Orchestra
Sinfonia Lahti
- From
- Lahti, Finland
- Since
- 1910–present
- Releases
- 92
- classical
About
The Lahti Symphony Orchestra (Finnish: Sinfonia Lahti) is a Finnish orchestra based in the city of Lahti in the picturesque Finnish Lakeland. The orchestra has a distinct focus on the works of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, and has been resident at the acoustically-renowned Sibelius Hall since its completion in March 2000.
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The orchestra was founded in 1910, and placed under the control of the Lahti municipality in 1949. It plays (during its regular season) approximately one major concert program per week, and organises annually the widely-regarded Sibelius Festival.
Members
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Timo Ahtinen double bass
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Harri Ahmas bassoon, principal
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Marja Eichhorn violin
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Anitta Engstrand violin
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Kjell Häggkvist bassoon
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Krista Jäänsola violin
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Arja Kaskela violin
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Petri Kaskela violin
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Antti Kinnunen violin
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Hannu Kivilä cello
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Orvokki Kivinen violin
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Laura Kokko violin
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Lasse-Matti Laakso viola
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Johanna Latvala violin
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Maaria Leino violin
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Seppo Linkola violin
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Eeva Mäenluoma clarinet
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Olli-Pekka Martikainen percussion
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Päivi Pöyry violin
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Jarmo Räikkönen viola
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Marja Rouvali violin
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Matti Rouvali clarinet
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Katariina Ruokonen viola
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Anni-Kaisa Tikkala violin
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Aleksi Trygg violin
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Hannaliisa Pitkäpaasi violin
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Esa Heikkilä violin
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Veikko Saarnikoski violin
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Veikko Höylä cello
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Teet Järvi cello, principal
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Arvo Haasma viola
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Sakari Tepponen violin
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Jaakko Kuusisto violin
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Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic viola
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Jyrki Lasonpalo violin
Discography
Albums
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The Three Clarinet Concertos
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Symphony no. 1 / Hiljaisuus / Violin Concerto
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Sinfonisia luonnoksia / Cello Concerto / Symphony no. 4
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Opera Arias
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Music for String Orchestra / The Hades of the Birds, Song Cycle / Symphony no. 1
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...durch einen Spiegel... / Wind Quintet / Sinfonia da camera / Il paesaggio
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Inauguratio / Symphony no. 2 / Interludes from the Opera "The Last Temptations" / Erekhtheion
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Violin Concerto in D minor, Original and Final Version
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Symphony no. 3 / Opus sonorum / Requiem
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A Festival of Finnish Music
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The Tempest, op. 109
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Whirls (Pyörteitä) Ballet Suites 1 & 2 / Lemminkäinen’s Island Adventures / Song of Lake Kuujärvi
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Nummisuutarit, Overture / Theme with Seven Variations and Coda, op. 44 / Kalevala Suite, op. 23
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Symphony no. 1 / Violin concerto / Symphony no. 8
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Symphony no. 9 for Trombone & Orchestra / Concerto for Cello & Orchestra
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Jedermann, op. 83 / Belshazzar's Feast, op. 51 (original score) / The Countess's Portrait
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Symphony no. 5 (original 1915 version) / En Saga (original 1892 version)
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The Four Symphonies / Requiem
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The Wood-Nymph
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Violin Concerto (original 1903/04 version) / The Wood-Nymph (Tone-poem & melodrama)
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Karelia - Complete Score / Kuolema - Incidental music
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Symphonies 2 & 3
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Whirls, Act I / Violin Concerto / Suomenlinna
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Symphony no. 10 / Rejoicing of the Deep Waters
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Symphonies 1 & 4
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Symphonies 6 & 7 / Tapiola
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Symphony no. 8 / Pergamon
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Joulun Ihmemaa
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Symphony no. 2 / Symphony no. 7 "Insect Symphony"
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Karelia Suite / King Christian II / Pelléas et Mélisande
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Lemminkäinen Suite with World Premiere Recording of Original Versions of no. 1 & 4
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Angel of Light / Dances With the Winds / Cantus Arcticus
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Chinese Songs / Symphony no. 4
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Sibelius - Lahti - Vänskä
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Finland Awakes
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FINNISH HYMNS 1
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Kullervo
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Aino
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Tone Poems
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Suomalainen kansanlaulu
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Music!
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Aho: Symphony no. 3 / Mussorgsky/Aho: Songs & Dances of Death
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Beloved Swedish Psalm Melodies
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Rondo of the Waves
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Die Loreley
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Suomalainen Virsi (Finnish Hymns), Vol. 3
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Snöfrid: Cantatas and Orchestral Works
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The Journey: Symphony no. 8 / Violin Concerto
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Finnish Rhapsody / Kullervo's Funeral March / Sinfonietta / Aino
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Symphonic Dances / Symphony no. 11
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Segunda sinfonía y otras obras orquestales
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Song of the Earth
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Spirit of Nature: Songs, Cantatas and Orchestral Works
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Clarinet Concertos
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The Origin of Fire
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Symphony no. 12 "Luosto"
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The Voice of Sibelius
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Symphonies 4 and 5
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Täällä Pohjantähden alla: soundtrack
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Symphonic Fantasy / Berceuse / Serenade / Suite in E-flat major
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Concerts
Reference
Composer-in-residence
Conductor position
Also known as
Lahden kaupunginorkesteri · Lahti Symphony Orchestra · Orquesta Sinfónica de Lahti · The Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Tags
- finnish orchestra
- orchestra
- symphony orchestra
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- ec314f7f-c40d-4c72-9a7c-0d5a23aa3ec9
- ISNI
- 0000000123370424
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