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News | 24.01.2025

“Spanish Fiesta” with the Hong Kong Philharmonic

Pietari Inkinen extends his stay in Hong Kong to conduct two additional concerts with the Hong Kong Philharmonic. The performances on January 24 and 25 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall are entitled Spanish Fiesta and will include an all Spanish-themed program: Ravel’s “Alborada del gracioso”, Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Capriccio espagnol”, and highlights from de Falla’s “La vida breve” and “El amor brujo”. The soloist in the de Falla works is the renowned Flamenco singer María Toledo.

News | 16.01.2025

Scenes from the “Ring” with Hong Kong Philharmonic

On January 17 and 18, 2025, Pietari Inkinen returns to Wagner’s Ring cycle, conducting the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra in scenes from Siegfried and Götterdämmerung. These performances at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall also feature acclaimed Wagner singers Ricarda Merbeth as Brünnhilde and Stefan Vinke as Siegfried.

News | 28.12.2024

Series of New Year’s Concerts with DRP and Luxembourg Philharmonic

Pietari Inkinen will welcome 2025 with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, conducting the orchestra at the Fruchthalle Kaiserslautern on New Year’s Eve. The program, featuring works by Wagner, Dvořák, Lehár, Kálmán, and Strauß, will be performed again at the Rheingoldhalle in Mainz on January 1. Soprano Olga Bezsmertna and tenor Peter Sonn will be the vocal soloists for these concerts.

News | 21.12.2024

Beethoven with the KBS Symphony Orchestra

In December, Pietari Inkinen will conduct the KBS Symphony Orchestra in performances of Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy and Symphony No. 9. The first concert will take place on December 21 at the Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul, followed by the Cheonan Arts Center on the 22nd and the Seoul Arts Center on Christmas Eve. The soloists will include soprano Sunmi Kim, tenor Hyunmin Park and pianist Jaehong Park in Choral Symphony, while SunYoung Seo, Sabina Kim, Yoon Jong Kook and Samuel Yoon are the vocal soloists in the 9th Symphony. With these concerts, Pietari Inkinen terminates his tenure as Music Director of the KBS Symphony Orchestra.

News | 14.12.2024

Concert with DRP and Rudolf Buchbinder

On December 15, Pietari Inkinen will once again join forces with the legendary pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. The one-off concert with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie will take place at the Congresshalle Saarbrücken and will be live broadcast on SR2 Kultur Radio at 11:04 a.m. CET. SR/SWR will telecast it on January 5 at 8:25 a.m. CET.

News | 29.11.2024

“The Gift of Fire” with the KBS and Jean-Yves Thibaudet in Seoul

On November 29, Pietari Inkinen is back in Seoul to lead the KBS Symphony Orchestra in the one-off concert The Gift of Fire at the Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall. The program features Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite and The Rite of Spring, as well as Alexander Scriabin’s Prometheus: The Poem of Fire, starring pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet.

News | 22.11.2024

Concerts with Japan Philharmonic and Mayuko Kamio

Pietari Inkinen returns to lead the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra with two concerts on November 23 and 24 at the Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall and the Suntory Hall in Tokyo. On the program is Alexander Glazunov’s Violin Concerto, starring soloist Mayuko Kamio, and Richard Strauss’s Eine Alpensinfonie.

News | 06.11.2024

Concerts with DRP and Anna Vinnitskaya

Pietari Inkinen will conduct the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie and pianist Anna Vinnitskaya on three dates in Kaiserslautern, Saarbrücken and Karlsruhe, including two live radio broadcasts. On the program of the concerts at the Congresshalle Saarbrücken and the Konzerthaus Karlsruhe on November 8 & 9 is Reger’s “Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Beethoven”, Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”, and Elgar’s “Enigma Variations”. The same program, except for the "Enigma Variations", will be performed at the SWR Studio Kaiserslautern on November 7.

News | 16.10.2024

Bruckner’s 5th Symphony in Salzburg

Pietari Inkinen and the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie are back at the Großes Festspielhaus in Salzburg, this time to perform Bruckner's Symphony No. 5. The guest performance on October 17 is part of a series of three concerts at the Festspielhaus featuring Bruckner's 4th, 5th and 6th Symphonies, played by different orchestras on the occasion of the composer's 200th anniversary.

News | 27.09.2024

Bruch & Bruckner in Seoul and Daegu

On September 27 and 28, Pietari Inkinen conducts the KBS Symphony Orchestra in concerts featuring Bruch’s Violin Concerto No 1 and Bruckner’s Symphony No 5. Arabella Steinbacher will be the violin soloist in the Bruch Violin Concerto. The first concert will take at the Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul, the second at the Daegu Concert Hall. More information and tickets: https://www.kbssymphony.org/eng/m/concerts/concerts_view.php?number=28260

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