FISKARS SUMMER FESTIVAL

1 - 8 August 2020

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The Fiskars Summer FestivalWelcome message from Conductor and LEAD! Foundation’s Artistic Director Jukka-Pekka Saraste

When visiting Fiskars village recently, I was immediately inspired to organise a mentoring event in its wonderfully creative atmosphere. The feeling here, contributed in great part by its resident artists and craftsmen, is one of energy and innovation, and that is going to inspire our young musicians and mentors.

2020 marks the inaugural year for our Lead! Foundation Academy, and arranging the Fiskars Festival in the context of the current global pandemic has been both challenging and insightful. Our focus now is primarily to help young conduc-tors and soloists to learn more about their profession, but also to create a hub to which they can return, and keep in contact with mentors and their colleagues.

Jorma Panula has made an immense contribution to Finnish conducting and, to me, organising this masterclass so close to his 90th birthday symbolises a continuity from one generation to the next.

Jukka-Pekka Saraste, August 2020

Monday, 3rd August 2020

PlayersViolins: Tero Latvala, Jan Söderblom, Joonas Pekonen, Elisar Riddelin,

Kaori Furusawa, Teira Yamashita

Violas : Sasha Zemtsov, Claudio Laureti

Cellos: Marko Ylönen, Frida Tharaldsen Skaftun, Simon Svoboda

Double Bass: Joshua Baker

Tuesday, 4th August 2020

Conductors’ Feedback Session15.30 - 17.00 - Lukaali, Fiskarsintie 318, 10470, FiskarsOpen to the public, free entrance

Conductors’ Feedback Session15.30 - 17.00 - Lukaali, Fiskarsintie 318, 10470, FiskarsOpen to the public, free entrance

PlayersViolins: Tero Latvala, Joonas Pekonen, Elisar Riddelin, Kaori Furusawa,

Teira Yamashita

Violas : Sasha Zemtsov, Claudio Laureti

Cellos: Marko Ylönen, Frida Tharaldsen Skaftun, Simon Svoboda

Double Bass: Joshua Baker

Jorma PanulaCelebrating his 90th birthday this year, the conductor Jorma Panula is a renowned composer and arranger, but is most well-known for his role as Professor of Orches-tral Training and Orchestral Conducting at the Sibelius Academy, where he served from 1973 until 1994. As a pedagogue, Panula has been a teacher and mentor to many Finnish internationally acclaimed conductors, such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Osmo Vänskä, Sakari Oramo and Susanna Mälkki.

Pekka KuusistoViolinist, conductor and composer Pekka Kuusisto is renowned for his artistic freedom and fresh approach to repertoire. He is Artistic Partner with the Mahler Cham-ber Orchestra and The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Artistic Best Friend of Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and Artistic Director of the Australian ACO Col-lective. Kuusisto is an enthusiastic advocate of contempo-rary music as well as a gifted improviser, and he regularly engages with people across the artistic spectrum.

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Chamber Music Concert19.00 - Lukaali, Fiskarsintie 318, 10470, FiskarsFree entrance

ProgrammeDmitri Shostakovich Prelude and Scherzo, op. 11 for String Octet

Felix Mendelssohn String Octet, op. 20 - first movement

Chamber Music Concert19.00 - Valimo, Peltorivi 36, 10470 FiskarsFree entrance

ProgrammeJohannes Brahms String Sextet in G no. 2, op. 36

Joseph Haydn Quartet D op. 20 no. 1 & 2

Thursday, 6th August 2020

Fiskars Summer Festival Young Conductors’ Concerts18.00 - Laurentius Hall, Kirkkokatu 6, Lohja20.00 - Laurentius Hall, Kirkkokatu 6, LohjaTickets: 33.50 Euro, www.Lippu.fi

Wednesday, 5th August 2020Open discussion “The conductor as leader: how has the role evolved over time” Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Sakari Oramo and others15.00 - Lukaali, Fiskarsintie 318, 10470, FiskarsOpen to the public, free entrance

Friday, 7th August 2020

Fiskars Summer Festival Young Conductors’ Final Concert18.30 Pre-concert talk with Jukka-Pekka Saraste19.00 - Old Fiskars Knife Factory, Peltorivi 5, 110470, RaaseporiTickets: 33.50 Euro, www.Lippu.fi

Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductorJorma Panula, conductorPekka Kuusisto, violin Young conductors from the LEAD! Foundation Academy

ProgrammeJean Sibelius Rakastava, op. 14Igor Stravinsky Concerto in Eb for Chamber Orchestra ‘Dumbarton Oaks’Jean Sibelius Suite for Violin and String Orchestra, op. 117***Jean Sibelius Movement from König Christian II, op. 27, (arr. Jorma Panula)Joseph Haydn Symphony no. 49 in F minor ‘La Passione’ Hob I:49

Open discussion “Branding and Artistic Identity” Members of the Fiskars community, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sakari Oramo, Klaus Mäkelä, Dalia Stasevska and Jorma Panula21.00 - Valimo, Peltorivi 36, 10470 FiskarsOpen to the public, free entrance

The closing concert for young conductors will demonstrate their achievements during their week with the Lead! Foun-dation Academy at the 1st Fiskars Festival.

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Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductorJorma Panula, conductorPekka Kuusisto, violin Young conductors from the LEAD! Foundation Academy

ProgrammeJean Sibelius Rakastava, op. 14Igor Stravinsky Concerto in Eb for Chamber Orchestra ‘Dumbarton Oaks’Jean Sibelius Suite for Violin and String Orchestra, op. 117***Jean Sibelius Movement from König Christian II, op. 27, (arr. Jorma Panula)Joseph Haydn Symphony no. 49 in F minor ‘La Passione’ Hob I:49

Saturday, 8th of August 2020

Celebration Concert – “Panula’s Class”in honour of Jorma Panula’s 90th birthday19.00 - Old Fiskars Knife Factory, Peltorivi 5, 110470, RaaseporiTickets: 59.50 Euro, www.Lippu.fi

Roundtable discussion “Directing the Future”Aleksi Malmberg, moderator17.30- Old Fiskars Knife Factory, Peltorivi 5, 110470, RaaseporiFree entrance

Klaus MäkeläKlaus Mäkelä is Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra from August 2020, and becomes Music Director of Orchestre de Paris in September 2022. He is also Principal Guest Conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Or-chestra, Artist in Association with Tapiola Sinfonietta, and Artistic Director of the Turku Music Festival. Mäkelä started his conduct-ing studies at the Sibelius Academy’s Junior Academy with Jorma Panula at the age of 12.

Biographies

Dalia StasevskaDalia Stasevska’s charismatic and dynamic musicianship has established her as a conductor of exceptional versatility. She cur-rently serves as Principal Guest Conductor to the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and will begin as Chief Conductor of Lahti Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Sibelius Festival in 2021. Stasevska has studied violin, viola and conducting at the Sibelius Academy, and her teachers in conducting include Jorma Panula and Leif Segerstam.

Esa-Pekka SalonenEsa-Pekka Salonen’s restless innovation drives him constantly to reposition classical music in the 21st century. Being Princi-pal Conductor and Artistic Advisor for London’s Philharmonia Orchestra, his award-winning “RE-RITE” and “Universe of Sound” installations have introduced new ways for people to approach the classical music through audio and video projections. Salonen is also the Artist in Association at the Finnish National Opera and Ballet, and the cofounder of the annual Baltic Sea Festival. He will also become Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony in August 2020.

Sakari OramoSakari Oramo is Chief Conductor of both the BBC Symphony and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic orchestras. His performances have been praised to combine structural cohesion with authority, elegance and passionate delivery. Since January 2020, Oramo is the Professor of Orchestral Training and Orchestral Conducting at the Sibelius Academy, succeeding Jorma Panula, Leif Segerstam and Atso Almila.

