by Sasha Mäkilä | Nov 25, 2021
Maestro Sasha Mäkilä debuts at the Finnish National Opera and Ballet with a run of thirteen shows of Tchaikovsky’s beloved ballet Nutcracker and the Mouse King, with choreography by Wayne Eagling and Toer van Schayk. The matinée performance on November 27 will...
by Sasha Mäkilä | Aug 9, 2020
Despite the worldwide corona epidemic the improved situation in Estonia allows for organising Sasha Mäkilä’s traditional summer conducting masterclass with the Pärnu City Orchestra on August 10-15. Four students will be working alongside maestro Mäkilä on...
by Sasha Mäkilä | Feb 6, 2020
17th International Sasha Mäkilä Conducting Masterclass in Helsinki February 17-21, 2020Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra Ten participants will get an intense masterclass experience over five days in Helsinki, Finland, working with maestro Sasha Mäkilä and the...
by Minna Hölttä | Dec 27, 2018
15th International Sasha Mäkilä Conducting Masterclass February 18-22, 2019 Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra Ten participants will get an intense masterclass experience over five days in Helsinki, Finland, working with maestro Sasha Mäkilä and the string section of the...
by Minna Hölttä | Dec 23, 2018
Sasha Mäkilä and the Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra are touring China on December 24, 2018 – January 3, 2019. The cities toured are Taicang, Yinchuan, Jinchang, Xi’an, Jiaxing, Cixi, Maanshan, Zhoushan Island and Shanghai. The orchestra will perform works...
by Minna Hölttä | Dec 21, 2018
On December 19, 2018, Sasha Mäkilä successfully defended his PhD thesis “Conducting Madetoja – Discoveries about the Art and Profession of Conducting” at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, in Tallinn, Estonia. His artistic research project...