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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Season Opening Concerts with Staatskapelle Berlin

This September, Susanna Mälkki begins her 2024/25 season by leading the Staatskapelle Berlin in a series of concerts featuring the music of Gustav Mahler and Kaija Saariaho throughout Germany and Switzerland. The series begins at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin[…]

‘Pelléas et Mélisande’ in Aix-en-Provence

Susanna Mälkki returns to the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence this summer to conduct Pelléas et Mélisande in Katie Mitchell’s acclaimed production, which first debuted to great acclaim at the festival in 2016. Mitchell’s interpretation of Claude Debussy’s[…]

Susanna Mälkki receives an Honorary Doctorate from the Sibelius Academy and Uniarts

Being awarded an honorary doctorate is the highest accolade bestowed by the Sibelius Academy. As well as Susanna Mälkki, this year’s recipients include President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb, performer and collector of traditional Romani songs Hilja[…]

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Upcoming Performances

OCT 10, 12, 2024

Fidelio

Tampere Opera

Tampere
Photo: Erkka Wessman

OCT 31
NOV 1, 2, 2024

New York Philharmonic

David Geffen Hall

New York, NY
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Photo by Tom Zimberoff

NOV 30
DEC 4, 8, 10, 12, 17, 23, 2024

The Rake's Progress

Palais Garnier

Paris

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