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    The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (in Finnish: Helsingin kaupunginorkesteri; in Swedish: Helsingfors stadsorkester; literal English translation: Helsinki...
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  • John Storgårds (category Musicians from Helsinki)
    Storgårds became Artistic Director of the Chamber Orchestra of Lapland. With the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, he became Principal Guest Conductor in 2003...
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    Esa-Pekka Salonen (category Musicians from Helsinki)
    conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra in London and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 2024, he announced his resignation...
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  • conductor to Susanna Mälkki at the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2018, he was appointed conductor of the Polytech Orchestra (Espoo, Finland). In 2019, he...
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    Helsinki. The building is home to Sibelius Academy and two symphony orchestras, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra...
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    Susanna Mälkki (category Musicians from Helsinki)
    October 2017, the Helsinki Philharmonic announced the extension of her contract as chief conductor through 2021. In June 2019, the orchestra announced a further...
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  • Vista (composition) (category Music commissioned by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
    orchestra written by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. The work was commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra,...
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    Paavo Berglund (category People of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra)
    in 2002, Berglund explains how he heard the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra on their tour in Helsinki with Wilhelm Furtwängler and was very impressed. Shortly...
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    conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra from 1995 to 2007, and now holds the title of Chief Conductor Emeritus with the orchestra. At the same time...
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    Susanna Mälkki, conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Hannu Lintu, conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Klaus Mäkelä, conductor of the...
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    Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, and the UMO Jazz Orchestra and worked as a soloist with the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra and Tampere...
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    Jukka-Pekka Saraste (category Toronto Symphony Orchestra members)
    the post through the 2018–2019 season. In April 2022, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra announced the appointment of Saraste as its next chief conductor...
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    its Finnish premiere, with Georg Schnéevoigt conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Luonnotar is thematically unrelated to an earlier project...
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    was." The original version of the work was premiered by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sibelius on 8 December 1915, his 50th birthday...
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    Jean Sibelius (category Honorary members of the Royal Philharmonic Society)
    of the work in Helsinki, conducting the orchestra of the Philharmonic Society. Sibelius's music was increasingly presented in Helsinki's concert halls...
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    Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and was principal conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 – Sinfonia...
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    gestures in post-war music. The symphony was premiered by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the composer, on 19 February 1923 and had other...
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  • Orchestra (2017–2019) Philharmonia Orchestra (2022–2023) Trondheim Symphony Orchestra (2022–2023) Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (2023–2024) Clyne was appointed...
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    wrote the piece from 1937 to 1938. Georg Schnéevoigt and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra premiered the work on 5 May 1939; later that year, Klami enlisted...
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    Schnéevoigt was touring London with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (it was billed as the "Finnish National Orchestra"), the principal conductorship of...
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  • Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, are omitted from this list. Likewise, principal conductors for opera companies are omitted, unless the orchestra of that...
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    numbered symphonies. Toivo Haapanen and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra premiered the work at the Helsinki Conservatory on 15 December 1946. The Second...
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    the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra from 1963 to 1965, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra from 1965 to 1972 and the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra from 1973...
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    Finlandia Hall (category Buildings and structures in Helsinki)
    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. The Finlandia Hall and its Congress wing was the only part of a plan for a grand new monumental centre for Helsinki around...
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    chamber orchestra by the Finnish composer Uuno Klami, who wrote the piece in 1928 (and possibly into 1929). Toivo Haapanen and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra...
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    Oslo Philharmonic, music director of the Orchestre de Paris, artistic partner and chief conductor-designate of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and...
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    1943 in Helsinki, Finland, with Toivo Haapanen conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; the soloist was the Finnish violinist Anja Ignatius. However...
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  • Union Baroque Orchestra European Union Youth Orchestra European Union Chamber Orchestra Professional orchestras Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra ("HKO", Finnish:...
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    Finally, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the London Symphony Orchestra jointly hold orchestra record, at...
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    Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet at the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Robert Kajanus at the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, and Eugene Ormandy...
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