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Upcoming festivals 2011
February 7th, 2011
Charleston Manor Festival, UK, June 17-19, BEETHOVEN and the BRITS, Heini Kärkkäinen, Frederieke Saeÿs, Fionnuala Hunt,Yuval Gotlibovits, Robert Cohen
Kuhmo Chamber Music, July 10-23
Meidän festivaali, July 24-30 Tuusulanjärvi, Finland, Sibelius Festival, Lahti Finland, 10th September
Cambi di Stagione, Monforte Italy, September 23-25, Massimo Quarta, Matthew Souter, Robert Cohen, Heini Kärkkäinen, Gli Archi dell’ Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino, concerto and chambermusicconcerts.
Kauniaisten musiikkijuhlat November 6th, Réka Szilvay & Heini Kärkkäinen, Beethoven, Debussy -
Upcoming concerts
October 4th, 2010
22.10.2010 Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Muhai Tang, Schumann
30.10,2010 Cividale, Italy, Program: Sibelius Dances Champetres, Palmgren Sol och skyar (Seasons) solopiano, Salonen Yta2 solopiano, Hakola Appassionato. With Minna Pensola, violin, Marko Ylönen, violoncello and Tiina Lindfors, dance
1.11.2010 Tampere Pyynikkihall Solorecital, Program: Bach Partita 2, Salonen Yta2, Bach-Brahms Chaconne for the left hand, Palmgren Seasons, Tsaikovski Seasons
12.-14.11 Oulainen Music Weeks, Schönberg, Bartók, Sibelius, Brahms. With Minna Pensola, Jan-Erik Gustafsson, Christoffer Sundqvist, Antti Tikkanen
20.& 21.1. 2011 Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Petri Sakari, Monica Groop, Heiniö Moonconcerto
15.9.2011 Robert Cohen & Heini Kärkkäinen at the Cellohall, Espoo Finland. Russian night: Prokofjev, Sostakovits, Rahmaninov.
13.10.2011 Harri Mäki, Robert Cohen and Heini Kärkkäinen at the Cellohall, Espoo Finland. Schumann, Rota, Lindberg, Brahms.
25.10.2011 Pasi Pirinen& Heini Kärkkäinen at the Music Hall, Helsinki Finland. Ibert, Plog, Debussy, Enescu, Scarlatti, Persichetti, Bitsch.
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Upcoming highlights
February 17th, 2010
Spring festival, Lahti Symphony Orchestra 15.-17. April (Palmgren, Tsaikovski)
CMF 2010, Great Britain 18.-20. June. Schubert is a major feature of this year’s festival
Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, 11.-24. July
Canterbury, Great Britain duorecital with Robert Cohen 21st September (Mendelssohn, Brahms)
Cambi di Stagione Festival, Italy 24.-26. September
Duorecital with Robert Cohen (Mendelssohn, Brahms)
Piano solo recital (Bach, Sibelius, Salonen, Bach-Brahms)Lugano, Switzerland duorecital with Robert Cohen 27. September (Mendelssohn, Brahms)
Tampere Filharmonic Orchestra, with Muhai Tang as the conductor 22. October, Schumann Pianoconcerto
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The Artist grants’ of The National Council for Music for Heini Kärkkäinen
December 28th, 2009
Heini Kärkkäinen was awarded the 5 years Artist grants’ by the Arts Council of Finland. The working period begins from january 2010.
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Heini Kärkkäinen plays with the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra on 8th october
September 11th, 2009
There is the second Pianoconcerto of Saint-Saëns in the program. The orchestra is conducted by Nicholas Smith.
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The world premiere of the Moon Concerto of Mikko Heiniö
August 31st, 2009
The Moonconcerto (Piano Concerto No. 8), reflections and variations of themes by John Dowland and Hugo Ingelius for mezzosoprano, piano and orchestra by Mikko Heiniö will be heard in Helsinki on 23th september 2009. More info
The soloists are Monica Groop and Heini Kärkkäinen. Santtu Rouvali is conducting the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. The lyrics are by Edith Södergran and Carl Snoilsky.
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Summer festivals in 2009
April 23rd, 2009
Charleston Manor Festival, June 19-21, 2009 (Anniversary Spectacular!)
Mäntän Musiikkijuhlat, June 27, 2009
Sysmä Summer Sounds, 26th June-4th July, 2009
Sonkajärvi Soi, July 8, 2009
Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, July 12-25, 2009
Oulunsalo Soi, August 7, 2009
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Russian Night
April 22nd, 2009
Robert Cohen and Heini Kärkkäinen played at Kings Place, on March 29, 2009. Russian night: Shostakovich, Prokofjev, Rachmaninov. The concert was filmed by Highbrow TV, a new arts based internet company launching in late 2009. See Kings Place
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New heinikarkkainen.com website launched!
April 12th, 2009
Stay tuned for updates as the site is still being developed! New sections and information will be added as soon as the content is ready.