SIBELIUS IN KORPO
2002 – 2024
REPERTOIRE, Artists AND Administration
SIBELIUS in KORPO
Administration
Petri Kirkkomäki Executive Director 2012–2024
Kurt-Erik Långbacka Executive Director 2002–2011
Folke Gräsbeck Artistic Director 2002–2024
Bosse Mellberg Director of Korpo Jazz
Initiating Working Committee in 2001–02: Kurt-Erik Långbacka (Chairman), Fabian Dahlström, Marianne Ringbom.
The Festival Sibelius in Korpo is a ‘daughter festival’ to the bigger and older festival Korpo Jazz, the director of which is Bosse Mellberg.
The organizing team of the Sibelius in Korpo Festival, Executive Director Petri Kirkkomäki and Artistic Director Folke Gräsbeck.
From the start of the festival in 2002, many musicians have participated. The historical visits in 1886 and 1887 of the Sibelius family included prolonged summer evenings of inspired music making, hence also the players from that time are listed. The hostess of Korpo gård, Ina Wilenius, had prepared the visit of the Sibelius family by acquiring all Beethoven’s piano trios.
Flute
Iryna Gorkun (Ukraine) 2022
Hanna-Kaarina Heikinheimo 2022
Violin
Jarl Ahlbeck 2014
Linda Bärlund 2002–03
Emilia Donner 2014
Dag Eriksen (Norway) 2008
Martin Granström 2020–22
Sofia Greus 2014
Ella Griinari 2022
Eva Gräsbeck 2022
Linda Hedlund 2006–07
Fenella Humphreys (UK) 2023
Kaisa Ivars 2004
Satu Jalas-Risito (Italy) 2005, 2011, 2016, 2021, 2023
Miina Järvi (Estonia) 2009
Saara Kangas 2022
Liisa Makkonen 2006
Liina Nuora 2002
Erik Nygård 2024
Olivier Pons (France) 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020–21, 2023
Ruth Ringbom 1887
Jaso Sasaki 2022
Madoka Sato (Japan) 2003, 2006, 2011, 2017
Jean Sibelius 1886, 1887
Pehr Sibelius 1886, 1887
Pippa Sieppala 2022
Sebastian Silén 2014, 2016, 2022, 2024
Mikael Stoor 2022
Katariina Záborszky 2004
Annemarie Åström-Tiula 2014, 2024
Viola
Johanna Almark 2022
Matilda Berghäll (Sweden) 2022
Janne Saari 2007, 2022
Cello
Hedvig Bengtsson (Sweden) 2022
Domenico Ermirio (Italy) 2016, 2022
Antonia Hägglund 2021–22
Marius Järvi (Estonia) 2006, 2009
Anton Kukkonen 2004, 2008
Helen Lindén-Pons (France) 2002, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018,
2020–21, 2023
Ilkka Pälli 2011
Christian Sibelius 1886, 1887
Taneli Turunen (Germany) 2017
Timo-Veikko Valve 2003–04
Riku Vartiainen 2014
String Quartet
The Adara Quartet (Sweden, Edsberg) 2022
The Colore Quartet 2022
The Flinders Quartet (Australia) 2015
Quartet from Wegelius kammastråkar 2014
Piano
Terhi Dostal (Germany) 2019
Folke Gräsbeck 2002–2024
Sae Iida (Japan) 2019
Mihkel Järvi (Estonia) 2009
