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Thursday 22.10.2026 at 12 noon Kuopio Music Centre Concert Hall

KUOPIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA'S OPEN REHEARSAL

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Thursday 22.10.2026 at 6pm Kuopio Music Centre Concert Hall

SEASON SERIES CONCERT 4: KOLJA BLACHER & MAYUMI KANAGAWA

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Thursday 29.10.2026 at 6pm Kuopio Music Centre Concert Hall

SEASON SERIES CONCERT 5: WAR AND PEACE

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« October 2026 »
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
			1 Thursday 01.10.2026 at 6pm Kuopio Music Centre Concert Hall SEASON SERIES CONCERT 2: SVÄNGFONIA	2	3	4
5	6	7	8 Thursday 08.10.2026 at 6pm Kuopio Music Centre Concert Hall SEASON SERIES CONCERT 3: VASKS & BRUCKNER	9	10	11
12 Monday 12.10.2026 Kuopio Music Centre Concert Hall SUPER AUTUMN BREAK: INSTRUMENT INTRODUCTION	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22 Thursday 22.10.2026 at 12 noon Kuopio Music Centre Concert Hall KUOPIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA'S OPEN REHEARSAL Thursday 22.10.2026 at 6pm Kuopio Music Centre Concert Hall SEASON SERIES CONCERT 4: KOLJA BLACHER & MAYUMI KANAGAWA	23	24	25
26	27	28	29 Thursday 29.10.2026 at 6pm Kuopio Music Centre Concert Hall SEASON SERIES CONCERT 5: WAR AND PEACE	30	31

TICKET SALES

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Kuopio Music Centre Box Office is open as follows:
Tue-Fri from 1 pm to 5 pm or until the beginning of the performance and on weekends 1 hour before the beginning of the performance.
Tel. 0600 96100 (1,98 €/min. + local network fee). Address Kuopionlahdenkatu 23.

Kulttuurikulma (Lippupiste ticket outlet) / Shopping Center Apaja, Kauppakatu 45. Open Tue-Fri from 11 am until 5.30 pm, Sat from 10 am until 3 pm.

Lippupiste ticket outlets around the country tel. 0600 900 900 (1,98 €/min. + local network fee).

Kuopio City Theatre Box Office open hours – see www.kuopionkaupunginteatteri.fi (site in Finnish), tel. 0600 413143 (1,98 €/min. + local network fee).

News

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Mayumi Kanagawa performs Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto of contrasts on 22nd of October

The KSO’s season concert on the 22nd of October will mark the first appearance in Kuopio of violinist Mayumi Kanagawa, who will perform Igor Stravinsky’s simultaneously sarcastic and tender Violin Concerto. The orchestra will be conducted by its First Conductor, Kolja Blacher. The programme also includes Boris Blacher’s Paganini Variations and Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony.

13.10.2026

Deeply human works by Vasks and Bruckner performed on 8th of October

The KSO’s season concert on Thursday, 8th of October presents two profoundly moving works: Peteris Vasks’s Cello Concerto No. 2 and Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6. Taking the stage of the Concert Hall will be the Swedish cellist Torleif Thedéen, while the orchestra will be conducted by the acclaimed Polish conductor Marzena Diakun.

01.10.2026

Everything is possible at Sväng and KSO concert on 1st of October

The season concert by the KSO on the 1st of October takes listeners on an unforgettable journey together with the harmonica quartet Sväng. The performance combines the rich sonic world of four harmonicas with the symphonic sound of the orchestra. The concert’s central theme is tango, but the programme also features Balkan rhythms, music by Sibelius, Chopin and more. The orchestra will be conducted by Janne Nisonen.

24.09.2026

MEET THE ORCHESTRA

Meet the Musicians

The Kuopio Symphony Orchestra consists of 44 musicians. The KSO musicians represent well over 10 different nationalities and therefore the orchestra’s working language is English. The Chief Conductor of the KSO is Jaakko Kuusisto. Atso Almila acts as the Second Conductor. In 2010 professor and maestro Jorma Panula was appointed as the orchestra’s Honorary Conductor.

Audience Outreach

The Kuopio Symphony Orchestra wants to introduce various audience groups to the world of music by organizing diverse concerts and special events. The main point is to give artistic experiences, to increase public awareness and knowledge of orchestral music and other forms of art music and also to develop people’s cultural competence.

Our Youtube Concerts

Enjoy our concerts in YouTube. The orchestra's YouTube Channel introduces concerts by the KSO chamber music ensembles and individual musicians as well as the whole Kuopio Symphohy Orchestra. The concerts have been either recorded or livestreamed from Restaurant Maxim in Kuopio or at the orchestra’s home, ie. at the Kuopio Music Centre.

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