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‘Innocence’ at Covent Garden

This month, Susanna Mälkki conducts the UK premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, marking her debut with the company. She also led the world premiere of the piece at Festival Aix-en-Provence in 2021 which received great acclaim,[…]

Concerts with New York Phil

Susanna Mälkki returns to perform with the New York Phil in a dynamic program of sensational 20th and 21st-century works this month. The concerts will begin with Charles Ives’ Unanswered Question, a short and adventurous work sketched out by the composer in 1906 and fully[…]

Dvořák with the LA Phil

Susanna Mälkki leads the LA Phil in Antonin Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 on March 23, 24, and 25. This collection of eight orchestral pieces was composed in 1878 and is inspired by traditional Slavic folk music, with each short composition named after a different[…]

Pelléas et Mélisande’ in Paris

On March 3 and 5, Susanna Mälkki leads the Orchestre National de France in two concert performances of Claude Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande at the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique in Paris. The incredible cast will feature Ben Bliss as Pelléas, Antoinette Dennefeld as[…]

Bartók Album featured on the American Record Guide for 2022

The American Record Guide, established in 1935, is America’s longest-running classical music review magazine. Susanna Mälkki’s recent Bartók recording was featured in their 2022 issue as a Critic’s Choice pick.