Korsholm Music Festival

Thank You!

We are heartfully saying thank You to our audience this year. We welcome You again in 2011! Then the festival will be held in the end of July from 27th of July to the 3rd of August 2011.
Artistic Director: Marko Ylönen, cello: Themes: The 4 Elements; earth, air, fire and water!

Thank you also to this years musicians and copartners. Thanks to You this is made possible every year. Next year will be the 29th time for the festival.

Tomas Nuñez-Garcés wins the Turku Cello Competition 2010

Tomas Nuñez-Garcés is coming to perform at Korsholm Music Festival during the summer 2010, 16.6. - 23.6. He will perform both together with the Postiglione Quartet, who won the international quartet-competition in Rovaniemi in 2009, and as a soloist in different chamber music ensembles.
Tomas has among others studied for our artistic director and professor in chamber music, cellist Marko Ylönen and for the previous artistic director (1996-2001) for Korsholm Music cellist Festival Frans Helmersson.

Article in Helsingin Sanomat, Internationa Edition

CHAMBER MUSIC AND LIGHT NIGHTS 2010, 16.-23.6. 2010

The coastline and the archipelago of Vaasa and Korsholm are among the most beautiful areas in the Nordic area. Since 1983 the Korsholm Music Festival has invited leading Nordic and international artists to perform during these wonderful summer weeks with music ranging from baroque compositions to classical chamber works and new music.

The festival, that is one of the most acknowledged chamber music festivals in Finland, brings its own mood to this coastal region as music resounds in concert halls, restaurants, museums and idyllic church buildings. Our famous "daylight" during the nights brings a special magic to the festival atmosphere!

In Year 2010 the Korsholm Music Festival i arranged from 16th to 23rd of June 2010. We are welcoming cellist Marko Ylönen back to Korsholm as the artistic director for the year 2010. He was also artistic director during the years 2003 and 2008.

His choice for Theme for 2010 could be described as The passionate poets of music from the romantic era. We are celebrating 200 years since the birth of composers Robert Schumann and Frédéric Chopin. Pianotrios will be another focus. We will also celebrate the passionate folkmusic composer Konsta Jylhä, who would have turned 100 years old 2010. Finnish classical music will also sound in 26 concerts during our eight days of festival. Among the mucisicans there will be skilled finnish musicians together with foreign guests.

KORSHOLM MUSIC FESTIVAL WINTERCONCERT 11 February 2010

The Korsholm Music Festival started it´s season already in February with a winterconcert in cooperation with The Vaasa City Orchestra and the conductor Hannu Koivula.
Our Artistic director, professor in chamber music at the Sibelius Academy,
cellist Marko Ylönen was the night´s soloist.

In the program there was Robert Schumann´s cello concerto in A Minor Op. 129.

The Concert was played to a full Vaasa City Hall. The concert made the audience curious regarding the festival programme in the summer 16th - 23rd of June 2010.

The Art Reward 2009 to Korsholm Music Festival

The Ostrobothnian Art Commission has given the Art Reward 2009 to Korsholm Music Festival. They are rewarding every year an artistic event, artist or a company that are contributing to the enrichment of the artistic life in the Ostrobothnian regions.
The reasons for desicions were that Korsholm Music Festival is a qualitative musical event, that has maintained the musical standard and is working in a wide regional sphere. Despite that the Festival is international, they are always focusing on the local musical know-how. The reward is 4.000€. The price was handed over in connection to the finising concert in Vaasa City Hall the 17.6.2009. During the concert The world premiere for contemporary composer Perttu Haapanens work "Obsession Park" took place. The work was dedicated to Dmitri Slobodeniouk.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS 2010