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Susanna Mälkki

Conductor
Chief Conductor Emeritus, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Susanna Mälkki is sought-after at the highest level with symphony orchestras and in opera houses worldwide. She appears regularly with top orchestras worldwide: Helsinki Philharmonic, where she is Chief Conductor Emeritus and was Chief Conductor from 2016 until 2023, Los Angeles Philharmonic, where she was Principal Guest Conductor from 2017 until 2022, Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatskapelle Dresden, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and the Berliner Philharmoniker. By invitation of Pierre Boulez, Mälkki was also the Music Director of the Ensemble intercontemporain from 2006 until 2013.

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  • Equally in demand with major opera houses, past notable appearances include The Metropolitan Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala, The Royal Opera House, Opéra national de Paris, Gran Teatre del Liceu, as well as the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. Operatic titles this season and beyond show Mälkki’s versatility in the artform; Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Beethoven’s Fidelio, Faure’s Pénélope, Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde and Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence.


    Recognised for her significant contribution to the art form, Mälkki was awarded the Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland – one of Finland’s highest honours – in 2011. She has been awarded as Officier (2014) and Commandeur (2022) de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France and in January 2016 was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur in France. She is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in London and a member of the Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien in Stockholm. In October 2016 she was named Musical America’s 2017 Conductor of the Year, and in November 2017 she was awarded the Nordic Council Music Prize. In 2024, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Uniarts Helsinki.

    2024/25 season / 296 words. Not to be altered without permission.

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"There is no better conductor in classical music right now than Susanna Mälkki."

New York Classical Review

“Mälkki then transfers this calligraphically precise approach to his late „Lied von der Erde”, which appears more radically progressive than ever thanks to this fine drawing, as if with a silver pencil.“

NZZ

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Director, Munich
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Assistant Artist Manager
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All artists

Chansonnier

HK Gruber

Contralto

Avery Amereau

Counter-tenor

Tim Mead

Harpsichord

Richard Egarr

Piano accompanist

Roger Vignoles

Saxophone

Jess Gillam