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Concerts in Switzerland and Finland

Susanna Mälkki starts her 2026 season in Montreux, where on September 15, she leads Les Siècles in Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, using the original score, and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with virtuoso violinist Alexandra Conunova. On September 25 she returns[…]

Sibelius Academy concerts

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[…]

July concerts in Tokyo and Seoul

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[…]

Concerts with the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln

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[…]

Mozartfest with the Bamberger Symphoniker and a return to Stockholm

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,[…]