For twenty years, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra\u2019s performances and recordings have captivated audiences with their potent combination of emotional eloquence and infectious vitality. Their programmes frequently include first modern performances of unpublished or reconstructed masterpieces, and also shed unexpected and often provocative new light on more familiar works. Their music-making has contributed to the ensemble\u2019s reputation as a major exponent of German and Baltic music.<\/p>\n
At home, groundbreaking productions of Monteverdi, Handel, Hasse, and Ko\u017eeluch operas have earned the orchestra wide recognition. Since 2011, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra\u2019s monthly series at the Helsinki Musiikkitalo has reached a large, new, and enthusiastic public. A visionary selection of repertoire and guest artists has ignited the audience in an unprecedented way, and in the process catalysed early music\u2019s elevation to something of a cult status in Finland. Recurring soloists and guest directors include Max Emanuel Cen\u010di\u0107, Franco Fagioli, Reinhard Goebel, Werner G\u00fcra, Erich H\u00f6barth, Ren\u00e9 Jacobs, Sophie Karth\u00e4user, Julia Lezhneva, Riccardo Minasi, Enrico Onofri, Sonia Prina, Valer Sabadus, Carolyn Sampson, Skip Semp\u00e9, Dmitry Sinkovsky, and Andrew Staples.<\/p>\n
Helsinki Baroque\u2019s sound has enthralled listeners from the Cologne Philharmonie to Tokyo\u2019s Suntory Hall and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and at major festivals such as Bergen, Bremen, Rheingau, and Jerusalem. Equally at home in more intimate spaces, the orchestra has launched its own midsummer festival in the idyllic setting of Janakkala\u2019s medieval stone church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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