N E W S
June 2023
Debuts in Finland
Joonas is conducting Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra in April 2024 with a program of Ethel Smyth - The Wreckers Overture and Elgars Enigma Variations.
In October 2023 he is conducting Fauré Requiem with St. Michel Strings and Suomen Laulu -Choir in Mikkeli and Helsinki.
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O C T
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October 29, 2023
Symphony Concert
With St. Michel Strings and
Suomen Laulu -Choir
Helsinki, Finland
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.
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November 26, 2023
Symphony Concert
With Stadtorchester Zug and
Jeremy Bager, Bassoon
Zug, Switzerland
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.
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
