N E W S
May 2023
Debut with Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra - Joonas is making a debut in Helsinki in April 2024 with a program of Ethel Smyth - The Wreckers Overture and Elgars Enigma Variations.
April 2023
1st prize ex aequo in Cítta de Brescia - Giancarlo Facchinetti conducting competition!
Joonas wins 1st prize ex aequo with Ukranian conductor Nataliia Stets in the competition organised by Dédalo ensemble in Brescia Italy. Prize includes concerts in Italy, Romania and Czech Republic with orchestras like Hradec Kralove Philharmonic Orchestra and I Solisti Aquilani.
April 2023
Joonas jumps in for chief conductor Yannis Pouspourikas to conduct Sinfonieorchester Biel Solothurn in Switzerland in their ABO series. The program includes pieces from W.A. Mozart, Christian Jost, L. Bernstein and R. Wagner.
E V E N T S
A P R
07
April 07, 2023
Symphony Concert
With Sinfonieorchester Biel Solothurn and Kaspar Zehnder, Flute
Solothurn, Switzerland
M A Y
05
May 05, 2023
Symphony Concert
With Turku Philharmonic and
Matti Koponen, Violin
Turku, Finland
Watch the full concert from TFO LIVE archives HERE
August 2022
Joonas is jumping in to conduct the first performance of Joachim Raffs opera "Die Eifersüchtigen" with Opern-kollektiv Zürich and Orchestra of Europe. The performances will be in September in Arth and Zürich, Switzerland. The production will produce also a world premiere recording of the opera.
JOONAS
PITKÄNEN
Conductor
