Pekka Kuusisto

Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto is Artistic Director of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor and Artistic Co-Director of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra from the 2023/24 season. He is also Artistic Partner with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, a Collaborative Partner of the San Francisco Symphony, and Artistic Best Friend of Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. As a soloist, in the 2022/23 season Kuusisto debuted with Berliner Philharmoniker and will perform with Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. He returns to orchestras such as The Cleveland, Cincinnati Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, and the Philharmonia. He is also Sinfonieorchester Basel’s Artist in Residence. As a conductor, performance highlights this season include Helsinki Philharmonic, Gothenburg Symphony, Philharmonia and City of Birmingham Symphony orchestras, as well as Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. In 2022, Kuusisto releases his first album as conductor, partnering with Vilde Frang and Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen presenting the Stravinsky and Beethoven Concerti (Warner Classics), as well as the world premiere recording of Thomas Adès Märchentänze for violin and orchestra (Ondine) with Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Nicholas Collon. Other recordings include Nico Muhly’s violin concerto, Shrink, for Pentatone, Ades’ Violin Concerto for Deutsche Grammophon, and Hillborg’s Bach Materia and Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos Nos.3 and 4 for BIS.