Erkki Korhonen 2016
Peter Lönnqvist 2006, 2013, 2018, 2022
Janne Mertanen 2019
Laura Mikkola (France) 2019, 2024
Martin Segerstråle 2020–21
Evelina Sibelius 1886, 1887
Linda Sibelius 1886, 1887
Maria Sibelius 1886, 1887
Emma Teronen 2014
Joseph Tong (UK) 2019, 2023
Carolina “Ina” Wilenius 1887
Organ
Folke Gräsbeck 2011, 2012
Sanna-Maija Rautakoski 2011
Kantele
Johanna Aho-Salakka 2018
Suvi Lehtonen-Gräsbeck 2006, 2011, 2018
Recitation
Folke Gräsbeck 2021, 2024
Ralf Långbacka 2018
Johan Simberg 2002–05, 2007–10
Singers
Jyrki Anttila, tenor 2024
Erica Back, mezzo-soprano 2018
Rolf Broman, baritone 2022
Wivan Fagerudd, mezzo-soprano 2005
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano 2015
Suvi Lehtonen-Gräsbeck, mezzo-soprano 2011, 2021
Jutta Holmberg, soprano 2008
Christian Juslin, tenor 2013
Emma Kajander, soprano 2024
Therese Karlsson, soprano (Åland) 2022
Dan Karlström, tenor (Germany) 2014, 2015
Petri Kirkkomäki, baritone 2018–2024
Jussi Merikanto, baritone 2015
Mari Palo, soprano 2017
Hedvig Paulig, soprano 2015, 2016, 2022
Raija Regnell, soprano 2004
Annika Rioux, soprano (Germany) 2013
Johanna Rusanen-Kartano, soprano 2014
Ville Salonen, tenor 2022
Gabriel Suovanen, baritone (Sweden) 2009, 2012
Herman Wallén, tenor (Germany) 2017
Ida Wallén, mezzosopran (Tyskland) 2023
Choirs
Brahe Djäknar, male choir, 2015, 2017
Ulf Långbacka, conductor
Florakören, female choir, 2008, 2015,
Ulf Långbacka, conductor 2017
Manifestum, male choir, 2012
Markus Westerlund, conductor
Dominante, mixed choir, 2013
Seppo Murto, conductor
Orchestras and ensembles
Festival Orchestra 2022 2022
Petri Sakari, conductor
Helsinki Camerata, chamber orchestra, 2010
Pekka Helasvuo, conductor
Sigyn Brass Ensemble, 2007
Juhani Listo, cornet in Eb, Kyösti Varis, Petter Järvi,
cornets in Bb, Liisa Gunnelius, tenor horn, Harri
Mäntynen, baritone horn, Kalle Kataja, alto
horn, Matti Laiho, tuba, Tomi Salo, percussion
Sinfonia Helsinki, Symphony Orchestra, 2011
Pekka Helasvuo, conductor
Wegelius kammarstråkar, Chamber Orchestra, 2014, 2024
Annemarie Åström, leader
The Chamber Orchestra Wegelius kammarstråkar at the ‘Hall of Residence’, G18 in Heisinki.
Programmes 2002–2024
Concert Programmes, see ‘Sibelius Repertoir Performed 2002–2024’
SIBELIUS in KORPo I 21.7.2002
SIBELIUS in KORPo II 19–20.7.2003
Lecture by professor Fabian Dahlström:
‘Sibelius in Korpo’
SIBELIUS in KORPo III 24–25.7.2004
‘Hommage to J. L. Runeberg’
Lecture by Andrew Barnett
‘Why did Sibelius stop to compose chamber music?’
SIBELIUS in KORPo IV 23–24.7.2005
‘Sibelius’s own violin sounds like this..!’
