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Pietari Inkinen makes impressive Singapore Symphony debut

Johanna Rusanen, Pietari Inkinen and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra © Yong Junyi | Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Impressive Sibelius and Wagner figure in Pietari Inkinen's Singapore Symphony debut, featuring soprano Johanna Rusanen. 
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Finnish mythology brought to life as the Sibelius Festival opens

Pasi Hyökki, Hannu Lintu, Davóne Tines and Johanna Rusanen © Sinfonia Lahti | Antti Sihlman
Kullervo opens the 26th Sibelius Festival in Lahti, but the new edition brings a big change: not all the music will is by Sibelius! 
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New at the Zurich helm, Paavo Järvi points north

Paavo Järvi launches his tenure as Chief Conductor of Zurich’s fine Tonhalle Orchestra with works by Arvo Pärt and Jean Sibelius.
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Rouvali brings Kullervo to Gothenburg

Sibelius' Kalevala-inspired epic is given the full treatment by the Orphei Drängar choir and the Gothenburg Symphony in Santtu-Matias Rouvali's inaugural concert as Chief Conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony.
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Kullervo at the Savonlinna Festival

Kari Heiskanen's questionable production of Sallinen's bleak opera is revived with a superb cast under the nuanced baton of Hannu Lintu.
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“The silence speaks”: A gripping Kullervo

After a lacklustre trio of concerts traversing the seven symphonies, Sibelius’ 150th anniversary Proms celebrations peaked with a gripping encounter with Kullervo.
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