Helsinki)

Dec 18th, 2019 18:00 - Kuopio Symphony Orchestra

Joulu on jo ovella: Koko perheen joulukonsertti

Kuopio Music Centre

Nov 22nd, 2019 19:30 - RUSK Festival

"STRINGS TO THE BONE"
Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971): Concerto for strings D Major (1946)
I. Vivace
II. Arioso: Andantino
III. Rondo: Allegro

The Central Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

Aaron Copland (1900 – 1990): Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra (1947-1948)

1. Slowly and expressively – Cadenza
2. Rather fast

Christoffer Sundqvist, clarinet
József Hárs, conductor
Emil Holmström, piano
The Central Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

Sebastian Fagerlund (1972 – ): Strings to the Bone for string orchestra (2015)

József Hárs, conductor
The Central Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

Outi Tarkiainen (1985 – ): Liebklinge for soprano saxophone and orchestra

Jukka Perko, soprano saxophone
József Hárs, conductor
The Central Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

Schauman Hall, Jakobstad

Nov 20th, 2019 13:30, 17:00 and 19:00 - Jyväskylä Symphony Orchestra

Children's Concert: Keinuhevosen kengittäjä

Jyväskylän Teatteritalo

Nov 12th, 2019 19:00 - Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

"JUNIOR CONCERT"
József Hárs, conductor
Satu Sopanen, vocalist and presenter
5th grade music students from Helsinki

Concert Hall, Helsinki Music Centre

Sep 12th, 2019 19:00 - Lohja City Orchestra

"IL SILVERTONES"
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 1
Max Savikangas: Silvertone (premiere)
Osmo Tapio Räihälä: Stream for string orchestra (2017)
Ludvig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1

Keijo Silventoinen, oboe
Henrik Sandås, bandoneon
Uusinta Ensemble
Lohja City Orchestra
József Hárs, conductor

Laurentius Hall, Lohja

Jun 28th, 2019 16:00 - Chamber Orchestra Avanti!

Avanti! Suvisoitto XXXIV 2019 - Composers’ workshop: Visual music

Factory Hall, Porvoo Art Factory

May 16th, 2019 19:00 - Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Kalevi Aho: Sieidi
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor

Colin Currie, percussion
Marjukka Tepponen, soprano
Anna Danik, mezzo-soprano
Mika Pohjonen, tenor
Nicholas Söderlund, bass
Dominante Choir

Sibelius Hall Lahti

May 15th, 2019 19:00 - Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor

Marjukka Tepponen, soprano
Anna Danik, mezzo-soprano
Mika Pohjonen, tenor
Nicholas Söderlund, bass
Dominante Choir

Hämeenlinnan Verkatehdas

Mar 7th, 2019 11:30 - Master's Degree Concert

Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor

Laura Ahola, violin

Music Centre, Camerata Hall

Feb 9th, 2019 15:00 - Oulu Symphony Orchestra

Madetoja Concert Hall

Jan 31st, 2019 - Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Toiveklassikot

Sibelius Hall