Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra: Season series 2025–2026
AUTUMN 2025
SEASON OPENING: ODE TO JOY
Thursday, 4th September at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Matthew Halls, conductor
Helena Juntunen, soprano
Tuija Knihtilä, alto
Tuomas Katajala, tenor
Arttu Kataja, bass
Tampere Philharmonic Choir
Sebastian Fagerlund: Ignite
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
VERSES OF THE HEART
Friday, 12th September at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Matthew Halls, conductor
Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
THE MAGIC OF MOZART
Friday, 19th September at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Jonathan Cohen, conductor
Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 39
AFTERNOON OF FAUNS: UP AND AWAY!
Sunday, 21stSeptember at 3 PM, Tampere Hall (Small Auditorium)
Peter Maxwell Davies: Sea Eagle, Op.103
Maurice Ravel: Sonate posthume for violin and piano
Madeleine Dring: Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano
Aaron Jay Kernis: 100 Greatest dance hits
IN THE EMBRACE OF ROSENKAVALIER
Friday, 26th September at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Kristian Sallinen, conductor
Senja Rummukainen, cello
Magnus Lindberg: Concerto for Orchestra
Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Richard Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite
ECHOES OF KALEVALA
Friday, 3rd October at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Dimas Ruiz Santos, conductor
Ida Elina, kantele
Echoes of Kalevala is an audiovisual concert experience celebrating the 190th anniversary of Finland’s national epic, the Kalevala.
KING OF THE FRENCH HORN
Friday, 10th October at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Matthew Halls, conductor
Stefan Dohr, horn
Jean Sibelius: Tapiola
Steingrímur Rohloff: Horn Concerto, Finnish premiere (co-commission by the Tampere Philharmonic)
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1
THE LONG GOODBYE
Friday, 31st October at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Matthew Halls, conductor
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9
PASSIONATE ROMANTICS
Friday, 7th November at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Julie Røssland, conductor
Henning Kraggerud, violin
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture)
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Johan Svendsen: Symphony No. 1
AFTERNOON OF FAUNS: SHIVERS AND GLIMMERS
Sunday, 9 th November at 3 PM, Tampere Hall (Small Auditorium)
Mélanie "Mel" Bonis: Sonata for Flute and Piano
Grażyna Bacewicz: Quartet for Four Violins
Lea Antola, Linda Halme, Maija Wesslund and Kaia Voitka, violin
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8
SAGAS – ORCHESTRAL FANTASY MUSIC
Thursday, 13th and Friday, 14th November at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Gudrun Dahlkvist, conductor
Marika Hölttä, soprano
Tampere Philharmonic Choir
Experience the epic themes of Game of Thrones, Skyrim, The Legend of Zelda, The Lord of the Rings, and more, brought to life by a symphony orchestra, a soloist and a choir!
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS
Friday, 28th November at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Matthew Halls, conductor
Jasdeep Singh Degun,sitar
Claude Debussy: Afternoon of the Faun
Jasdeep Singh Degun: Arya, concerto for sitar and orchestra, Finnish premiere
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
INDEPENDENCE DAY CONCERT – NORTHERN SONG
Saturday, 6th December at 3 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Erle Kont-Vilson, conductor
Johannes Põlda, violin
Erkki Melartin: Symphony No. 5, “Sinfonia brevis”: movement I Moderato
Petri Nieminen: new work, world premiere, commissioned by Tampere Philharmonic
Jean Sibelius: Two Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 87
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus, Concerto for Birds and Orchestra
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
SYMPHONIC DANCES
Friday, 12th December at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Johan Dalene, violin
Sebastian Fagerlund: Drifts
Thomas Adès: Violin concerto, “Concentric Paths”
Sergei Rahmaninov: Symphonic Dances
AFTERNOON OF FAUNS: ECHOES ON THE PLAINS
Saturday, 13 th December at 3 PM, Tampere Hall (Small Auditorium)
Béla Bartók: A Potpourri of Duos for Two Violins
Aulis Sallinen: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 19, “Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik’s Funeral March"
Antonín Dvořák: String Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97, "American"
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Friday, 19th December at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Matthew Halls, conductor
Lydia Teuscher, soprano
Jess Dandy, alto
Tuomas Katajala, tenor
Arttu Kataja, bass
Tampere Philharmonic Choir
Johann Sebastian Bach: Weinachts Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio): parts I-III and VI
SPRING 2026
SANTTU-MATIAS ROUVALI & BRUCE LIU
Thursday, 15th and Friday, 16th January at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor
Bruce Liu, piano
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, “The Great”
AFTERNOON OF FAUNS: WESTERN INSPIRATIONS
Sunday, 18 th January at 3 PM, Tampere Hall (Small Auditorium)
Risei Kitazume: Dance
Nobu Koda: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Minor
Bruce Broughton: Trio for Flute, Viola and Harp "There is Always Something to Do"
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No. 1
LUONNOTAR AND THE SEA
Friday, 23rd January at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Matthew Halls, conductor
Tuuli Takala, soprano
Claude Debussy: La Mer (Ocean)
Jean Sibelius: Luonnotar
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3, “Pastoral”
TCHAIKOVSKY’S PIANO CONCERTO
Friday, 30th January at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Gergely Madaras, conductor
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1
Ernő Dohnányi: Symphony No. 1
AFTERNOON OF FAUNS: CASCADES OF LOVE
Sunday, 1st February at 3 PM, Tampere Hall (Small Auditorium)
Claude Debussy: Bilitis for Flute and Piano
Ilkka Hammo: Cascades for String Quartet
Kevin McKee: Iron Horse for Brass Quintet
Enrique Crespo: Suite Americana No. 1 for Brass Quintet
RAJATON & TAMPERE FILHARMONIA: QUEEN – WE WILL ROCK YOU!
