Jari Kallio
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Explaining words with music - interview with David Lang

Ahead of the European premiere of ’before and after nature’ (2024) for chamber choir and Bang on a Can All-Stars, with video projections by Tal Rosner, the composer and I discuss the words and music in our talk.
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Explaining text with music – interview with David Lang
© Peter Serling “It’s not really about climate change. It’s about our limitations of how we can’t really understand, or even agree on, what the problem is which surrounds us, beca…
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I’ve heard the Suite in concert once, in Leipzig, in the fall of 2023, with Pekka Kuusisto and the composer. Fond memories of that one.
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Thank you, Bruce! I hope I did my homework properly.

Re: Tetzlaff, that might be the case, unfortunately.
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Album review: a pristine pocket-sized reimagination of Adès’s The Tempest from Tetzlaff and Gerstein

”Rarely does one become so mesmerized, obsessed even by a documented musical performance than listening to this piece of treasure elaborately caught on microphones.”
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Album review: a pristine pocket-sized reimagination of Adès’s The Tempest from Christian Tetzlaff and Kirill Gerstein
Alongside their resounding stage success, the three operas of Thomas Adès have also proven themselves as perennial sources of concertante adaptations. Regarding The Tempest (2003-04), its first con…
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Happy 89 Steve Reich!!! 🫶🏼

[pictured, one of the best pieces on the planet]
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Magnus Lindberg’s Piano Concerto No. 3 gets its 🇫🇮 premiere tonight with Olli Mustonen, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Dima Slobodeniouk. Here’s the composer discussing the piece ahead of the 2022 San Francisco world premiere.
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Composing for Yuja Wang – Magnus Lindberg on his new piano concerto
Magnus Lindberg photographed by © Philip Gatward Today marks the world premiere of Magnus Lindberg’s Piano Concerto No. 3 (2020-22). Given by Yuja Wang, the concerto’s dedicatee, and the San Franci…
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Returning to Lahti, John Adams introduces Frenzy and Tumblebird Contrails

Along with the invigorating Adams and Gabriella Smith 🇫🇮 premieres, Debussy’s pristine La Mer and Première Rhapsodie were heard with the Lahti Symphony and co-principal clarinet Nora Niskanen.
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Returning to Lahti, John Adams introduces Frenzy and Tumblebird Contrails
John Adams rehearsing Frenzy: a short symphony (2023) with the Lahti Symphony. © Jari Kallio Returning to conduct the Lahti Symphony after his 2021 podium debut with the orchestra, John Adams took …
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Gabriella Smith’s Breathing Forests and Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony soar in Helsinki

Stellar Finnish premiere of Smith’s astounding organ concerto with James McVinnie, the Helsinki Philharmonic and Pekka Kuusisto.
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Gabriella Smith’s Breathing Forests and Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony soar in Helsinki
Pekka Kuusisto, Gabriella Smith and James McVinnie onstage with the Helsinki Philharmonic after the Finnish premiere of Breathing Forests. © Jari Kallio The Helsinki Music Centre organ was put to g…
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After the Fall takes Gothenburg - John Adams and Víkingur Ólafsson join Göteborgs Symfoniker

