We return to Mikkeli Music Festival for four fantastic concerts featuring many highlights of the orchestral repertoire, plus an afternoon chamber music recital.

Santtu opens our 2024 residency with Schumann’s last symphony: the ‘Rhenish’. Inspired by a trip to Cologne, hear music evocative of the peacefully flowing Rhine, the church bells of Cologne Cathedral, leading to a high-spirited finale. First, hear a pinnacle of the Romantic repertoire – Brahms’s Violin Concerto – performed by award-winning Swedish violinist Ava Bahari.

Mikkeli Music Festival 2024

Mikkelin Mikaeli Oy

The opera The Last Temptations (1975) by Joonas Kokkonen (1921–96) is one of the most successful and popular Finnish operas of all time. 2025 will mark the 50th anniversary of its premiere. What better time to celebrate this landmark work than during the anniversary year of Olavinlinna Castle?

Ville Matvejeff

Events

Upcoming events

22 - 30 Jul, 2025

The Last Temptations · Savonlinna Opera Festival

Past events

8 - 10 Aug, 2024

Mikkeli Music Festival 2024 · Philharmonia Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in The Last Temptations by Kokkonen

Savonlinna Opera Festival

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