Upcoming Concerts

Violinist Caroline Widmann brings her distinctive artistry to a programme with Hildegard von Bingen’s medieval antiphons, Franz Schreker’s colourful pantomime Der Geburtstag der Infantin, and a rare performance of Richard Strauss’s Violin Concerto.

Conductor Kristian Sallinen has designed a program in which Beethoven’s and Chin’s works intertwine to create a vision where urbanization clears a path through nature, leaving behind a dream of a balanced relationship with the natural world.

Jasper Dommett’s new work commissioned by the Tapiola Sinfonietta will serve as the highlight of the queer festival. Bernstein’s Serenade is based on Plato’s Symposium, and offers a lightly philosophical perspective on the theme, featuring Tami Pohjola as soloist.

In 1946, Paul Sacher conducted a concert that premiered three works he had commissioned: pieces by Stravinsky and Martinů, as well as Honegger’s Fourth Symphony. Nicolas Altstaedt presents the very same concert programme in Tapiola.

The South Indian mridangam drum, the Chinese pipa lute, and migratory birds play leading roles in the second concert of the Juuret Festival, conducted by Anna‑Maria Helsing.

Inmo Yang, winner of the 2022 Sibelius Violin Competition, will perform Prokofiev’s sparkling Second Violin Concerto. The concert, conducted by Nil Venditti, will also feature music by living composers Fazil Say and Camille Pépin.

In the season’s opening concert, renowned violist Laurence Power takes on the challenge by stepping into the role of violin soloist in Brahms’s Double Concerto, while the cello part is performed by the orchestra’s artistic partner, Nicolas Altstaedt.

Marianna Shirinyan takes the stage as the soloist in Galina Ustvolskaya’s Piano Concerto. Eva Ollikainen conducts a programme featuring Naava by the Teosto Award–winning composer Joel Järventausta and Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony.

Beethoven faced many hardships in his life, but the Fate Symphony reveals the attitude needed to overcome them. Ryan Bancroft and soprano Carolyn Sampson perform Canteloube’s radiant “Chants d’Auvergne”, preceded in the concert by Schubert’s Rosamunde Overture.

Anders Hillborg’s viola concerto will be performed by the rising star of the younger generation, violist Timothy Ridout. Andrew Manze also conducts works by Schönberg and Sibelius.

Erkki Melartin’s sexual orientation was once an open secret. Saint-Saëns and Tchaikovsky tried to dispel the rumors by getting married – an attempt that ultimately failed. The music of these closeted gay composers is performed by cellist Seth Parker Woods and conductor Janne Nisonen.

The Tapiola Sinfonietta’s autumn season concludes with French music in the capable hands of the orchestra’s artistic partner, Ryan Bancroft. The harp soloist in Saint-Saëns’ and Pierné’s virtuosic concert pieces is Emmanuel Ceysson.

Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor is a melancholic gem among Romantic violin concertos. Alongside the concerto, the programme includes Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring and Arvo Pärt’s Fratres, all led by violinist Stefan Jackiw.

W. A. Mozart and Maksym Berezovskyi studied in Bologna at the same time. In addition to these two composers, the concert conducted by Olha Dondyk features Schubert’s Symphony No. 6, with Irina Zahharenkova as the soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto.

In a concert conducted by Olari Elts, the uniqueness of the musical moment is highlighted through works by three French composers. In pieces by Dutilleux and Debussy, the Balkan folk instrument cimbalom rings out, played by its master Hans‑Kristian Sørensen.

Takemitsu, Ravel and Stravinsky sought inspiration for their works from cultures both near and distant. Saariaho’s Leino Songs, performed here by soprano Tuuli Lindeberg, explore the Finnish artistic pursuit of beauty dating back over a century.

In the concert led by Tapiola Sinfonietta’s Artistic Partner Nicolas Altstaedt, the cello sings the calm of a Bohemian forest, Killmayer’s music flashes images of youth, and Dvořák’s symphony stirs the world.

The season’s first After Work concert, conducted by Eva Ollikainen, features Naava by the Teosto Award–winning composer Joel Järventausta and Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony.

Haydn’s oratorio encompasses the entire world. The exuberant The Creation resounds magnificently in this joint production by VocalEspoo and the Tapiola Sinfonietta.

Lonely Child for soprano – in this case, the renowned sopranista Samuel Mariño – is Vivier’s best-known work. In addition, the opening concert of the Tapiola Sinfonietta’s Queer Festival features distinctive works by Ethel Smyth and Hans Werner Henze, conducted by Vanessa Chartrand.

Janne Nisonen conducts a one-hour concert featuring works by the closeted composers Melartin and Tchaikovsky.

The final After Work event of the autumn takes us on a journey through French music. Led by our artistic partner Ryan Bancroft, the program features Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin and Bizet’s only symphony C major.

Bad Christmas! Hosted by Antti Holma, the evening features brand‑new compositions to poems by, among others, Reino Leino and Sirsi Sunnas. To make sure the evening is not entirely terrible, the composers represent the very top tier in Finland – not to mention the singers.

