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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,[…]

Innocence at the Metropolitan Opera and a world premiere in Boston

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[…]

Tristan at Gran Teatre del Liceu

Susanna Mälkki starts 2026 in Barcelona, conducting Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, the immense dramatic-musical poem; an infinite song of love and death inspired by the medieval Celtic legend from the 12th century, compiled by Gottfried von Strassburg, which became one of[…]