FEBRUARY 2007

Perjantai 2.2. klo 21 Jazz Club

BLUES NIGHT:
SLAPTONES (Sweden)

Greta Bondeson, guitar and vocals
Sunniva Bondeson, guitar and vocals
Stella Bondeson, bass and vocals
Jan Åke Bondeson, drums, vocals and mouth organ

Produced by the Kuopio Jazz & Blues Association
Tickets: 12 / 8 €

Thursday 8.2. at 7 pm. Concert Hall

SF - SYMPHONIC FANTASIES

Tapiola Sinfonietta
Pekka Kuusisto, violin, claviola etc.
Anna-Mari Kähärä, vocals, claviola etc.
How Many Sisters
Kirmo Lintinen, piano, claviola etc.
Johanna Juhola, accordion, toy piano, claviola
Tatu Tyni, magic and illusions
Karoliina Heiskanen, clownery and tap dancing
Jay Gilligan, juggling
Henna Kaikula, acrobatics

SF is a visualized concert combining music and circus progressing between compositions and events with the help of magic, choreography and clownery - with a twist of humour.

Produced by Tapiola Sinfonietta
Tickets: 25 / 20 €

The performance is supported by ESEK (The Finnish Performing Music Promotion Centre) and LUSES (The Foundation for the Promotion of Finnish Music)

Saturday 10.2. at 7 pm. Concert Hall

OPERA CONCERT

Kuopio Symphony Orchestra
Savonlinna Opera Festival Chorus
Kyösti Haatanen, conductor
Helena Juntunen, soprano
Wei Song, tenor
Alexandr Naumenko, bass

Hosts Aarno Cronvall and Jan Hultin.

The program include arias and chorus scenes from operas such as Aida, Fidelio, Carmen, Tosca and Boris Godunov as well as a potpourri of entertaining melodies from the 1950’s.

Produced by the KSO
Tickets: 35 / 30 / 25 €

The concert will be reproduces at the Finlandia Hall in Helsinki on 11.2.

Saturday 17.2. at 3 pm. Concert Hall

FUTURE VIRTUOSOS ON STAGE

Kuopio Symphony Orchestra
Atso Almila, conductor
Students of local music institutes as soloists:

"Hartsileijaa" Junior Violin & Cello Ensemble
Junior Pianists of the Kuopio Conservatory
Ulla Knuuttila, violin (age 12)
Saara Saloranta, piano (age 14)
Henri Ripatti, piano (age 20)
Anna-Maija Lappalainen, clarinet (age 24)
Terttu Iso-oja, soprano (age 25)
Petter Andersson, baritone (age 32)

The concert is a part of the Winter Chamber Festival organized between 11.-18.2.2007. The festival programme will be published in its entirety in January 2007.

Produced by the KSO
Tickets: 7,50 € adults / 5 € children under 15 years

Tuesday 20.2. at 7 pm. Concert Hall

PIANO RECITAL:
LOVRO POGORELICH

W.A. Mozart: Sonata in B flat Major
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in A flat Major Op. 110
Franz Liszt: Sonata in B Minor

Produced by the Kuopio Music Centre
Tickets: 15 / 10 / 5 €

Thursday 22.2. at 7 pm. Concert Hall

SYMPHONY SERIES IV

Kuopio Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Lovro Pogorelich, piano

Robert Schumann: Symphony in B flat Major Op. 38 ”Spring”
Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano No 2

Produced by the KSO
Tickets: 16,50 / 12,50 / 5,50 €

Saturday 24.2. at 7 pm. Concert Hall

MAIJA VILKKUMAA:
TRUTH OR DARE

Produced by the J. Karppanen Ltd.
Tickets: 28 €