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1 10 APRIL WEDNESDAY SERIES 13 Helsinki Music Centre at 7 pm YOUNG SOLOISTS CONCERT Atso Almila, conductor Jan Koetsier: Concerto for Four Horns and Orchestra, Op min I Lento Allegro con brio Aleksi Mäkimattila, Jonathan Nikkinen, Lauri Vasala and Hannes Kaukoranta, Horn Quartet Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs) Op. 20 I Moderato II Lento III Un poco più lento IV Allegro molto vivace Essi Höglund, violin Ludwig August Lebrun: Oboe Concerto No. 1 in D Minor I Allegro Ukko Pietilä, oboe 9 min 9 min Serge Koussevitzky: Double Bass Concerto in F Minor, Op min I Allegro II Andante Iikka Järvi, double bass W. A. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major KV min III Allegro assai Emma-Johanna Koponen, piano INTERVAL 20 min 1

2 W.A. Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major KV 216 I Allegro Rebecca Roozeman, violin Béla Bartók: Suite paysanne hongroise Aapo Järvinen, flute Charles Auguste de Bériot: Scène de ballet, Op. 100 Sisu Sieppala, violin Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 I Moderato Allegro Jan-Paul Roozeman, piano 10 min 13 min 10 min 11 min Interval at about The concert ends at about Broadcast live on Yle Radio 1 and on the Internet at yle.fi/rso. 2

3 ATSO ALMILA Conductor-composer Atso Almila has been Second Conductor of the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra since the autumn 2007 season. He was Conductor of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra , of the Joensuu City Orchestra and of the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra Principal Guest Conductor of the Seinäjoki City Orchestra , he began as the Artistic Advisor of the Joensuu City Orchestra in January 2010 and was reappointed as its Artistic Director in spring A regular guest conductor with Finnish opera associations, the Finnish National Opera and symphony orchestras, Atso Almila has appeared abroad mainly in Sweden, Ireland and Switzerland. He is to conduct at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in summer Almila is the composer of five operas, four symphonies (the fourth of which is also a ballet), works for wind orchestra, concertos for many instruments, solo and chamber music for both strings and winds, and music for stage and screen. Atso Almila studied in the conducting classes of Jorma Panula (orchestral) and Harald Andersén (choral) at the Sibelius Academy, and himself taught conducting at the Academy from 1991 to He begins as fixed-term Professor of orchestral conducting at the Sibelius Academy in August In autumn 2006 the Association of Finnish Symphony Orchestras awarded Atso Almila its gold medal for his contribution to orchestral life in Finland. ALEKSI MÄKIMATTILA Aleksi Mäkimattila (b. 1992) entered the Sibelius Academy as a pupil of Kalervo Kulmala in 2011 and is at present deputising as sub-principal French horn in the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. JONATHAN NIKKINEN Jonathan Nikkinen (b. 1991) began his professional horn studies with Erja Joukamo-Ampuja at the Sibelius Academy in By night he turns into Batman. LAURI VASALA Lauri vasala (b. 1991) transferred from the Oulu Conservatory to the Sibelius Academy in 2008 and is now a pupil of Timo Ronkainen. He has already collaborated with the Oulu City Theatre, the Oulu Symphony Orchestra and the Lohja City Orchestra. HANNES KAUKORANTA Hannes Kaukoranta (b. 1990) has studied with Erja Joukamo-Ampuja at the Sibelius Academy and with Sarah Willis and Denise Tryon. He has been an extra in the Finnish National Opera Orchestra, the Helsinki and Turku Philharmonics and the Kymi Sinfonietta and is at present temping in the Tampere Philharmonic. The members of the quartet have been playing together since autumn 2012, under the guidance of Jukka Harju. 3

4 ESSI HÖGLUND Essi Höglund (b. 1997) has twice been the soloist with the Kymi Sinfonietta and twice won special prizes in the international Young Musician violin competition in Tallinn. She was a finalist in the Jyväskylä Violin Competition in Essi has attended masterclasses with Mikhail Kopelman, Pinchas Zukerman, Ulrike Danhofer and others and since autumn 2010 has been attending the Violin Academy subordinate to the Savonlinna Music Academy taught by Elina Vähälä, Janne Malmivaara and Ilja Grubert. In summer 2012 she was the soloist in the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto at the Liminka Music Festival. She has been a pupil of Réka Szilvay at the Junior Sibelius Academy since autumn Essi has been awarded study grants by the Pro Musica foundation, the Finnish Cultural Foundation and others and plays a modern Austrian Rombach violin on loan to her. UKKO PIETILÄ Ukko Pietilä (b. 1996) is a 17-year-old oboist from Helsinki. Now a pupil of Sanna Niemikunnas, he has attended masterclasses with Nicholas Daniel, Gregor Witt and others. One of his greatest motivations has been playing in an orchestra, and most of his spare time is spent doing this: with the Vivo Symphony Orchestra, Tapiola Young Symphonists and Nordea Jean Sibelius Orchestra. Any remaining time he devotes to school, hanging out with friends, reading and dreaming about travelling. IIKKA JÄRVI Iikka Järvi (b. 1993) is now in his first year at the Sibelius Academy, having studied in the Junior Academy since He has played in a number of orchestras and chamber ensembles, such as the Nordea Jean Sibelius Orchestra and the Tapiola Young Symphonists, and has been the soloist with the Sibelius High-School Symphony Orchestra and the Tapiola Young Cellists. In spring 2012 he won the first prize in the highschool category of the National Youth Double Bass Competition. He plays a double bass made by Stefan Johann Krattenmacher in EMMA-JOHANNA KOPONEN Emma-Johanna Koponen (b. 1994) has been a student of Katariina Liimatainen in Kuopio since autumn She has been taught in masterclasses by Liisa Pohjola, Tuija Hakkila, Eero Heinonen, Seppo Salovius, Risto-Matti Marin and Henri Sigfridsson. Winner of the second prize for her age-group in the Kuopio Piano Competitions in 2005 and 2008, she was awarded the first prize in her category in She participated in the Leevi Madetoja Piano Competition in 2009 and 2012 and was the soloist with the Amko Symphony Orchestra in Kuopio in Emma also plays the oboe and the violin. 4

