10 APRIL WEDNESDAY SERIES 13 Helsinki Music Centre at 7 pm YOUNG SOLOISTS’ CONCERT Atso Almila, conductor Jan Koetsier: Concerto for Four Horns and Orchestra, Op. 95 10 min I Lento – Allegro con brio Aleksi Mäkimattila, Jonathan Nikkinen, Lauri Vasala and Hannes Kaukoranta, Horn Quartet Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs) Op. 20 9 min I Moderato II Lento III Un poco più lento IV Allegro molto vivace Essi Höglund, violin Ludwig August Lebrun: Oboe Concerto No. 1 in D Minor 9 min I Allegro Ukko Pietilä, oboe Serge Koussevitzky: Double Bass Concerto in F Minor, Op. 3 12 min I Allegro II Andante Iikka Järvi, double bass W. A. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major KV 488 9 min III Allegro assai Emma-Johanna Koponen, piano INTERVAL 20 min 1 W.A. Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major KV 216 10 min I 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 min I 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. 2 ATSO ALMILA ALEKSI MÄKIMATTILA Conductor-composer Atso Almila has Aleksi Mäkimattila (b. 1992) entered the been Second Conductor of the Kuopio Sibelius Academy as a pupil of Kalervo Symphony Orchestra since the au- Kulmala in 2011 and is at present depu- tumn 2007 season. He was Conductor tising as sub-principal French horn in of the Tampere Philharmonic the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra 1987–1989, of the Joensuu City Orchestra 1993–2000 and of the JONATHAN NIKKINEN Kuopio Symphony Orchestra 1995– 2000. Principal Guest Conductor of the Jonathan Nikkinen (b. 1991) began Seinäjoki City Orchestra 2000–2010, his professional horn studies with he began as the Artistic Advisor of the Erja Joukamo-Ampuja at the Sibelius Joensuu City Orchestra in January 2010 Academy in 2011. By night he turns into and was reappointed as its Artistic Batman. Director in spring 2011. A regular guest conductor with Finnish LAURI VASALA opera associations, the Finnish National Opera and symphony orchestras, Atso Lauri vasala (b. 1991) transferred from Almila has appeared abroad mainly in the Oulu Conservatory to the Sibelius Sweden, Ireland and Switzerland. He Academy in 2008 and is now a pupil of is to conduct at the Savonlinna Opera Timo Ronkainen. He has already colla- Festival in summer 2013. borated with the Oulu City Theatre, Almila is the composer of five operas, the Oulu Symphony Orchestra and the four symphonies (the fourth of which is Lohja City Orchestra. also a ballet), works for wind orchestra, concertos for many instruments, solo HANNES KAUKORANTA and chamber music for both strings and winds, and music for stage and screen. Hannes Kaukoranta (b. 1990) has stu- Atso Almila studied in the conducting died with Erja Joukamo-Ampuja at the classes of Jorma Panula (orchestral) and Sibelius Academy and with Sarah Willis Harald Andersén (choral) at the Sibelius and Denise Tryon. He has been an extra Academy, and himself taught conduc- in the Finnish National Opera Orchestra, ting at the Academy from 1991 to 2010. the Helsinki and Turku Philharmonics He begins as fixed-term Professor of and the Kymi Sinfonietta and is at orchestral conducting at the Sibelius present temping in the Tampere Academy in August 2013. Philharmonic. In autumn 2006 the Association of The members of the quartet have Finnish Symphony Orchestras awarded been playing together since autumn Atso Almila its gold medal for his contri- 2012, under the guidance of Jukka bution to orchestral life in Finland. Harju. 3 ESSI HÖGLUND IIKKA JÄRVI Essi Höglund (b. 1997) has twice been Iikka Järvi (b. 1993) is now in his first year the soloist with the Kymi Sinfonietta at the Sibelius Academy, having stu- and twice won special prizes in the in- died in the Junior Academy since 2009. ternational Young Musician violin com- He has played in a number of orchest- petition in Tallinn. She was a finalist ras and chamber ensembles, such as in the Jyväskylä Violin Competition in the Nordea Jean Sibelius Orchestra and 2009. Essi has attended masterclas- the Tapiola Young Symphonists, and ses with Mikhail Kopelman, Pinchas has been the soloist with the Sibelius Zukerman, Ulrike Danhofer and others High-School Symphony Orchestra and and since autumn 2010 has been atten- the Tapiola Young Cellists. In spring ding the Violin Academy subordinate to 2012 he won the first prize in the high- the Savonlinna Music Academy taught school category of the National Youth by Elina Vähälä, Janne Malmivaara and Double Bass Competition. He plays Ilja Grubert. In summer 2012 she was a double bass made by Stefan Johann the soloist in the Mendelssohn Violin