 | This article needs additional citations for verification .(July 2014) |
The Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat ("YS", the Helsinki University Symphony Orchestra) is a symphony orchestra resident in Helsinki, Finland. [1]
YS was founded in 1926.[ citation needed ] It is a full-sized symphony orchestra, and performs concerts and tours both at home in Finland and abroad and takes part in various academic festivities.
The Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat can trace its roots back to the year 1747, when the Akateeminen Kapelli (the Academic Capella) was founded at the Turku Academy.[ citation needed ] After the great fire of Turku in 1827, the university moved to Helsinki, taking the orchestra with it.[ citation needed ] From 1868 until 1926, the orchestra was run as a department of the University of Helsinki, under the name of Akadeeminen Orkesteri (the Academic Orchestra).[ citation needed ] In 1926, the Academic Orchestra gained its independence and became the Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat.
A number of world-famous Finnish conductors started their careers as principal or assistant conductor of the Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat, including Paavo Berglund, Okko Kamu and Susanna Mälkki.[ citation needed ]
| Conductor | Dates |
|---|---|
| Toivo Haapanen | 1926–1936 |
| Jussi Jalas | 1936–1946 |
| Erik Cronvall | 1946–1966 |
| Leif Segerstam | 1966–1967 |
| Kari Tikka | 1967–1972 |
| Ilpo Mansnerus | 1972–1974 |
| Ylermi Poijärvi | 1974–1976 |
| Alf Nybo | 1976–1979 |
| Esa-Pekka Salonen | 1979–1980 |
| Petri Sakari | 1980–1985 |
| Markus Lehtinen | autumn 1983, 1985–1988 |
| Tuomas Pirilä | 1988–1990 |
| Michael Adelson | 1990–1992 |
| John Storgårds | 1992–1996 |
| Tuomas Rousi | 1996–2001 |
| Jyri Nissilä | 2001–2003 |
| David Searle | 2003–2007 |
| Mikk Murdvee | 2007– |
Osmo Antero Vänskä is a Finnish conductor, clarinetist, and composer.
Paavo Allan Engelbert Berglund was a Finnish conductor and violinist.
The Sibelius Academy is part of the University of the Arts Helsinki and a university-level music school which operates in Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland. It also has an adult education centre in Järvenpää and a training centre in Seinäjoki. The Academy is the only music university in Finland. It is among the biggest European music universities with roughly 1,700 enrolled students.
Leevi Antti Madetoja was a Finnish composer, music critic, conductor, and teacher of the late-Romantic and early-modern periods. He is widely recognized as one of the most significant Finnish contemporaries of Jean Sibelius, under whom he studied privately from 1908–10.
Jorma Juhani Panula is a Finnish conductor, composer, and teacher of conducting. He has mentored many Finnish conductors, such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mikko Franck, Sakari Oramo, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, and Osmo Vänskä.
Georg Lennart Schnéevoigt was a Finnish conductor and cellist, born in Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland, which is now in Russia, to Ernst Schnéevoigt and Rosa Willandt.
Okko Tapani Kamu is a Finnish orchestral conductor and violinist.
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra is a Finnish broadcast orchestra based in Helsinki, and the orchestra of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle). The orchestra primarily gives concerts at the Helsinki Music Centre. Primary funding comes from television licence fees from the Finnish population.
The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra is a Finnish orchestra based in Helsinki. Its primary concert venue is the Helsinki Music Centre.
Susanna Ulla Marjukka Mälkki is a Finnish conductor and cellist.
Mikk Murdvee is an Estonian-Finnish conductor and violinist living in Helsinki, Finland.
YL Male Voice Choir was founded by P. J. Hannikainen in 1883 to become the choir of the Helsinki University. It is also the oldest Finnish-language choir. Nowadays the choir is not completely tied to the university, but all applicants are expected to have passed the matriculation exam or study at any university level. Up to June 2010, YL was conducted by Matti Hyökki. In July 2010, Pasi Hyökki began his tenure as conductor of the choir.
John Gunnar Rafael Storgårds is a Finnish violinist and conductor.
The Helsinki Music Centre is a concert hall and a music center in Töölönlahti, Helsinki. The building is home to Sibelius Academy and two symphony orchestras, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.
Turku Music Festival is the oldest continuously operating music festival in Finland. The festival was founded in 1960 by the Musical Society in Turku. The city festival offers audiences' big orchestral concerts, chamber music concerts, recitals, jazz, out-door events and concerts. The festival is annually visited by both international and Finnish artists.
Hannu Petteri Lintu is a Finnish conductor.
The Turku Philharmonic Orchestra is a Finnish orchestra based in Turku, Finland. It is the oldest orchestra in Finland, and one of the world's oldest still active orchestras. The Turku Philharmonic is resident at the Turku Concert Hall, the first purpose-built concert hall in Finland, completed in 1952.
The Symphony No. 4, Op. 49, is an orchestral composition by the Finnish composer Aulis Sallinen, who wrote the piece from 1978–79 for a commission from the City of Turku, to celebrate its 750th anniversary. The Turku Philharmonic Orchestra premiered the work on 9 August 1979, under the direction of its principal conductor, Pertti Pekkanen.
Klaus Mäkelä is a Finnish conductor and cellist.
{{cite web}}: External link in |publisher=