5 REBECCA ROOZEMAN Rebecca Roozeman (b. 2001) won the first prize in the Seppo Tukiainen Violin Competition in 2010 and in the international Young Musician competition in Tallinn in A pupil at the Espoo Music Institute, she was the soloist in a Vivaldi concerto with Mikk Murdvee conducting at the Haapsalu International String Festival and appeared at the Hiiumaa Festival in Estonia in Soloist with the Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Dalia Stasevska in autumn 2011, Rebecca performed in a Young Soloists concert given by the Tapiola Young Symphonists that same autumn and was then chosen by the orchestra to play in four concerts conducted by Jan Söderblom during its tour to Italy in spring In November 2012 she appeared with members of the Meta4 quartet at the Oulainen Music Festival and gave a recital with her brothers at Nijmegen in The Netherlands. AAPO JÄRVINEN Aapo Järvinen (b. 1993) has been studying for a Master s degree at the Sibelius Academy since autumn 2012, with Hanna Juutilainen as his teacher. His greatest musical experiences have, he says, been playing with others. He is an active chamber musician and enjoys orchestral work with the Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra and the Oma Orchestra. Right now, Aapo is inspired most of all by the music of Bach, Bartók and Debussy. In his free time he reads, bakes and draws. He has also been a keen bird-watcher ever since he was a child. SISU SIEPPALA Sisu Sieppala (b. 1999) was only ten when chosen for the five-year tuition at the Savonlinna Violin Academy, in spring 2009, and he was taught there by his present teacher, Janne Malmivaara, and by Elina Vähälä, Ilja Grubert and visiting teachers Ana Chumachenko and Tuomas Haapanen. He entered the class of Janne Malmivaara at the Turku Conservatory in autumn 2010 and was a young soloist with the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra in spring In early 2012 he won the first prize for under-14s in the Juhani Heinonen Violin Competition. Grants from the Pro Musica and Astrid Swan foundations in spring 2012 have encouraged Sisu in his studies. JAN-PAUL ROOZEMAN Jan-Paul Roozeman (b. 1994) entered the Junior Sibelius Academy as a pupil of Jussi Siirala in 2005 and is now also studying the clarinet in the senior Academy. He has attended Sibelius Academy chamber music courses given both by his own teachers and, among others, by Paavo Pohjola, Marko Ylönen, Antti Tikkanen and Minna Pensola. His teachers on summer courses have included Konstantin Bogino, Erik T. Tawaststjerna, Tuija Hakkila and Valeria Resjan. Selected Young Artist of the Year by the Pro Musica foundation in spring 2009, Jan-Paul won the second prize in the international EPTA Piano Competition in Belgium in He has appeared at a number of international festivals all over the world. In 5

6 February 2012, he took the main prize in the Helmi Vesa Competition. In June, he gave a recital with his brother at the Middelburg Festival in The Netherlands. In November 2012, he appeared at the Oulainen Music Festival with members of the Meta4 quartet and others and with his brother and sister in a subscription concert at Nijmegen in The Netherlands. THE FINNISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FRSO) is the orchestra of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (yle). Its mission is to produce and promote Finnish musical culture. Its Chief Conductor as of autumn 2013 will be Hannu Lintu, following a season (2012/2013) as the orchestra s Principal Guest Conductor. The FRSO has two Honorary Conductors: Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Sakari Oramo. The Radio Orchestra of ten players founded in 1927 grew to symphony orchestra strength in the 1960s. Its previous Chief Conductors have been Toivo Haapanen, Nils-Eric Fougstedt, Paavo Berglund, Okko Kamu, Leif Segerstam, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Sakari Oramo. The latest contemporary music is a major item in the repertoire of the FRSO, which each year premieres a number of yle commissions. Another of the orchestra s tasks is to record all Finnish orchestral music for the yle archive. During the 2012/2013 season it will premiere six works commissioned by yle. The FRSO has recorded works by Eötvös, Nielsen, Hakola, Lindberg, Saariaho, Sallinen, Kaipainen, Kokkonen and others, and the debut disc of the opera Aslak Hetta by Armas Launis. Its discs have reaped some major distinctions, such as the BBC Music Magazine Award and the Académie Charles Cros Award. The disc of the Sibelius and Lindberg Violin Concertos (Sony BMG) with Lisa Batiashvili as the soloist received the MIDEM Classical Award in 2008, in which year the New York Times chose the other Lindberg disc as its Record of the Year. The FRSO regularly tours to all parts of the world. During the 2012/2013 season it will be heading for Eastern Finland and Southern Europe. All the FRSO concerts both in Finland and abroad are broadcast, usually live, on yle Radio 1. They can also be heard and watched with excellent live stream quality on the FRSO website (yle.fi/rso). 6