Olli Mustonen: Wunderkind still going strong

By Olli Lehtonen, 06 November 2016

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Reviewed at Turku Concert Hall, Turku on 4 November 2016

Beethoven, Die Weihe des Hauses (The Consecration of the House): Overture, Op.124

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 24 in C minor, K491

Mustonen, Triptych

Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphosis after Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

Olli Mustonen, Piano, Conductor

Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

A versatile programme in Turku

Olli Lehtonen, 16th March

Finnish pianist Juhani Lagerspetz impresses in Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto.

****1

Turku's new harp debuts in Rautavaara and Mozart

Olli Lehtonen, 27th January

New harp of the Turku Concert Hall had its first outing in a concert with a diverse program featuring a duet with flute and harp and Schoenberg’s sinister Verklärte Nacht.

***11

Sauna, sisu and Sibelius: Independence day gala concert in Turku Concert Hall

Olli Lehtonen, 6th December

Turku Philharmonic with conductor Atso Almila joined the Finland's 99th indepence day jubilee in a concert flourishing with national feeling.

***11

Danse macabre: Barnabas Kelemen's dark Shostakovich

Olli Lehtonen, 17th November

Barnabás Kelemen gave a strong performance of Shostakovich to last a dark polar night in Turku.

***11

Maximum: Slavic Night in Turku

Olli Lehtonen, 8th September

The Turku Philharmonic showcases some of the finest work from 20th-century Slavic composers.

Rereading Beethoven’s sonatas: Olli Mustonen performs in Sydney

Zoltán Szabó, 7th March

Olli Mustonen’s playing never permits a passive response. One can enthusiastically nod or one can profusely object, but the listener is asked to take a side and react.

*****

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Olli Lehtonen

Olli Lehtonen is a sixth year musicology student and a Bachelor of Arts from Turku, Finland. Although Olli has a popular music background he has a vast knowledge of classical music thanks to his studies and hobby. Apart from popular and classical music his passion is film music that goes way back to Western classical music tradition. His specialities are orchestral pieces of the Romantic Era and 20th-century modernists. In his free time he watches films, plays in different bands and goes to concerts both local and out of town.