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10 APRILWEDNESDAY SERIES 13Helsinki Music Centre at 7 pm

YOUNG SOLOISTS’ CONCERT

Atso Almila, conductor

Jan Koetsier: Concerto for Four Horns and Orchestra, Op. 95 10 minI Lento – Allegro con brio

Aleksi Mäkimattila, Jonathan Nikkinen, Lauri Vasala and Hannes Kaukoranta, Horn Quartet

Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs) Op. 20 9 minI ModeratoII LentoIII Un poco più lentoIV Allegro molto vivace

Essi Höglund, violin

Ludwig August Lebrun: Oboe Concerto No. 1 in D Minor 9 minI Allegro

Ukko Pietilä, oboe

Serge Koussevitzky: Double Bass Concerto in F Minor, Op. 3 12 minI Allegro II Andante

Iikka Järvi, double bass

W. A. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major KV 488 9 minIII Allegro assai

Emma-Johanna Koponen, piano

INTERVAL 20 min

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W.A. Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major KV 216 10 minI Allegro

Rebecca Roozeman, violin

Béla Bartók: Suite paysanne hongroise 13 min

Aapo Järvinen, flute

Charles Auguste de Bériot: Scène de ballet, Op. 100 10 min

Sisu Sieppala, violin

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 11 minI Moderato – Allegro

Jan-Paul Roozeman, piano

Interval at about 20.05. The concert ends at about 21.30.Broadcast live on Yle Radio 1 and on the Internet at yle.fi/rso.

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ATSO ALMILAConductor-composer Atso Almila has been Second Conductor of the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra since the au-tumn 2007 season. He was Conductor of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra 1987–1989, of the Joensuu City Orchestra 1993–2000 and of the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra 1995–2000. Principal Guest Conductor of the Seinäjoki City Orchestra 2000–2010, he began as the Artistic Advisor of the Joensuu City Orchestra in January 2010 and was reappointed as its Artistic Director in spring 2011.

A regular guest conductor with Finnish opera associations, the Finnish National Opera and symphony orchestras, Atso Almila has appeared abroad mainly in Sweden, Ireland and Switzerland. He is to conduct at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in summer 2013.

Almila is the composer of five operas, four symphonies (the fourth of which is also a ballet), works for wind orchestra, concertos for many instruments, solo and chamber music for both strings and winds, and music for stage and screen.

Atso Almila studied in the conducting classes of Jorma Panula (orchestral) and Harald Andersén (choral) at the Sibelius Academy, and himself taught conduc-ting at the Academy from 1991 to 2010. He begins as fixed-term Professor of orchestral conducting at the Sibelius Academy in August 2013.

In autumn 2006 the Association of Finnish Symphony Orchestras awarded Atso Almila its gold medal for his contri-bution to orchestral life in Finland.

ALEKSI MÄKIMATTILA Aleksi Mäkimattila (b. 1992) entered the Sibelius Academy as a pupil of Kalervo Kulmala in 2011 and is at present depu-tising as sub-principal French horn in the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra.

JONATHAN NIKKINEN Jonathan Nikkinen (b. 1991) began his professional horn studies with Erja Joukamo-Ampuja at the Sibelius Academy in 2011. By night he turns into Batman.

LAURI VASALA Lauri vasala (b. 1991) transferred from the Oulu Conservatory to the Sibelius Academy in 2008 and is now a pupil of Timo Ronkainen. He has already colla-borated with the Oulu City Theatre, the Oulu Symphony Orchestra and the Lohja City Orchestra.

HANNES KAUKORANTA Hannes Kaukoranta (b. 1990) has stu-died with Erja Joukamo-Ampuja at the Sibelius Academy and with Sarah Willis and Denise Tryon. He has been an extra in the Finnish National Opera Orchestra, the Helsinki and Turku Philharmonics and the Kymi Sinfonietta and is at present temping in the Tampere Philharmonic.

The members of the quartet have been playing together since autumn 2012, under the guidance of Jukka Harju.

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ESSI HÖGLUND Essi Höglund (b. 1997) has twice been the soloist with the Kymi Sinfonietta and twice won special prizes in the in-ternational Young Musician violin com-petition in Tallinn. She was a finalist in the Jyväskylä Violin Competition in 2009. Essi has attended masterclas-ses with Mikhail Kopelman, Pinchas Zukerman, Ulrike Danhofer and others and since autumn 2010 has been atten-ding the Violin Academy subordinate to the Savonlinna Music Academy taught by Elina Vähälä, Janne Malmivaara and Ilja Grubert. In summer 2012 she was the soloist in the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto at the Liminka Music Festival. She has been a pupil of Réka Szilvay at the Junior Sibelius Academy since au-tumn 2011. Essi has been awarded stu-dy grants by the Pro Musica foundati-on, the Finnish Cultural Foundation and others and plays a modern Austrian Rombach violin on loan to her.

UKKO PIETILÄ Ukko Pietilä (b. 1996) is a 17-year-old oboist from Helsinki. Now a pupil of Sanna Niemikunnas, he has attended masterclasses with Nicholas Daniel, Gregor Witt and others. One of his gre-atest motivations has been playing in an orchestra, and most of his spare time is spent doing this: with the Vivo Symphony Orchestra, Tapiola Young Symphonists and Nordea Jean Sibelius Orchestra. Any remaining time he devo-tes to school, hanging out with friends, reading and dreaming about travelling.

IIKKA JÄRVI Iikka Järvi (b. 1993) is now in his first year at the Sibelius Academy, having stu-died in the Junior Academy since 2009. He has played in a number of orchest-ras and chamber ensembles, such as the Nordea Jean Sibelius Orchestra and the Tapiola Young Symphonists, and has been the soloist with the Sibelius High-School Symphony Orchestra and the Tapiola Young Cellists. In spring 2012 he won the first prize in the high-school category of the National Youth Double Bass Competition. He plays a double bass made by Stefan Johann Krattenmacher in 2011.

