CELEBRATING SIBELIUS 150 YEARS

“It’s not easy to describe his work. There is some kind of intensity in it that isn’t related to anything else in music”
 
Plans for the Sibelius anniversary year in 2015
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New recording from the WDR Symphony Orchestra

Jukka-Pekka and the WDR Symphony release their recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 on the Profil Hänssler label
 
 
Gramophone Magazine review
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JUKKA-PEKKA AND THE WDR SYMPHONY AT THE BERLINER FESTSPIELE

Jukka-Pekka and the WDR Symphony are in Berlin to perform a programme of Rihm and Schubert at the Philharmonie on 17 September.
 
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Tammisaari Festival 15th Anniversary

Jukka-Pekka and the Finnish Chamber Orchestra return to Tammisaari for four concerts.

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JUKKA-PEKKA AND THE WDR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RETURN TO SALZBURG

Jukka-Pekka and the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne return to Salzburg for their second residency at the Großes Festspielhaus, with concerts on 21, 22 and 23 May.

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CONCLUSION OF BEETHOVEN CYCLE WITH RADU LUPU IN HELSINKI

The final concert of the Beethoven cycle with Radu Lupu and the Finnish Chamber Orchestra takes place on 26 April at the Helsinki Music Centre.

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Jukka-Pekka and the WDR Symphony in Cologne and the Baltic with Brahms and Beethoven

Jukka-Pekka and the WDR Symphony Orchestra perform concerts in the Philharmonie before touring to Warsaw, Vilnius and Tallinn.

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Jukka-Pekka And The WDR Symphony Orchestra In Cologne And Vienna With Viennese Programme

Jukka-Pekka conducts the world premiere of Friedrich Cerha’s Drei Orchesterstücke in Cologne and brings the WDR Symphony to Vienna with a programme of Viennese music.

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In Conversation with Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Interview by Andrea Meyer-Borghardt (translated by Eva Oswalt) in the Dirigentenforum magazine about conducting, orchestral sound and the secret of a good rehearsal.

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