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.

The Korean star soprano will sing “Chacun le sait” from Donizetti’s La fille du régiment, while Bomsori Kim will play Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Pietari Inkinen and the KBS Symphony Orchestra will also perform “Feste romane”, “Le fontane di Roma” and “I pini di Roma” by Ottorino Respighi in the second part.

With these concerts, the KBS Symphony Orchestra is celebrating its 800th Subscription Concert and the 140th anniversary of Korean Italian diplomatic relations.

The March 28 concert will be broadcast live on the radio by KBS Classic FM. Link to the web radio:

https://onair.kbs.co.kr/index.html?sname=onair&stype=live&ch_code=24&ch_type=radioList

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.

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 | 17.03.2024

Bartók & Bruckner with DRP & Olli Mustonen

In a one-off concert on March 17, Pietari Inkinen will join forces with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie and pianist Olli Mustonen, who will be playing Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 2 in the first part. Bruckner's dramatic Symphony No. 2 will follow in the second part of the concert. The matinee will be broadcast live at 11:04am Central European Time on SR 2 Kultur Radio.