Bad Christmas! Hosted by Antti Holma, the evening features brand‑new compositions to poems by, among others, Reino Leino and Sirsi Sunnas. To make sure the evening is not entirely terrible, the composers represent the very top tier in Finland – not to mention the singers.

Espoon Tanssiopisto and Tapiola Sinfonietta will present the ballet Snow Queen of Ilkka Kuusisto in January 2027.

The first After Work concert of the spring features Ukrainian conductor Olha Dondyk, who brings to the audience Maksym Berezovsky’s First Symphony and Franz Schubert’s Sixth Symphony.

The one-act opera Kerran, by composer Heta Aho and writer Juha Itkonen, tells a love story whose protagonists meet in a hardware store somewhere along a ring road.

Ryan Bancroft will present Toru Takemitsu’s orchestral work How Slow the Wind and Stravinsky’s fairy-tale-like Firebird.

In Tapiola Sinfonietta’s easter concert, violinist and conductor Fabio Biondi, a pioneer of early music, conducts Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Christ.

Join us for Mr. Clutterbuck’s nighttime adventure! Marzi Nyman has composed wonderful new music for the concert.

Broadway’s brightest stars set the standard, and now it’s Anna-Maija Tuoko and Maria Ylipää’s time to shine! The music is led by Eeva Kontu.

British conductor Andrew Manze, Sinfonia Lahti, and Tapiola Sinfonietta join forces to perform the undisputed masterpiece of the 20th century. Everyone must experience The Rite of Spring in concert at least once in their lifetime.

At the first After Work event of the spring, we will admire cellist Nicolas Altstaedt’s joie de vivre!

Praised for her powerful solo albums and genre-defying artistry, Aili Järvelä joins forces with the Tapiola Sinfonietta in a captivating concert where modern songwriting meets symphonic sound.

The EVA Trio’s new children’s album Orava, peippo ja pikkuinen lintu (Squirrel, Finch and Little Bird) has been warmly received, and now the songs from the album can also be heard live in a new arrangement for a 12-piece ensemble of the Tapiola Sinfonietta.

Thoroughly immersed in historically informed performance practice, Peter Whelan takes on one of the greatest challenges in Baroque repertoire with the professional singers of the Helsinki Chamber Choir.

At the Tapiola Sinfonietta ball at the Old Student House, you can travel through time in style, boisterously, and each in your own way – this is an invitation to dance!

Haydn’s oratorio encompasses the entire world. The exuberant The Creation resounds magnificently in this joint production by VocalEspoo and the Tapiola Sinfonietta.

Lonely Child for soprano – in this case, the renowned sopranista Samuel Mariño – is Vivier’s best-known work. In addition, the opening concert of the Tapiola Sinfonietta’s Queer Festival features distinctive works by Ethel Smyth and Hans Werner Henze, conducted by Vanessa Chartrand.

Janne Nisonen conducts a one-hour concert featuring works by the closeted composers Melartin and Tchaikovsky.

The final After Work event of the autumn takes us on a journey through French music. Led by our artistic partner Ryan Bancroft, the program features Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin and Bizet’s only symphony C major.

Bad Christmas! Hosted by Antti Holma, the evening features brand‑new compositions to poems by, among others, Reino Leino and Sirsi Sunnas. To make sure the evening is not entirely terrible, the composers represent the very top tier in Finland – not to mention the singers.

The first After Work concert of the spring features Ukrainian conductor Olha Dondyk, who brings to the audience Maksym Berezovsky’s First Symphony and Franz Schubert’s Sixth Symphony.

The one-act opera Kerran, by composer Heta Aho and writer Juha Itkonen, tells a love story whose protagonists meet in a hardware store somewhere along a ring road.

Ryan Bancroft will present Toru Takemitsu’s orchestral work How Slow the Wind and Stravinsky’s fairy-tale-like Firebird.

In Tapiola Sinfonietta’s easter concert, violinist and conductor Fabio Biondi, a pioneer of early music, conducts Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Christ.

Join us for Mr. Clutterbuck’s nighttime adventure! Marzi Nyman has composed wonderful new music for the concert.

Broadway’s brightest stars set the standard, and now it’s Anna-Maija Tuoko and Maria Ylipää’s time to shine! The music is led by Eeva Kontu.

British conductor Andrew Manze, Sinfonia Lahti, and Tapiola Sinfonietta join forces to perform the undisputed masterpiece of the 20th century. Everyone must experience The Rite of Spring in concert at least once in their lifetime.

The season’s first After Work concert, conducted by Eva Ollikainen, features Naava by the Teosto Award–winning composer Joel Järventausta and Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony.

Espoon Tanssiopisto and Tapiola Sinfonietta will present the ballet Snow Queen of Ilkka Kuusisto in January 2027.

Tapiola Sinfonietta’s spring season ends with a choreographed performance of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s socially critical classic The Seven Deadly Sins.

Bad Christmas! Hosted by Antti Holma, the evening features brand‑new compositions to poems by, among others, Reino Leino and Sirsi Sunnas. To make sure the evening is not entirely terrible, the composers represent the very top tier in Finland – not to mention the singers.

The theme of the 2026 “Chamber Music at Villa Gyllenberg” concert series is “The Marginalised.” The series consists of three different subthemes and concerts.