Pietari Inkinen
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Pietari Inkinen returns to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Pietari Inkinen returns to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in August for two programmes in Wellington, Auckland and Hamilton.
Concerts in Tokyo and Nagoya
On 1 August, Pietari Inkinen returns to Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall to make his debut with the Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra Tokyo. The following day, the same programme will be performed in Nagoya as part of the celebrations marking the reopening of Shirakawa Hall.
Pietari Inkinen conducts Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra and Tabea Zimmermann
Pietari Inkinen will conduct three concerts with the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra at this year’s Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, with performances in Elmshorn, Rendsburg and Büdelsdorf on 17 and 18 July 2026.
Pietari Inkinen opens two festivals with the DRP
Pietari Inkinen returns to the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie for two festival-opening concerts with music by Jean Sibelius and Gustav Mahler.
Pietari Inkinen conducts Oviedo Filarmonía with Steven Isserlis
On 4 June 2026, Pietari Inkinen conducts Oviedo Filarmonía at the Auditorio Príncipe Felipe in Oviedo, joined by the acclaimed British cellist Steven Isserlis.
Schedule
Lotte Concert Hall, Seoul
Sibelius & Prokofiev
KBS Symphony Orchestra | Boris Giltburg
DR Koncerthuset, Copenhagen
Wagner: Scenes from “Siegfried” & “Götterdämmerung”
Danish National Symphony Orchestra | Catherine Foster | Magnus Vigilius
Teatro dal Verme, Milano
Chopin & Brahms
Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali | Sophia Liu
Press
“An otherworldly start” Rave review about opening concert in Heidenheim
Pietari Inkinen, Tuuli Takala and the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie received an enthusiastic review for the opening concert of the Opernfestspiele Heidenheim.
“A season finale of the highest caliber” in Oviedo – press review
Pietari Inkinen brought the 2025/26 Auditorium Concerts season in Oviedo to a close with Oviedo Filarmonía, conducting a programme that combined the world premiere of Antoni Parera Fons’s Vetusta Promenade, Walton’s Cello Concerto with Steven Isserlis, and Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony.
“The Ring without Words worked magnificently in Tampere” – press review
In Tampere, Pietari Inkinen’s long-standing affinity with Wagner was once again at the centre of critical attention. His performance of The Ring without Words with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra was praised for its assurance, balance and intensity, with the orchestra taking on the leading role in a performance described as noble, tireless and deeply committed.
“Enthusiastic applause and acclaim for outstanding Maestro Pietari Inkinen” in Cagliari
Pietari Inkinen’s performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”, at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari was described as one of the theatre’s major musical events of the season.
“A direction that was both highly precise and free” in Palma de Mallorca
Pietari Inkinen’s concert with the Orquestra Simfònica de Balears at the Auditorium de Palma made a strong impression on the Spanish press.
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