On August 26, Susanna Mälkki will conduct the Sibelius Academy orchestra at Helsinki’s Musiikkitalo. The evening opens with Maurice Ravel’s Ma mère l’Oye, rich in the colourful imagery of French impressionism, followed by Sibelius’ Symphony No. 7; an architectural[…]

Susanna Mälkki travels to Japan this summer to conduct the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra on July 17 and 18 at Suntory Hall. The first piece of the program will be Dukas’ Prelude to Act 3 from “Ariane et Barbe-bleue”, followed by Debussy’ Nuages[…]

Susanna Mälkki will conduct the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln on June 14, 15 and 16 at the Kölner Philharmonie with a program that explores the allure of the forbidden, secrets in relationships, and the question of why people are sometimes drawn to the very things that frighten[…]

On May 30 at the Konzerthalle in Bamberg, Susanna Mälkki will lead the Bamberger Symphoniker, with Bertrand Chamayou as soloist, in one of Mozart’s most popular works: the Piano Concerto No. 23. This will be followed by Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony, written in 1884,[…]

This spring, Susanna Mälkki returns to the Metropolitan Opera to conduct Innocence, Kaija Saariaho’s final opera. The late, great Finnish composer was a close friend and collaborator of the conductor, and this relationship comes across in her deep understanding of the[…]