by Minna Hölttä | Sep 18, 2016
This year marks the 30th edition of Prémio Jovens Músicos, the national competition for young musicians in Portugal, and this time the disciplines include orchestral conducting for the very first time. Maestro Sasha Mäkilä will serve in the jury alongside maestros...
by Minna Hölttä | Jul 25, 2016
This summer season maestro Mäkilä is returning to the Gergiev Festival Mikkeli to conduct a joint concert with St Michel Strings and the artists of the Mariinsky Theatre. In St. Petersburg he is starting a new collaboration with the Tchaikovsky Ballet and conducting...
by Minna Hölttä | Feb 5, 2016
The spring concert season will see maestro Sasha Mäkilä conducting his debuts with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra in February and with the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra in March. He will also return to the Pori Sinfonietta after nine years to perform with the latest...
by Minna Hölttä | Nov 6, 2015
This fall maestro Sasha Mäkilä will conduct two debuts in Russia, with the St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra on November 14 and 15, and with the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra on December 10. He has also been re-invited to conduct the Krasnoyarsk Symphony...
by Minna Hölttä | Mar 18, 2015
St Michel Strings is making a six concert tour in Asia to celebrate 150 years of Jean Sibelius. The first three concerts will take place in South Korea, in Geoje, Seoul and Yongin, and they will feature a full Sibelius program with the Korean violinist Hyuk Joo Kwun...
by Minna Hölttä | Dec 5, 2014
Saimaa Sinfonietta will webcast the concert in Mikkeli on December 5th at 19:00 (UTC/GMT +2) to celebrate the Finnish Independence Day. The program will be all Sibelius – Valse Romantique op. 62b, Violin concerto in D minor op. 47, and Symphony No. 3 in C major...
