Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov & Karen Gomyo

• Time:

  • Fri 28.8.2026 19:00

  • Duration: approx 2h, interval

• Address:

  Helsinki Music Centre, Concert Hall
  Mannerheimintie 13 A
  00100 Helsinki

• Tickets:

  35–125 / 32–89 € (Musiikkitalo)

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Event Introduction

Unfortunately, Janine Jansen’s appearance as a soloist with the Czech Philharmonic in the concert on August 28 has been cancelled due to health reasons.

Top Japanese-Canadian violinist Karen Gomyo will step in as the soloist for the concert. Gomyo is known as a virtuoso performer of both classical and contemporary music. She has frequently performed Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto, featured in this concert, under Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov – most recently this summer as soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra to thrilled audiences.

The visits of top international orchestras to Helsinki Festival will continue in 2026, when the Czech Philharmonic arrives at the Music Centre. The venerable orchestra is now entering its 131st season and continues to gain recognition as one of the most significant symphony orchestras of our time. The orchestra is especially known for cherishing the musical heritage of its homeland: the Czech composers beloved also in Finland, Antonín Dvořák and Bedřich Smetana, are a staple of the orchestra’s repertoire.

Since 2018, Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov has shaped the orchestra into an ever more international star: Gramophone, one of the highest authorities in classical music, selected the Czechs as Orchestra of the Year 2024, and in 2025 the orchestra won BBC Music Magazine’s main award in the orchestral recording category with the recording of Smetana’s Má vlast. In December 2025, Bychkov conducted the prestigious Nobel Prize Concert in Stockholm.

To conclude the concert, Finnish audiences will experience a touch of history as the orchestra performs Antonín Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony – Dvořák himself conducted the Czech Philharmonic in its very first public concert in January 1896. During its 130 years, the orchestra has performed the symphony more than 400 times across Europe, Asia, and North and South America.

Czech Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, Chief Conductor and Music Director
Karen Gomyo, violin

Programme:

Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

In co-operation with:

Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation

Categories

Classical and Contemporary Music

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