Krattenmacher in 2011. Concerto at the Liminka Music Festival. She has been a pupil of Réka Szilvay at EMMA-JOHANNA the Junior Sibelius Academy since au- KOPONEN tumn 2011. Essi has been awarded stu- dy grants by the Pro Musica foundati- Emma-Johanna Koponen (b. 1994) has on, the Finnish Cultural Foundation and been a student of Katariina Liimatainen others and plays a modern Austrian in Kuopio since autumn 2012. She has Rombach violin on loan to her. been taught in masterclasses by Liisa Pohjola, Tuija Hakkila, Eero Heinonen, UKKO PIETILÄ Seppo Salovius, Risto-Matti Marin and Henri Sigfridsson. Winner of the second Ukko Pietilä (b. 1996) is a 17-year-old prize for her age-group in the Kuopio oboist from Helsinki. Now a pupil of Piano Competitions in 2005 and 2008, Sanna Niemikunnas, he has attended she was awarded the first prize in her masterclasses with Nicholas Daniel, category in 2011. She participated in Gregor Witt and others. One of his gre- the Leevi Madetoja Piano Competition atest motivations has been playing in 2009 and 2012 and was the soloist in an orchestra, and most of his spare with the Amko Symphony Orchestra in time is spent doing this: with the Vivo Kuopio in 2010. Emma also plays the Symphony Orchestra, Tapiola Young oboe and the violin. Symphonists and Nordea Jean Sibelius Orchestra. Any remaining time he devo- tes to school, hanging out with friends, reading and dreaming about travelling. 4 REBECCA ROOZEMAN SISU SIEPPALA Rebecca Roozeman (b. 2001) won the Sisu Sieppala (b. 1999) was only ten first prize in the Seppo Tukiainen Violin when chosen for the five-year tuition Competition in 2010 and in the inter- at the Savonlinna Violin Academy, in national Young Musician competition spring 2009, and he was taught there by in Tallinn in 2011. A pupil at the Espoo his present teacher, Janne Malmivaara, Music Institute, she was the soloist in a and by Elina Vähälä, Ilja Grubert and Vivaldi concerto with Mikk Murdvee con- visiting teachers Ana Chumachenko ducting at the Haapsalu International and Tuomas Haapanen. He entered String Festival and appeared at the the class of Janne Malmivaara at the Hiiumaa Festival in Estonia in 2011. Turku Conservatory in autumn 2010 Soloist with the Tapiola Sinfonietta con- and was a young soloist with the Turku ducted by Dalia Stasevska in autumn Philharmonic Orchestra in spring 2011. 2011, Rebecca performed in a Young In early 2012 he won the first prize for Soloists concert given by the Tapiola under-14s in the Juhani Heinonen Violin Young Symphonists that same autumn Competition. Grants from the Pro and was then chosen by the orchestra Musica and Astrid Swan foundations in to play in four concerts conducted by spring 2012 have encouraged Sisu in his Jan Söderblom during its tour to Italy studies. in spring 2012. In November 2012 she appeared with members of the Meta4 JAN-PAUL ROOZEMAN quartet at the Oulainen Music Festival and gave a recital with her brothers at Jan-Paul Roozeman (b. 1994) entered Nijmegen in The Netherlands. the Junior Sibelius Academy as a pu- pil of Jussi Siirala in 2005 and is now AAPO JÄRVINEN also studying the clarinet in the seni- or Academy. He has attended Sibelius Aapo Järvinen (b. 1993) has been stu- Academy chamber music courses gi- dying for a Master’s degree at the ven both by his own teachers and, Sibelius Academy since autumn 2012, among others, by Paavo Pohjola, Marko with Hanna Juutilainen as his teacher. Ylönen, Antti Tikkanen and Minna His greatest musical experiences have, Pensola. His teachers on summer cour- he says, been playing with others. He ses have included Konstantin Bogino, is an active chamber musician and en- Erik T. Tawaststjerna, Tuija Hakkila and joys orchestral work with the Sibelius Valeria Resjan. Selected Young Artist Academy Symphony Orchestra and of the Year by the Pro Musica founda- the Oma Orchestra. Right now, Aapo tion in spring 2009, Jan-Paul won the is inspired most of all by the music of second prize in the international EPTA Bach, Bartók and Debussy. In his free Piano Competition in Belgium in 2010. time he reads, bakes and draws. He has He has appeared at a number of inter- also been a keen bird-watcher ever since national festivals all over the world. In he was a child. 5 February 2012, he took the main prize The FRSO has recorded works by in the Helmi Vesa Competition. In June, Eötvös, Nielsen, Hakola, Lindberg, he gave a recital with his brother at the Saariaho, Sallinen, Kaipainen, Kokkonen Middelburg Festival in The Netherlands. and others, and the debut disc of the In November 2012, he appeared at the opera Aslak Hetta by Armas Launis.