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
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
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
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
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
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
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”
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
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
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
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”
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
