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Nomination for the International Opera Awards 2025

Susanna Mälkki has been nominated in the Conductor category of this year’s International Opera Awards. Winners will be announced on November 13th, in a gala ceremony hosted by Greek National Opera at the Stavros Niarchos Hall.

September concerts

This upcoming season, Susanna Mälkki returns to Helsinki to conduct the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra on September 17 and 18. The program features Berlioz’s lyric scene, Cléopâtre, who he considered to be the ultimate romantic, with mezzo Karen Deshayes breathing[…]

Fauré’s ‘Pénélope’ at Munich Opera Festival

Susanna Mälkki takes the podium at the Bavarian State Opera to conduct the company’s first-ever production of Gabriel Fauré’s Pénélope, marking a rare revival of the composer’s only opera. The staging is part of the Munich Opera Festival, which this year celebrates its[…]

‘Le nozze di Figaro’ at Munich Opera Festival

On July 3, Susanna Mälkki conducts Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro at the Bavarian State Opera as part of this year’s Munich Opera Festival. She returns to the festival later in the month to lead performances of Fauré’s rarely-heard opera, Pénélope. Directed by Evgeny[…]

Perry, Stravinsky and Bartók with the LSO

On May 17 and 18, Susanna Mälkki leads the London Symphony Orchestra in two stellar concerts, first at Brighton Dome and then at London’s famous Barbican Centre. The vibrant program opens with Julia Perry’s bold and rarely heard A Short Piece for Large Orchestra, followed[…]