EMMA-JOHANNA KOPONEN Emma-Johanna Koponen (b. 1994) has been a student of Katariina Liimatainen in Kuopio since autumn 2012. She has been taught in masterclasses by Liisa Pohjola, Tuija Hakkila, Eero Heinonen, Seppo Salovius, Risto-Matti Marin and Henri Sigfridsson. Winner of the second prize for her age-group in the Kuopio Piano Competitions in 2005 and 2008, she was awarded the first prize in her category in 2011. She participated in the Leevi Madetoja Piano Competition in 2009 and 2012 and was the soloist with the Amko Symphony Orchestra in Kuopio in 2010. Emma also plays the oboe and the violin.

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REBECCA ROOZEMAN Rebecca Roozeman (b. 2001) won the first prize in the Seppo Tukiainen Violin Competition in 2010 and in the inter-national Young Musician competition in Tallinn in 2011. A pupil at the Espoo Music Institute, she was the soloist in a Vivaldi concerto with Mikk Murdvee con-ducting at the Haapsalu International String Festival and appeared at the Hiiumaa Festival in Estonia in 2011. Soloist with the Tapiola Sinfonietta con-ducted by Dalia Stasevska in autumn 2011, Rebecca performed in a Young Soloists concert given by the Tapiola Young Symphonists that same autumn and was then chosen by the orchestra to play in four concerts conducted by Jan Söderblom during its tour to Italy in spring 2012. In November 2012 she appeared with members of the Meta4 quartet at the Oulainen Music Festival and gave a recital with her brothers at Nijmegen in The Netherlands.

AAPO JÄRVINEN Aapo Järvinen (b. 1993) has been stu-dying for a Master’s degree at the Sibelius Academy since autumn 2012, with Hanna Juutilainen as his teacher. His greatest musical experiences have, he says, been playing with others. He is an active chamber musician and en-joys orchestral work with the Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra and the Oma Orchestra. Right now, Aapo is inspired most of all by the music of Bach, Bartók and Debussy. In his free time he reads, bakes and draws. He has also been a keen bird-watcher ever since he was a child.

SISU SIEPPALA Sisu Sieppala (b. 1999) was only ten when chosen for the five-year tuition at the Savonlinna Violin Academy, in spring 2009, and he was taught there by his present teacher, Janne Malmivaara, and by Elina Vähälä, Ilja Grubert and visiting teachers Ana Chumachenko and Tuomas Haapanen. He entered the class of Janne Malmivaara at the Turku Conservatory in autumn 2010 and was a young soloist with the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra in spring 2011. In early 2012 he won the first prize for under-14s in the Juhani Heinonen Violin Competition. Grants from the Pro Musica and Astrid Swan foundations in spring 2012 have encouraged Sisu in his studies.

JAN-PAUL ROOZEMAN Jan-Paul Roozeman (b. 1994) entered the Junior Sibelius Academy as a pu-pil of Jussi Siirala in 2005 and is now also studying the clarinet in the seni-or Academy. He has attended Sibelius Academy chamber music courses gi-ven both by his own teachers and, among others, by Paavo Pohjola, Marko Ylönen, Antti Tikkanen and Minna Pensola. His teachers on summer cour-ses have included Konstantin Bogino, Erik T. Tawaststjerna, Tuija Hakkila and Valeria Resjan. Selected Young Artist of the Year by the Pro Musica founda-tion in spring 2009, Jan-Paul won the second prize in the international EPTA Piano Competition in Belgium in 2010. He has appeared at a number of inter-national festivals all over the world. In

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February 2012, he took the main prize in the Helmi Vesa Competition. In June, he gave a recital with his brother at the Middelburg Festival in The Netherlands. In November 2012, he appeared at the Oulainen Music Festival with members of the Meta4 quartet and others and with his brother and sister in a subsc-ription concert at Nijmegen in The Netherlands.

THE FINNISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAThe Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FRSO) is the orchestra of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (yle). Its mis-sion is to produce and promote Finnish musical culture. Its Chief Conductor as of autumn 2013 will be Hannu Lintu, following a season (2012/2013) as the orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor. The FRSO has two Honorary Conductors: Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Sakari Oramo.

The Radio Orchestra of ten players founded in 1927 grew to symphony or-chestra strength in the 1960s. Its previ-ous Chief Conductors have been Toivo Haapanen, Nils-Eric Fougstedt, Paavo Berglund, Okko Kamu, Leif Segerstam, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Sakari Oramo.

The latest contemporary music is a major item in the repertoire of the FRSO, which each year premieres a number of yle commissions. Another of the orches-tra’s tasks is to record all Finnish orches-tral music for the yle archive. During the 2012/2013 season it will premiere six works commissioned by yle.

The FRSO has recorded works by Eötvös, Nielsen, Hakola, Lindberg, Saariaho, Sallinen, Kaipainen, Kokkonen and others, and the debut disc of the opera Aslak Hetta by Armas Launis. Its discs have reaped some major distinc-tions, such as the BBC Music Magazine Award and the Académie Charles Cros Award. The disc of the Sibelius and Lindberg Violin Concertos (Sony BMG) with Lisa Batiashvili as the soloist re-ceived the MIDEM Classical Award in 2008, in which year the New York Times chose the other Lindberg disc as its Record of the Year.

The FRSO regularly tours to all parts of the world. During the 2012/2013 season it will be heading for Eastern Finland and Southern Europe.

All the FRSO concerts both in Finland and abroad are broadcast, usually live, on yle Radio 1. They can also be heard and watched with excellent live stream quality on the FRSO website (yle.fi/rso).