Jyväskylä Sinfonia

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Jyväskylä Sinfonia is an orchestra in Finland. [1] [2] [3] Its current music director is Ville Matvejeff. [4] [5] [6] [7] Jyväskylä Sinfonia was the first to record Einojuhani Rautavaara's Aleksis Kivi. [8] [9] Their first recording for Naxos Records was the first-five numbered symphonies by Joseph Haydn. The orchestra accompanied baritone Waltteri Torikka on his platinum-selling [5] debut album Sydän. [10] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Seppälä, Antti (April 4, 2017). "Jyväskylä Sinfonia pilkkoi itsensä ja jalkautui kauppakeskuksiin ja palvelutaloihin". Yle. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Stevenson, Joseph. "Jyväskylä Symphony Orchestra". allmusic.com. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Jyväskylä Sinfonia". sinfoniaorkesterit.fi. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Pasanen, Inkeri (September 10, 2017). "Jyväskylä Sinfonia soi mainetta kaupungille". Keskisuomalainen. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  5. 1 2 Vuorela, Arvo (January 20, 2016). "Jyväskylä Sinfonia ennätysvireessä: katsomot täynnä ja tapahtumia yli sata". Yle. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  6. ↑ Rosvall, Minna (August 13, 2017). "Kapellimestari Ville Matvejeff lähestyy läpimurtoa maailman huipulle – kalenterissa varauksia monen vuoden päähän". Yle. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  7. ↑ Paaso, Marika (March 4, 2015). "Ville Matvejeff jatkaa Jyväskylä Sinfonian ylikapellimestarina". Yle. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  8. ↑ Naxos profile
  9. ↑ Seppälä, Antti; Jokiniemi, Emmakaisa (January 8, 2014). "Matvejeff: Jyväskylä Sinfonia kovatasoinen orkesteri". Yle. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  10. ↑ Toivakka, Sari (October 6, 2015). "Waltteri Torikka ja Jyväskylä Sinfonia julkaisevat viihdelevyn". Keskisuomalainen. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  11. ↑ Toivakka, Sari (November 3, 2015). "Jyväskylä Sinfonia ja Waltteri Torikka Musiikkitalossa". Keskisuomalainen. Retrieved 11 September 2017.


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