Coming9.10.202516:00-18:15
Osmo Vänskä has been described as a bundle of energy on the podium. Luka Coetzee, winner of the Paulo Cello Competition, returns to perform with the HPO.
“There’s nothing quite like experiencing Vänskä and the orchestra in concert. The conductor is a bouncing bundle of energy on the podium when the music reaches its energetic apex, his forceful cues seeming to set off explosions within the orchestra.” (Gramophone, 3/2022)
Canadian cellist Luka Coetzee and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra first met in 2023 at the International Paulo Cello Competition. Even before Coetzee was announced as the winner, the orchestra’s musicians hoped they could play with the charismatic young cellist again soon. Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto provides a suitably emotional setting for their reunion.
OSMO VÄNSKÄ
conductor
LUKA COETZEE
cello
AULIS SALLINEN
Symphony No. 1
EDWARD ELGAR
Cello Concerto
CHARLES IVES
Symphony No. 2
