RSO & Nicholas Collon & Antoine Tamestit

Name: RSO & Nicholas Collon & Antoine Tamestit
Start: 2026-09-09T19:00:00+03:00
End: 2026-09-10T21:00:00+03:00
Location: Musiikkitalo

took place · 9 Sep 2026

Musiikkitalo, Helsinki

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Radion sinfoniaorkestri opens its autumn season at Musiikkitalo in Helsinki on Wednesday, 9 September 2026 at 19:00. Conductor Nicholas Collon leads a programme featuring Szymanowski's Concert Overture and excerpts from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet ballet. The evening's centrepiece is Sofia Gubaidulina's viola concerto, making its Finnish premiere with soloist Antoine Tamestit. This Helsinki concert marks the start of the orchestra's two Finnish autumn dates. Tickets are priced at 42-12.50 euros.

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About: Radion sinfoniaorkestri

Yle's flagship orchestra since 1927, the RSO brings together 99 world-class musicians under chief conductor Nicholas Collon, performing everything from Finnish premieres to the great symphonic canon at the Helsinki Music Centre.

Permanent musicians

3×

Gramophone Awards won

100+

Recordings released

17.3K

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What's new

2026-06
General Manager Maris Gothoni announced his departure from the FRSO to pursue new challenges outside Yle.
2026-05
Chief conductor Nicholas Collon renewed his contract with the FRSO for a second time, extending his tenure to June 2030 with an option for two further years.
2025-11
A six-part Yle documentary series '99 valittua - Huippuorkesterin kulisseissa' about the RSO's musicians premiered on Yle Areena on 24 November 2025.

Tour

Helsinki

Tracks

Lotta Wennäkoski: Orchestral Works (Ondine, 2023)Won the 2023 Gramophone Award; first FRSO nomination for Orchestra of the Year.

Bartók: Violin Concertos (Ondine, 2018)Won the 2018 Gramophone Award; placed in NPR's top-50 list.

Magnus Lindberg: Clarinet Concerto (Ondine, 2006)Won the 2006 Gramophone Award, one of the orchestra's landmark recordings.

Sibelius: Tone Poems & SongsWon the International Classical Music Award (ICMA) in 2018.

Grażyna Bacewicz: Piano Concertos (Ondine)Received Gramophone Editor's Choice under Nicholas Collon.

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