Fiskars Summer Festival – 31 July – 6 August 2023

Spring is here and we are delighted to announce the 4th edition of the Fiskars Summer Festival 2023! In addition to our conductors’ masterclass – led this year by Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Dalia Stasevska and James Gaffigan – and our mentorship programme for young musicians, we will be introducing a new workshop about the music industry for young composers, which will …

LEAD! Foundation Academy Masterclass and Mentorship Programme for Young Conductors — 27 July – 6 August 2023

  LEAD! Foundation is seeking applications from conductors for the 2023 summer programme in Fiskars, Finland. Six conductors will be selected to participate in, and six conductors invited to observe a series of orchestral masterclasses led by Jukka-Pekka Saraste with James Gaffigan and Dalia Stasevska. Each successful participant will work with a professional orchestra on a range of repertoire to …

LEAD! Foundation Summer Mentorship Programme for Young Musicians — 27 July – 6 August 2023

Fiskars Festival Orchestra LEAD! is looking for talented young violinists, violists, cellists and double-basses (age 18-30) to join its annual mentorship programme at the Fiskars Summer Festival this year. The programme is aimed at students and those in the early stages of their profession, and encourages entrepreneurship and independence while creating a setting for sharing knowledge about the music industry. …

NEW EASTER FESTIVAL! ANNOUNCING THE FISKARS EASTER SESSIONS 9-15 APRIL 2022

We’re thrilled to introduce the first Lead! event to take place in Fiskars outside the summer season. We hope that this series of chamber concerts, seminars and masterclasses will form part of a new tradition, and our Easter Sessions will be held for the first time this spring in the period of 9-15 April, with concerts on 13, 14 and …

FISKARS SUMMER FESTIVAL BECOMES A CONDUCTORS’ MASTERCLASS

Important changes to the festival, 2-8 August 2020 We are thrilled to announce this very special event, where we will have a great number of eminent guests taking part in LEAD!’s masterclasses, both as teachers and conductors. In addition to LEAD! artistic director Jukka-Pekka Saraste and distinguished teacher Jorma Panula, renowned artists Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sakari Oramo, Dalia Stasevska, Klaus Mäkelä …