News | 24.04.2024

Shostakovich & Dvořák in Seoul

On April 24, Pietari Inkinen conducts the KBS Symphony Orchestra in a one-off performance at the Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul featuring Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8. The soloist of Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto is the Canadian violinist Karen Gomyo.

Pietari Inkinen recently recorded Dvořák’s Eigth with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, receiving praise for the “fresh, dramatic take” on the work as well as his “cogent, commonsensical, sometimes thrilling music-making” (Gramophone).

Link to details and tickets: https://www.kbssymphony.org/eng/m/concerts/concerts_view.php?number=28255

News | 10.05.2024

Strauss Concerts with DRP and Krassimira Stoyanova

The Deutsche Radio Philharmonie and soprano Krassimira Stoyanova will be performing an all-Strauss program led by Pietari Inkinen on May 10 and 12. The May 10 concert will take place at the Rosengarten in Mannheim, the one on May 12 at the Congresshalle Saarbrücken. On the program are the tone poems Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche as well as the following Strauss songs: the song cycle Vier letzte Lieder, Zueignung, Waldseligkeit and Morgen. SR2 Kultur Radio will broadcast the May 12 concert live at 11:04am Central European Time. Link to listen to SR2's web radio:

News | 12.04.2024

Concerts with Mischa Maisky and the DRP

Pietari Inkinen conducts concerts with legendary cellist Mischa Maisky and the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie. The performances on April 12, 13 and 14 take place at the Congresshalle Saarbrücken, Konzerthaus Karlsruhe and Forum am Schlosspark in Ludwigsburg. On the program are the Prelude to Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina "Dawn over the Moscow River", Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. The concert on April 19 at the Fruchthalle Kaiserslautern features the same program except for the Prelude to Khovanshchina, which will be replaced by the "Walzerzwischenspiel" from Zemlinsky's Kleider machen Leute.

News | 02.04.2024

April concerts with the KBS Symphony Orchestra

Pietari Inkinen conducts three concerts with the KBS Symphony Orchestra in April.

News | 24.03.2024

800TH KBS SYMPHONY SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT WITH SUMI JO & BOMSORI KIM

On March 28 and 29, Pietari Inkinen will team up with iconic soprano Sumi Jo and famed violinist Bomsori Kim leading the KBS Symphony Orchestra in concerts at the KBS Hall and Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall.