Susanna Mälkki

Conductor, cellist, composers' advocate.
Chief Conductor Emeritus, @helsinkiphil

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

From yesterday - Doctor honoris causa.
Very touched by all of this.
More photos soon.

@uniartshelsinki #uniartspromootio #tradition #honour #gratitude

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

The Academic weekend has started!! Very much looking forward to the ceremonies of @UniartsHelsinki 🎩🙏🏻

#honoriscausa #sibeliusacademy #confernmentceremony #promootio #kunniatohtori #uniartspromootio

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

This season, I am pleased to join the @bay_staatsoper for two different productions.

'Le nozze di Figaro': https://t.co/wD7LFfw1r3

'Pénélope': https://t.co/eGTxLd2OPm

I look forward to these collaborations!

Photo by Jiyang Chen. Graphic by @lennysstudio.

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

It was a delight to speak with Elli Collan at @uniartshelsinki in June, in advance of my conferment of the title of honorary doctor next week. I invite you to read the full interview here: https://t.co/sd2zkvArE9 (2/2)

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

"The way Mälkki sees it, art is the most profound essence of culture and part of humanity that helps us process life and channel various emotions, both happy and sad ones. In a way, nothing is more important than that." - Elli Collan / @UniartsHelsinki

Photo by Chris Lee. (1/2)

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

I am delighted to return to the @LAPhil this season to lead a program of works by Schubert, Strauss & Saariaho. Join us for an incredible evening of music at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Jan. 30 / Feb. 2!

Tickets: https://t.co/fbB7yZ6zqx

Graphic: LA Phil
#LAPhil #WDCH

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

I am thrilled to return to @operadeparis to lead 7 performances of 'The Rake's Progress' this season. In Olivier Py's flamboyant staging, a brilliant cast performs Stravinsky's first opera from 30 Nov–23 Dec.

https://t.co/0HVK7rd42i

Video Trailer: Opéra national de Paris

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

Tickets are now on sale. Do join us if you can! https://t.co/5CkmHTYP2X (2/2)

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

This fall, I look forward to leading two performances of Beethoven's 'Fidelio' in concert with #TampereOpera, on 10 and 12 October at @tamperetalo. Our fantastic soloists and Tampere Opera Choir will be joined by the @TreFilharmonia.

Graphic courtesy of Tampere Opera. (1/2)

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

I will so miss everyone! So much love and thanks and the biggest toi-toi! ❤️ (3/3)

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

the voices from the souls of the singers, the magical simultaneous presence of the stage and the orchestra pit, the sounds of what the orchestra creates to carry and embrace the voices, the visual storytelling, the listening and observing of the audience. (2/3)

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

Last performance of Pelléas et Mélisande tonight at the @festival_aix. 🥲

This is why I love opera and feel so grateful for every moment of the process from the rehearsal room up to the performances.... The larger-than-life music, the endlessly thought-provoking story, (1/3)

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

...Les nuances sont particulièrement dosées, chaque départ donné avec soin aux chanteurs, dans une écriture rythmique des parties chantées qui comporte de nombreux pièges." - @Olyrix_officiel (3/3)

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

We have our penultimate performance of 'Pelléas et Mélisande' at @festival_aix tonight. Very much looking forward to seeing our whole team again for show nr. 4! Toi toi ❤️

https://t.co/lcBqIzB5DM

© Jean-Louis Fernandez (1/3)

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

"De gestes généreux et savamment pesés, la cheffe finlandaise conduit avec force et cohérence l’exécution d’une partition qui exige une attention à tous les détails de la musique et aux multiples couleurs que Claude Debussy parvient à tirer de l’orchestre... (2/3)

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

So looking forward to 'Pelléas et Mélisande' nr. 3 with our extraordinary cast and everyone at @festival_aix ❤️

https://t.co/YEFpjg4P3H

Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy – Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024 © Jean-Louis Fernandez

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

"Susanna Mälkki’s musical direction, with its rather calm tempos and its attention to details and colors, maintains the atmosphere of a waking dream." - @LesEchos

Tonight! Our second 'Pelléas et Mélisande' at @festival_aix.

https://t.co/lcBqIzBDtk

© Jean-Louis Fernandez

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

Tonight, we open 'Pelléas et Mélisande' at @festival_aix. Debussy's remarkable opera, in Katie Mitchell's staging, is presented by a brilliant cast. Do join us if you are able! Performances 6, 9, 12, 15 and 17 July.

https://t.co/YEFpjg4P3H

Photo: Jean-Louis Fernandez

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

Pelléas opens on July 6 and we have 5 performances until July 17. Don't miss this masterpiece in the gorgeous production of Katie Mitchell and the spellbinding singing of our brilliant cast, with the wonderful orchestra and chorus of Opéra de Lyon!! (2/2)

[Susanna Mälkki @MalkkiConductor]

It was such a pleasure to discuss with Marie-Aude Roux of @lemondefr the approaching premiere of Pelléas and Mélisande at @festival_aix! Most honoured to be in such a generous portrait in this prestigious paper.

https://t.co/lcBqIzB5DM (1/2)