Lecture by professor Fabian Dahlström:
‘Sibelius’s Diary’
SIBELIUS in KORPo V 22–23.7.2006
‘The unveiling of the memorial monument’
Lecture by Andrew Barnett:
‘Themes from the Korpo Summers in the later Production’
SIBELIUS in KORPo VI 21–22.7.2007
Lecture by Andrew Barnett:
‘Sibelius in Hafträsk’
Lecture by Esko Häkli:
‘Sibelius’s Complete Works, Finland’s biggest music publishing project’
SIBELIUS in KORPo VII 19–20.7.2008
‘Sibelius & Grieg’
Lecture by Professor Emeritus Fabian Dahlström:
‘Sibelius & Grieg’
‘BARCAROLA’ by Antonia Ringbom:
‘Ellen Thesleff and Jean Sibelius lived simultaneously, but they didn’t know one another. In this picture collage they ‘travelled in the same boat’
SIBELIUS & KORPo VIII 25–26.7.2009
‘Sibelius & The Nordic Countries’
Lecture by Andrew Barnett:
‘Sibelius & The Nordic Countries. A. Barnett’s new biography ‘Sibelius’
SIBELIUS in KORPo IX 24–25.7.2010
‘Sibelius & Vienna’
Lecture by Folke Gräsbeck:
‘The Countess’s Portrait’
Lecture by Tuulikki Wahe-Rohbach:
‘The Korpo Manor’
SIBELIUS in KORPo X 22–24.7.2011
‘From Apprentice to Master’
Lecture by Professor Emeritus Fabian Dahlström:
‘Axel’s power’
Lecture by Andrew Barnett:
‘The BIS EDITION. ‘Every Note he Ever Wrote’ –
SIBELIUS in KORPo XI 20–22.7.2012
‘A Dream Chord’
Lecture by the Sibelius scholar Sakari Ylivuori:
‘You immediately recognize the composer –
special features in Sibelius’s male choir songs’
SIBELIUS in KORPo XII 19–21.7.2013
‘Trees and Flowers’
Pre Concert Talk by Andrew Barnett:
‘Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 3, “The crystallisation of thought from chaos”’
Lecture by Professor Emeritus Fabian Dahlström:
‘Sibelius’s Promotional Cantatas’
SIBELIUS in KORPo XIII 18–20.7.2014
‘Sibelius & Strauβ’
‘Richard Strauβ 150’
Lecture by Professor Veijo Murtomäki:
‘Sibelius, Strauβ and the Third Reich’
SIBELIUS in KORPo XIV 17–19.7.2015
‘Jean Sibelius 150’
Douglas Sivén᾿s Documentary Film, ‘Sibelius in Korpo’ (in English)
Lecture by Geoffrey Hayes (Melbourne, Australien):
‘Sibelius in Australasia᾽
SIBELIUS in KORPo XV 22–24.7.2016
‘The Young Sibelius visiting’
‘Busoni 150’
Lecture by Andrew Barnett: ‘Sibelius and Busoni’
Douglas Sivén᾿s Documentary Film, ‘Sibelius in Korpo’
SIBELIUS in KORPo XVI 21–23.7.2017
‘Suomi – Finland 100’
Lecture by Professor Emeritus Fabian Dahlström:
‘Sibelius and Adolf Paul’
SIBELIUS in KORPo XVII 20–22.7.2018
‘Oskar Merikanto 150’
Pre Concert Talk by Andrew Barnett (General Manager of SibeliusOne):
‘Sibelius and Merikanto’
SIBELIUS in KORPo XVIII 18–21.7.2019
‘Sibelius’s Piano Music Complete – Armas Järnefelt 150’
Lecture by Andrew Barnett (General Manager of SibeliusOne):
‘The Piano Music by Jean Sibelius’
SIBELIUS in KORPo XIX 23.7.2020
‘Beethoven 200’
Concert at Korpo Manor by streaming
SIBELIUS in KORPo XX 16–18.7.2021
XX Anniversary Festival
‘Sibelius & Beethoven’
Lecture by the composer Ron Weidberg (Israel):
‘Correlations between my Sibelius research and my Compositions’
SIBELIUS in KORPo XXI 15–17.7.2022
‘The Merry 1880s & César Franck 200’
Cecilia Damström’s Adventure Opera Vickan & Väinö
SIBELIUS in KORPo XXII 14–16.7.2023
‘Sibelius in his workshop of composition’
‘Édouard Lalo 200 – Sergej Rachmaninov 150’
Pre Concert Talk by Andrew Barnett (General Manager of SibeliusOne):
‘The Sibelius Family at Hafträsk’
Sibelius’s granddaughter Satu Jalas presents the authentic Stainer Violin
of Sibelius
SIBELIUS in KORPo XXIII 19–21.7.2024
‘Sibelius & Bartók’
1‘0100 Years since the Death of Oskar Merikanto’