We are excited to announce the official programme for the Fiskars Summer Festival 2022 Fiskars Village, 8-13th August 2022
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 …
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
There are a limited number of scholarships for the Lead! Foundation Academy masterclass 2021 available for talented young conductors.Please contact us on info@leadorchestraproject.com for more details on conditions and how to apply.
THE 2ND FISKARS SUMMER FESTIVAL AND LEAD! FOUNDATION ACADEMY MASTERCLASS FOR YOUNG CONDUCTORS
We’re thrilled to announce that the next Fiskars Summer Festival and masterclass for young conductors is currently being planned (dates 2-8 August 2021). Our aim remains to provide teaching, mentorship and ongoing support to young conductors in the early stages of their career. This year, the masterclass will be led by Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Hannu Lintu, and they will be …
Planning in a Pandemic: Looking Back at the Fiskars Summer Festival, August 2020
When we started planning a new festival in Fiskars two years ago, we could not have foreseen the complexities caused by the current pandemic, which has had enormous repercussions on our industry. We did not know if the festival could take place until just a few weeks before it was due to start, and this impacted us in a variety …
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 …
Applications for the LEAD! Foundation Academy’s Conductors’ Workshop and Masterclass with Jukka-Pekka Saraste at the Fiskars Summer Festival, Finland, 2-8 August, 2020
Application Deadline: 14 June 2020 Applications are open to take part in the LEAD! Foundation Academy’s international mentorship programme for young conductors. Guest teachers: Jorma Panula, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sakari Oramo Special guests: Dalia Stasevska, Klaus Mäkelä, Pekka Kuusisto There is a limited number of places open for exceptional young conductors to take part in LEAD! Foundation Academy’s first summer mentorship …
LEAD! continues its work online with masterclasses for young conductors and musicians
LEAD! continues its work with masterclasses online
Meet our new mentor: Ole Kristian Dahl
We are delighted to announce that Ole has joined the LEAD! team, and will be working with us for the first time during our first collaboration with the NRW Orchesterzentrum Dortmund in December 2019. Ole is currently the solo bassoon of the Swedish National Orchestra, Gothenburg, and has formerly held the same position in the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, the …
Interview | Igor Gruppman
The violinist, conductor, professor and LEAD! mentor will be teaching as part of the Aurora Festival, taking place in Stockholm this month. Here he shares his thoughts on what it takes to be a good musical leader.