A Swedish premiere to die for, the new Adams concerto was heard in good company of The Chairman Dances, Stravinsky Symphonies of Winds & Debussy Ibéria.
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After the Fall takes Gothenburg – John Adams and Víkingur Ólafsson join the GSO
John Adams on the podium at Göteborgs Konserthus. © Gothenburg Symphony/Thom Estifanos. Making his debut with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra on Thursday, John Adams led the ensemble in a splendi…
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From Paris to Salzburg with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Baroque Ensemble Fab Four at Café Barock - an afternoon well spent in great company. Splendid playlist featuring noble tombeaux and absolute bangers alike. ☕️🎶
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Off to Gothenburg for my 3rd live encounter with John Adams’s ’After the Fall’ (2024) featuring its dedicatee Víkingur Ólafsson as soloist, joined by the Gothenburg Symphony under the composer!
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Pitäisipä katsoa uudelleen - muistot lapsuusvuosilta alkavat olla hieman hämäriä joskin erittäin myönteisiä.
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Reporting from Lucerne Festival’s Boulez centennial celebrations, highlighting with Poèsie pour pouvoir (1958) IRCAM reconstruction premiered by LFCO under David Robertson & Molly Turner AND Marco Stroppa’s Come Play with Me (2016-2025)for solo-electronics and orchestra.
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Studies of electronics, space and poetry – Boulez and Stroppa premieres with Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra
David Robertson conducting LFCO in the world premiere of the reconstructed version of Pierre Boulez’s Poèsie pour pouvoir (1958) at Lucerne Festival © Manuela Jans / Lucerne Festival The Pier…
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Arvo Pärt is ninety years old!!
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Reporting from Helsinki Philharmonic season opening, conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste & Pekka Kuusisto, welcoming Composer-in-Residence Anna Thorvaldsdottir (AERIALITY) and re-introducing Samy Moussa (Stasis) & Anna Clyne (Prince of Clouds), plus ein bißchen Brahms (Symphony 2).
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Friends of old and new – many meetings at the Helsinki Philharmonic season opening
Composer-in-Residence Anna Thorvaldsdóttir with the Helsinki Philharmonic and Chief Conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste after the Finnish premiere of AERIALITY (2010-11). © Jari Kallio Launching into the…
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Reporting from Lucerne Festival, Dieter Ammann’s new Viola Concerto „No templates“ in a milestone performance with Tabea Zimmermann, LFCO & David Robertson, coupled with intriguing world premieres from Guillem Palomar & Jakob Raab conducted by Michelle Di Russo & Sebastian Zinca.
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Dieter Ammann’s new Viola Concerto in a milestone performance at Lucerne Festival, coupled with two world premieres
Tabea Zimmermann performing Dieter Ammann’s No templates (2020-21/2023-24) with LFCO and David Robertson at KKL Luzern. © Peter Fischli / Lucerne Festival Coming to Lucerne six months after i…
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A throwback to Helsinki Festival, an intimate evening with Bryce Dessner, Australian String Quartet, Anastasia Kobekina and Fleur Barron, featuring the composer’s chamber classics and a world premiere, along with a tribute to Arvo Pärt at 90.
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An evening of intimate music-making with Bryce Dessner et al. at Helsinki Festival
Bryce Dessner performing at Helsinki Festival. © Otso Kähönen Appearing at Huvila stage, Bryce Dessner opened his Helsinki Festival visit with a wonderful set-list of solo and chamber works, joined…
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Reporting from Lucerne Festival, Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts his future orchestra in the world premiere of his exquisite Horn Concerto for Stefan Dohr.

A first performance for the books, setting the stage for Orchestre de Paris’s era with Salonen.
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Salonen conducts his future orchestra in the Lucerne Festival world premiere of his exquisite Horn Concerto for Stefan Dohr
Stefan Dohr performing Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Horn Concerto (2024-25) with the composer conducting Orchestre de Paris. © Andreas Becker/Lucerne Festival Unveiled at the KKL Luzern on Saturday, E…
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Bryce Dessner’s compelling Impermanence staged with virtuosity and fortitude at Helsinki Festival

A staggering production by Sydney Dance Company and Australian String Quartet, Dessner’s hour-long Imparmanence (2021) marked one of the high-points of the 2025 festival.
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Bryce Dessner’s compelling Impermanence staged with virtuosity and fortitude at Helsinki Festival
Sydney Dance Company performing Rafael Bonachela’s choreography to Bryce Dessner’s Impermanence (2021) for string quartet © Pedro Grieg Given in four performances at Dance House Helsink…
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A throwback to Kirill Gerstein’s exquisite recital at Mänttä Music Festival earlier this month, featuring a brilliant set-list of Robert Schumann, Thomas Adès, György Kurtág, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky/Grainger, Francisco Coll and Maurice Ravel.
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Honing the art of recital – Kirill Gerstein at Mänttä Music Festival
Kirill Gerstein addressing the festival audience at Serlachius Manor. © Ville Hautakangas Rarely does one come across a recital program of such pristine design – and execution – than the one delive…
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Relentless sonic joy - Bang on a Can All-Stars at Helsinki Festival

Classic All-Stars repertoire from Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Steve Martland paired with inspired dance film commissions.
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Relentless sonic joy – Bang on a Can All-Stars at Helsinki Festival
Bang on a Can All-Stars in performance. © Stephanie Berger Visiting Helsinki Festival with two notably different musical programs, Bang on a Can All-Stars filled Dance House Helsinki on Tuesday, pr…
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Variations on America - the FRSO and Susanna Mälkki at the Helsinki Festival

Top program feat. Ives Symphony No. 2, John Adams The Wound-Dresser (sung in Finnish), Thomas Adès America - A Prophecy (1999 version) and Andrew Norman Unstuck.
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Variations on America – the FRSO and Susanna Mälkki at the Helsinki Festival
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Susanna Mälkki after their evening of Andrew Norman, Thomas Adès, John Adams and Charles Ives at the Helsinki Festival. © Jari Kallio Making their guest app…
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Explaining words with music - interview with David Lang

Ahead of the European premiere of ’before and after nature’ (2024) for chamber choir and Bang on a Can All-Stars, with video projections by Tal Rosner, the composer and I discuss the words and music in our talk.
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Explaining text with music – interview with David Lang
© Peter Serling “It’s not really about climate change. It’s about our limitations of how we can’t really understand, or even agree on, what the problem is which surrounds us, beca…
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Ives Symphony No. 2 (1897-1902/1910) with the Finnish Radio SO and Susanna Mälkki tonight at the Helsinki Festival!!
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