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Press Release Feb 7, 2023 Chief Conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FRSO) since autumn 2021, Nicholas Collon is to continue his term until summer 2028. The aim of the new contract beginning in…

Watch the broadcast of their concert here, featuring Lindberg’s Chorale, Sibelius’ Violin Concerto, and Dvorak’s 9th Symphony.

In the Autumn of 2021, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra together with its new chief conductor, Nicholas Collon, arranged a Thomas Adès festival in Helsinki devoted to the British composer’s music in addition to works by…

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra appeared at the BBC Proms for the first time under its new Chief Conductor, including a UK premiere by composer Thomas Adès, alongside Debussy’s La Mer and Sibelius’ 5th symphony. (Photo Chris Christodoulou)…

Salonen / Shostakovich / Lutoslawski / Sibelius with violinist Christian Tetzlaff You can watch this concert and all the orchestra’s concerts this season online at YLE Areena

Nicholas’ BBC Prom with Aurora Orchestra received rapturous reviews for their performances of Beethoven’s 5th symphony (from memory) and Shostakovich’s 1st violin concerto with Patricia Kopachinskaja, given to a capacity audience at the Royal Albert…

Keep up-to-date with live performances from Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, including Lutoslawski’s blistering Concerto for Orchestra in April 2022. Find out more

Aurora will perform Beethoven’s 5th symphony from memory alongside Shostakovich’s 1st violin concerto with Patricia Kopachinskaya on August 2nd. Nicholas will then return on August 26th with the Finnish Radio SO and Pekka Kuusisto, performing…

Friday 6th May 2022 sees the release of Nicholas’ first recording as Chief Conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. The album features Sibelius’ final symphony alongside the incidental music to ‘Pelleas and Melisande’ and…

Watch Beethoven’s Triple Concerto and Dvorak’s Sixth Symphony Brahms’ Violin Concerto and Birtwistle, Elgar and Gabrieli