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Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductorEsa-Pekka Salonen, conductorSakari Oramo, conductorKlaus Mäkelä, conductorDalia Stasevska, conductorJorma Panula, conductorPekka Kuusisto, violinYoung conductor from the LEAD! Foundation Academy

ProgrammeBéla Bartók Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz.113 BB.118 (cond. Dalia Stasevska, Klaus Mäkelä)Peteris Vasks Vox Amoris (cond. Klaus Mäkelä, sol. Pekka Kuusisto)***Esa-Pekka Salonen Stockholm Diary (cond. Esa-Pekka Salonen)Pyotr Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 (cond. Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Sakari Oramo, Jorma Panula & young conductor)

Our PARTNERS

LOHJA CITY ORCHESTRALohja City Orchestra was established in 1964. The only professional orchestra in the western Uusimaa region, it permanently employs 12 musicians and is often expanded into a chamber orchestra or sympho-ny orchestra with freelance musicians. As of autumn 2020, the Artistic Director of the orchestra will be Jukka Untamala. The leader of the orchestra is Tero Latvala.

The home of the orchestra is the Laurentius Hall in Lohja, but it main-tains a strong regional presence. It regularly visits such events as the Loviisa Sibelius Festival, Sounds of Sipoo, the Lux Musicae festival in Siuntio, and the LEAD! Foundation’s summer festival in Fiskars. The or-chestra has played with such artists as Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Rolando Villazòn, Andrea Boccelli and the Il Divo tenor group.

The orchestra collaborates with municipalities, parishes, organiza-tions and various cultural operators. In addition to the classical basis, its diverse repertoire includes popular music, movie soundtracks and children’s music. Lohja City Orchestra is also a trusted partner of many leading Finnish choirs.

FINNISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA“The Finnish Chamber Orchestra is the result of a development that has taken place in Finland over last decades. Its members are at the forefront of Finnish musicianship. Over the years, the orchestra has become extremely dynamic and demonstrates remarkable musical sensitivity.” -JUKKA-PEKKA SARASTE

The Finnish Chamber Orchestra was founded in 1990. The musicians are prominent members of Finnish music life as concertmasters, principals and leading instructors. These top musicians gather to work together in a unique ensemble of the highest quality.

The orchestra’s Artistic Advisor Jukka-Pekka Saraste is also the Artistic Director of Ekenäs Summer Concerts. Apart from Saraste, the Finnish Chamber Orchestra has worked with other top Finnish conductors, including Paavo Berglund, Sakari Oramo, Okko Kamu, Ralf Gothóni, and Hannu Lintu.

Since the year 2000 the Finnish Chamber Orchestra has been the driv-ing force behind the annual Ekenäs Summer Concerts.

MusicMentor MusicMentor is an independent consultancy and partner of the LEAD! Foundation. It aims to help artists to navigate the waters of the classical music industry and to manage their careers and lives as performers more effectively and holistically.

Sarah Osa and Frances Maunder will be offering career mentoring in person and online throughout the week to all participants.

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LEAD! Foundation Our SPONSORS

LEAD! Foundation, LEAD! Foundation Academy and the Fskars Summer Festival are generously supported by:

LEAD! Foundation’s mission is to support the emerging careers of the next generation of young conductors. We take a holistic view on mentor-ship and teaching, focussing not only on developing musical competence and leadership skills, but also on giving advice on how the professional music world actually runs.

Working with internationally renowned mentors, we also coach soloists, concertmasters and orchestra principals on how to communicate effec-tively, both with each other and with conductors, and how to master the very unique skills required of them.

LEAD! is directed by leading Finnish conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste and provides teaching through the LEAD! Foundation Academy.

We also work closely with a wide range of musical institutions, including conservatories, orchestras and festivals.

We build on the long-standing teaching traditions of musical mentors of the very highest level, supported by an experienced organisational team.

Jukka-Pekka SarasteJukka-Pekka Saraste has established himself as one of the outstanding conductors of his generation, demonstrating remarkable musical depth and integrity. Saraste began his career as a violinist before training as a conductor with Jorma Panula at the Sibelius Academy. Saraste has served as Chief Conductor of the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Cologne, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and was Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Symphony. He is a founding member of LEAD! Foundation.

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Impressum:Texts: Sarah Osa & Frances MaunderPhotos: Mali Lazell, Fiskars Village, Felix Broede, Minna Hatinen, Jarmo Katila, Marco Borggreve, Benjamin Ealovega, Antti Hannuniemi, Claudia LinkLayout & Design: Frances Maunder

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