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Kymi Sinfonietta

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Active from
  
1999

Record label
  
Alba


Members
  
Visa Haarala, Matti Jylhä-Vuorio, Csaba Rajnai

Albums
  
Klami, U.: Violin Concerto / Suite for String Orchestra / Serenades Joyeuses / Scenes From A Puppet Show (Kymi Scenes)

Similar
  
Uuno Klami, Dmitri Slobodeniouk, Elina Vähälä, Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Kalevi Aho

Profiles

Tarja turunen kymi sinfonietta live in kouvola finland 19 08 2016 full concert hd 1080 50p


The Kymi Sinfonietta is a sinfonietta-sized orchestra based in two Finnish cities, Kotka and Kouvola. The Kymi Sinfonietta was formed in 1999 after merging the Kotka and Kouvola City Orchestras and it is currently an ensemble of 31 regular players. Kymi Sinfonietta’s public performances range from about 100 to nearly 200 performances per year. Concerts by the Kymi Sinfonietta are held at Kotka Concert Hall on Wednesdays and Kouvola City Hall or Kuusankoski Hall on Thursdays.

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The Kymi Sinfonietta has a very broad repertoire ranging from small chamber works to large symphonies and also lighter programs. The orchestra also organizes various musical and cultural events, such as performances in schools, kindergartens and retirement homes and premiers the finals works in the International Uuno Klami Composition Competition which is held every five years. The Kymi Sinfonietta has been performing internationally in St Petersbourg in 2003, 2012 and 2013, Heerlen, Netherlands in 2007, China in 2008, London in 2010 and Riga, Latvia in 2011.

The Kymi Sinfonietta’s first Artistic Director was Juha Nikkola (1999–2003). In the years 2004 to 2006 Dmitri Slobodeniouk held the position of the Principal Guest Conductor. The most recent Artistic Director has been the Japanese conductor Yasuo Shinozaki (2007–2014).

The Kymi Sinfonietta performs regularly with Finnish and international artists such as Natalia Gutman, Michael Collins, Patrick Gallois, Monica Groop, Elina Vähälä, Kyoko Takezawa, Anthony Marwood, Pekka Kuusisto, Kari Kriikku, Olli Mustonen, and Alexei Lubimov and guest conductors such as Andres Mustonen, Andrew Lawrence-King, Nikolay Alexeyev, Hannu Lintu, Olari Elts, Dmitri Slobodeniouk and Alexander Mickelthwate. It has also collaborated with many orchestras and choirs, among them the Orchestras of St. Petersburg Philharmonia, the State Choir Latvija and the Saint Petersburg State Academic Choir.

Tarja turunen kymi sinfonietta sleeping sun nightwish kouvola 19 8 2016


Recordings

  • Klami Rhapsodie (2002)
  • Täyttyneiden toiveiden maa (2004)
  • KymiScenes (2007)
  • Songs

    Sérénades joyeuses: II Tempo di valse lenteKlami - U: Violin Concerto / Suite for String Orchestra / Serenades Joyeuses / Scenes From A Puppet Show (Kymi Scenes) · 2000
    Sérénades joyeuses: III AllegroKlami - U: Violin Concerto / Suite for String Orchestra / Serenades Joyeuses / Scenes From A Puppet Show (Kymi Scenes) · 2000
    Sérénades joyeuses: I Allegro legerementeKlami - U: Violin Concerto / Suite for String Orchestra / Serenades Joyeuses / Scenes From A Puppet Show (Kymi Scenes) · 2000

    References

    Kymi Sinfonietta Wikipedia


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