Interview - "Pietari Inkinen: il suono, il mito, l’eredità"

Press | 11.11.2025

Interview – “Pietari Inkinen: il suono, il mito, l’eredità”

“Direttore d’orchestra di profilo internazionale, il finlandese Pietari Inkinen è oggi una delle bacchette più autorevoli della sua generazione.
Il suo percorso attraversa con naturalezza il grande repertorio sinfonico e operistico, unendo rigore strutturale, attenzione al suono e una forte consapevolezza teatrale. In questa conversazione Inkinen riflette sul legame profondo con Sibelius, sulle affinità timbriche tra mondi solo apparentemente lontani, sulle sfide wagneriane del Ring e su un’idea di direzione fondata sull’ascolto, sull’esperienza e sulla continua trasformazione.”

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Pietari Inkinen: il suono, il mito, l’eredità

Press | 25.06.2026

“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.

Press | 30.11.2025

Critical acclaim for Pietari Inkinen at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Pietari Inkinen’s November 2025 concert with the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino was met with enthusiastic praise from the Italian press.

Press | 20.11.2025

Interview with La Repubblica

'Pietari Inkinen al Maggio: “Che fuochi d’artificio con Ravel e Sibelius” di Gregorio Moppi

Press | 02.07.2025

Press review for all-Strauss concert at Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele

"Good communication [with the orchestra] is visible, audible, and tangible..." "... Inkinen conducts with clarity and such vitality that his left hand nearly knocked over one of the microphones. And the orchestra plays with confidence and quality. The introductory leitmotif shifts through a wide variety of colorings in a performance that enmeshes the title character in a gripping tension between closeness and distance. The most convincing moments come in the middle section - a tender love scene in which the orchestra’s winds, above all the solo oboist, shine beautifully." "As always with this composer, the music contains elements of kitsch. You have to either like them or at least accept them. Inkinen ensures they don’t dominate too much, and overall, the Finnish conductor very reliably finds what is essential in Richard Strauss: a good balance between pathos and sobriety, between passion and precision." "... the symphonic interludes from the opera “Intermezzo” are (...) presented to great effect. And “Till Eulenspiegel’s Lustige Streiche“ not only give the concert a convincing conclusion, but reflect back on the opening piece. The contrasts of “Don Juan” are here transformed into grotesquerie and sarcasm, and the jester-hero, being merely a figure and a symbol, celebrates a mischievous resurrection after his execution. Strauss’s magnificent, highly virtuosic orchestration is fully on display. The audience is thrilled... ." Susanne Benda, Stuttgarter Nachrichten / Stuttgarter Zeitung / Böblinger Bote

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