Tampere Hall will be hosting a world class guest orchestra when the Vienna Philharmonic arrives in Tampere on 28 April 2018 to perform there for the first time. In this concert, conductor Zubin Mehta will lead the orchestra for the first time in Finland.
The Tampere Hall concert of Zubin Mehta and the Vienna Philharmonic, which has become known across the world via television, will be their first joint performance in Finland. The Vienna Philharmonic has been voted the world’s third best symphony orchestra by the panel of critics assembled by Gramophone magazine. During his almost 60-year career, Mehta has conducted, e.g., the Los Angeles and New York Philharmonic and led the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for decades. Beloved classics from Bernstein (Symphony No. 1, ‘Jeremiah’) and Mahler (Symphony No. 5) will be heard at the concert. Elisabeth Kulman, a mezzo-soprano famous on concert stages around the world, shines as the soloist. The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation is supporting the orchestra’s visit to Tampere.
‘The excellent acoustics in the Main Auditorium also deserve to have international top orchestras as visitors. The Vienna Philharmonic’s concert in Tampere is a historic event of which we are proud’, says Executive Producer Timo Suomi.
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Additional information and tickets
Tickets are available via the Tampere Hall ticket sales and phone service Mon–Fri: 10am – 2pm at +358 (0) 6009 4500 (EUR 1.98/minute + standard network rate) or via e-mail lipputoimisto@tampere-talo.fi
Tickets are also available at the Lippupiste ticket outlets in Finland and at www.lippu.fi.
The Lippupiste phone service is open Mon–Sat: 9am – 9pm, Sun: 10am – 6pm at +358 (0) 600 900 900 (EUR 1.98/minute + standard network rate).
