Last update 23.3.2025
Savonlinna Summer 2025 CONCERT CALENDER
The ticket sale will begin in April 2025.
Savonlinna Music Academy arranges two concert series in Summer 2025:
Summer Concerts 2025
– guests, professors, young artists 2024
Master Class Concerts 2025
– participants of the master classes
16 JULY
Opening of the Summer Concerts 2025
60 YEARS ON STAGE – Viatcheslav Novikov
3 pm in Melartin Hall
Viatcheslav Novikov (piano)
Duration approx. 2 h (incl. intermission)
17 JULY
Master Class Concerts 2025
YOUNG VIOLIN VIRTUOSOS 1
Participants of the Violin master class by Mark Gothóni.
Timo Koskinen (piano)
18 JULY
Master Class Concerts 2025
YOUNG VIOLIN VIRTUOSOS 2
Participants of the Violin master class by Mark Gothóni.
Timo Koskinen (piano)
19 JULY
Summer Concerts 2025
KAMARIMUSIIKIN HELMIÄ
– Kauko Sorjosen säätiön nimikkokonsertti
4pm in Savonlinna Cathedral
Schubert, Dvorak
Ralf Gothóni (piano), Ana Chumachenco (violin), N.N (violin),
Mark Gothóni (viola) & Marko Ylönen (cello)
Duration approx. 1 h (no intermission)
20 JULY
Master Class Concerts 2025
YOUNG CELLO VIRTUOSOS 1 & 2
Participants of the Cello master class by Marko Ylönen.
Timo Koskinen (piano)
21 JULY
Master Class Concerts 2025
YOUNG VIOLIN VIRTUOSOS 3
Participants of the Violin master class by Ana Chumachenco.
Timo Koskinen (piano)
22 JULY
Summer Concerts 2025
BAROQUE OPERA MAGIC
– Opera performance based on the music by Georg Friedrich Händel
3pm in Savonlinna Hall
Young singers of Savonlinna Music Academy & Savonlinna Baroque Ensemble.
Conductor Petteri Pitko.
23 JULY
Summer Concerts 2025
BAROQUE OPERA MAGIC
– Opera performance based on the music by Georg Friedrich Händel
3pm in Savonlinna Hall
Young singers of Savonlinna Music Academy & Savonlinna Baroque Ensemble.
Conductor Petteri Pitko.
24 JULY
Master Class Concerts 2025
Chinese Art Song, Opera and Lied
Prof. Changyong Liao (baritone), Hartmut Höll (piano) and the participants of the master class by Prof. Changyong Liao.
25 JULY
Summer Concerts 2025
YOUNG ARTISTS -concert
3pm in Savonlinna Hall
Young artists of 2024 Master Classes:
Pekka Smolander (cello), Heta Räisänen (piano) & Yuriko Watanabe (piano)
Duration approx. 2 h (incl. intermission)
27 JULY
MELARTIN JUHLAKONSERTIN ESITTELY
5pm in Melartin Hall
By Tuire Ranta-Meyer.
Free entrance. The presentation is in Finnish. Duration approx. 30 min
Summer Concerts 2025
MELARTIN 150 YEARS – concert
6pm in Melartin Hall
Tuuli Takala (soprano), Kristian Attila (piano), Paavali Jumppanen (piano) & Mark Gothóni (violin)
Duration approx. 2 h (incl. intermission)
28 JULY
Master Class Concerts 2025
YOUNG PIANO VIRTUOSOS 1
3 pm in Melartin Hall
Participants of the Piano master class by Paavali Jumppanen.
29 JULY
SAINT OLAF’S DAY PROGRAM
Summer Concerts 2025
PIANO CONCERT
6pm in Melartin Hall
Mei-Ting Sun (piano)
Duration approx. 2 h (incl. intermission)
Summer Concerts 2025
TANGO NUEVO
9pm in Savonlinna Small Church
Trio Tanguango: Susanna Mieskonen-Makkonen (violin), Kirsi Laamanen (accordion) & Maija Teikari (piano)
Duration approx. 1 h (no intermission)
30 JULY
Summer Concerts 2025
VIENI, VIENI! -concert
3pm in Melartin Hall
Stella Tähtinen (soprano), Luke Scott (baritone), Jyri Mishukov (piano),
Kristian Attila (piano)
Duration approx. 1,5h (incl. short intermission)
1 AUGUST
ILKKA KUUSISTO (1933-2025) IN MEMORIAM
-keskustelutilaisuus
6pm at Wanha Kasino
In Finnish. Free entrance.
Summer Concerts 2025/10
Ilkka Kuusisto: Nainen kuin jäätynyt samppanja
– Kamariooppera Aino Kallaksen elämästä
7:30 pm in Savonlinna Hall
Co-production by Opera Nova, Nova records and Savonlinnan Teatteri
Duration approx. 1,5h (incl. short intermission)
3 AUGUST
Master Class Concerts
YOUNG PIANO VIRTUOSOS 2
3pm in Melartin Hall
The participants of the Piano master class by Prof. Mei-Ting Sun.
Duration approx. 1,5h (incl. short intermission)
6 AUGUST
Master Class Concerts
OPERA & LIED
in Melartin Hall
The participants of the master class by Prof. Reinaldo Macias.
Kristian Attila (piano)
Duration approx. 1,5h (incl. short intermission)
