Susanna Mälkki is sought-after at the highest level with symphony orchestras and in opera houses worldwide. She appears regularly with top orchestras throughout Europe and North America; Helsinki Philharmonic, where she is Chief Conductor Emeritus and was Chief Conductor from 2016 until 2023, Los Angeles Philharmonic, where she was Principal Guest Conductor from 2017 until 2022, Philadelphia Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony, London Symphony Orchestra, the Münchner Philharmoniker, Wiener Symphoniker, Bayerischer Rundfunk and the Berliner Philharmoniker. By invitation of Pierre Boulez, Mälkki was also the Music Director of the Ensemble intercontemporain from 2006-2013.

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Equally in demand with major opera houses, past notable appearances include at the Opéra national de Paris, Teatro alla Scala Milan, the Wiener Staatsoper, The Metropolitan Opera, the Gran Teatre del Liceu and The Royal Opera House, London. Operatic titles this season and beyond show Mälkki’s versatility in the artform; Janáček’s The Makropulos Case, Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Beethoven’s Fidelio, Faure’s Penelope and Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde.

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Fauré’s ‘Pénélope’ at Munich Opera Festival

Susanna Mälkki takes the podium at the Bavarian State Opera to conduct the company’s first-ever production of Gabriel Fauré’s Pénélope, marking a rare revival of the composer’s only opera. The staging is part of the Munich Opera Festival, which this year celebrates its[…]

‘Le nozze di Figaro’ at Munich Opera Festival

On July 3, Susanna Mälkki conducts Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro at the Bavarian State Opera as part of this year’s Munich Opera Festival. She returns to the festival later in the month to lead performances of Fauré’s rarely-heard opera, Pénélope. Directed by Evgeny[…]

Perry, Stravinsky and Bartók with the LSO

On May 17 and 18, Susanna Mälkki leads the London Symphony Orchestra in two stellar concerts, first at Brighton Dome and then at London’s famous Barbican Centre. The vibrant program opens with Julia Perry’s bold and rarely heard A Short Piece for Large Orchestra, followed[…]

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Upcoming Performances

JUL 18, 21, 23, 26, 29, 2025

Pénélope

Bayerische Staatsoper

Munich

SEP 25, 26, 2025

Danish National Symphony Orchestra

DR Koncerthuset

Hilary Hahn, violin
Copenhagen

OCT 11, 12, 2025

Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Suntory Hall

Tokyo

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