To Another Dimension

The hallmarks of Estonian art music are its listener-friendly character and its deeply moving emotional resonance. Heino Eller’s national-romantic tone poem Dawn plunges into almost Sibelius-like depths, while Tõnu Kõrvits’s brand-new Kellade fantaasia brings the colours of Romanticism gracefully into the 21st century.

The common thread of the evening’s programme is Arvo Pärt – one of the world’s most beloved contemporary composers. His piano concerto Lamentate, imbued with mysticism and meditation, is as vast and awe-inspiring as its source of inspiration, Anish Kapoor’s monumental 150-metre artwork Marsyas. The soloist is Maximilian Fagerlund, winner of the 2025 national Leevi Madetoja Piano Competition.

Pärt’s Symphony No. 3 was born at a turning point in the composer’s creative path in the 1970s: “It felt liberating – as if I had crossed into another dimension,” he said. Listeners have been echoing that same sentiment for more than fifty years.

The Arvo Pärt program series is a collaboration between Oulu Sinfonia, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, and Oulu Music Festival as part of the festival’s Bridge of Sounds project. Bridge of Sounds is part of the Oulu2026 programme.

Head start at Restaurant Preludi at 18.00. Discussion of the forthcoming concert.

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Duration about 1 h 50 min (incl. intermission)

Tickets 42 € normal / 32 € pensioner / 22 € student, unemployed, child (3–17 yrs)
Free entry to the concert for Kaikukortti holders (limited amount, must be purchased in advance from Oulu10 service point).

Prices include service fee. Order fee 3 €/order when bought from Ticketmaster shops or 1,50 €/order when bought from Ticketmaster online shop will be added, excluding tickets purchased at Oulu Sinfonia ticket booth and Kaikukortti-tickets.