On April 25 and 26, Susanna Mälkki will lead the Gulbenkian Orchestra in a program featuring works by Kaija Saariaho and Gustav Mahler at the Grande Auditório Gulbenkian in Lisbon. The concert begins with Saariaho’s HUSH, a concerto for trumpet and orchestra composed for[…]

Susanna Mälkki is the new visionary in the long continuum of Finland’s internationally renowned conductor education. She will assume her position on 1 August 2025. Susanna Mälkki (b. 1969) is one of Finland’s most sought-after conductors internationally, having made a[…]

On March 26, Susanna Mälkki will lead the Royal Academy of Music’s Manson Ensemble in a concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of composer Pierre Boulez’s birth. A Royal Academy alumna herself, Mälkki returns to lead a program featuring Academy alumni, current[…]

Susanna Mälkki returns to The Metropolitan Opera to conduct Beethoven’s Fidelio on March 4, 7, 10, 12, and 15. This marks her third engagement with the company, following The Rake’s Progress and her 2016 Met debut with Kaija Saariaho’s L’amour de loin. Jürgen Flimm’s[…]

On January 30 and February 2, Susanna Mälkki returns to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, leading an emotional program that explores the complexities of death and what lies beyond.  The concert opens with Franz Schubert’s mysterious two-movement Symphony No. 8, nicknamed the[…]