Thursday, 5th February and Friday, 6 th February at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Nick Davies, conductor
Vocal group Rajaton
Queen programme.
DREAMSCAPES & FRONTIERS
Friday, 13th February at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Matthew Halls, conductor
Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello
Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Dreaming
Antonin Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 6
ADVENTURE CONCERT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
Friday, 20th February at 4 and 6 PM, Tampere Hall (Small Auditorium)
Ville Mononen, Nakkirakki and script
Loviisa Tuomi-Nikula, Detective of the Land of Music & script
Satu Sopanen, Detective of the Land of Music & script, music dramaturgy
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
In this musical adventure for the whole family, we’ll search together for the conductor’s missing baton.
AFTERNOON OF FAUNS: WHISPERS OF THE UNIVERSE
Sunday, 1st March at 3 PM, Tampere Hall (Small Auditorium)
J.S. Bach / V. Venglovsky: Chaconne (Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004), for five trombones
Joaquin Turína: Prayer of the Bullfighter
Minna Leinonen – Touko Hujanen – Jussi Suonikko: “The Earth We Leave” for Flute, Electronics and Video
Frank Bridge: Novelletten for String Quartet
MOST BELOVED CLASSICS
Friday, 27th March at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Christian Vásquez, conductor
Leonard Bernstein: Candide Overture
Manuel de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 2
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Maurice Ravel: Pavane
Bedřich Smetana: The Moldau
Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dance Op. 46 No. 8
Arturo Márquez: Danzón No. 8
THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS
Thursday, 2 nd April at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Matthew Halls, conductor
Dame Sarah Connolly, soprano
Ben Hullet, tenor
Andrew Foster-Williams, baritone
Tampere Philharmonic Choir
Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
AFTERNOON OF FAUNS: VIENNESE VIBES
Sunday, 12th April at 3 PM, Tampere Hall (Small Auditorium)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 26
Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11, "Gassenhauer"
Eric Ewazen: Trio for Trumpet, Violin and Piano
TAMPERE BIENNALE 40 YEARS
Friday, 17th April at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Ruut Kiiski, conductor
Maria Puusaari, violin
Malla Vivolin, flute
Usko Meriläinen: Suvisoitto
Markku Klami: Violin Concerto: Requiem, world premiere
Sebastian Fagerlund: Stonework
Matilda Seppälä: New work commisioned by TPO, world premiere
Agata Zubel: Fireworks
In co-operation with Tampere Biennale.
NEW WORLD
Friday, 24th April at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Matthew Halls, conductor
Paul Huang,violin
John Adams: The Chairman Dances
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto
Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, “New World”
MAY DAY CONCERT
Friday, 1st May at 3 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Janne Nisonen, conductor
Mari Palo, soprano
Welcome to enjoy the sparkling May Day atmosphere with the Tampere Philharmonic! The programme will be published later.
SPELL OF THE RING
Friday, 8th May at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Pietari Inkinen, conductor
Ava Bahari, violin
Ernest Chausson: Poème for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane
Richard Wagner: Ring without Words (Maazel’s version)
ROMAN FESTIVALS
Thursday, 21st May at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Nil Venditti, conductor
Gioachino Rossini: The Barber of Seville Overture
W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Ottorino Respighi: Feste romane (Roman Festivals)
SPARKS AND FLAMES
Thursday, 28th May at 7 PM, Tampere Hall (Main Auditorium)
Matthew Halls, conductor
Angela Hewitt, piano
Ismo Eskelinen, guitar
Sebastian Fagerlund: Come Eco, world premiere (commissioned by Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.27
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
