EMIL
HOLMSTRÖM
PIANIST
About
Emil Holmström has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and ensemble keyboard player throughout Europe, the Americas, Japan, and Australia. He appears frequently at Finnish music festivals and concert series and has been a featured soloist with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Lapland Chamber Orchestra, and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra. An ardent champion of new music, Holmström is a member Finnish groups defunensemble, the Uusinta Ensemble, and the Tristero Piano Trio, and plays as a regular guest with the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra. He has worked as a recording artist for Alba Records and the Finnish Broadcasting Company, and made numerous world premiere recordings. He runs the Ristiveto Collective, which specializes in performing late 19th-century music on period instruments.
News and
upcoming performances
The album Robert Schumann: The Violin Sonatas by Duo Maalismaa-Holmström was released in February 12th by Alba Records. You can listen to it on Spotify or purchase it from Alba
The concert series Helsinki - Bösendorfer - 1880 will start on September 24th
More info on this site and Facebook
The album Immediate Music 2 with Olavi Louhivuori and Joonas Ahonen will be released really soon...
Highlights of the autumn
12.-13.9. Schumann & Schumann with Tapiola Sinfonietta,
Espoo Cultural Center
September 12th at Ca. 21:00 with Susanne Helasvuo and Janne Aalto
Clara Schumann: Trio, op. 17
September 13th Ca. 21:00 with Tuuli Lindeberg
Clara Schumann: Selection of Lieder from opp. 12 and 13
24.9. Helsinki - Bösendorfer - 1880: Schubert the Virtuoso,
Angelicum Hall at 19:00
with Niamh McKenna, Eriikka Maalismaa and Mirka Viitala
Franz Schubert: Trockne Blumen Variations, D.802
Franz Schubert: Fantasy in f minor for piano four hands, op. 103
Franz Schubert: Fantasy in C-dur for violin and piano, D.934
1.10. Projektina Mozart 2,
Rehearsal Hall Paavo, Helsinki Music Center at 19:00
Viitala & Holmström Piano Duo
W.A. Mozart: Andante and Variations in G major, K. 501
G. Crumb: Makrokosmos IV (Celestial Mechanics)
W.A. Mozart: Ein Orgelstück für eine Uhr, K. 608
W.A. Mozart: Sonata in F major, K. 497
16.10. FRSO-festival – Sound and Fury,
Helsinki Music Center at 19:00
with amongst others Magnus Lindberg, Jouko Laivuori, Joonas Ahonen and Hannu Lintu
Magnus Lindberg: Related Rocks
Igor Stravinsky: Les Noces
20.10. Lilli Maijala, Emil Holmström and Arpeggione,
Klassinen Hietsu Concert Series, Hietsun Paviljonki, Helsinki at 15:00
with Lilli Maijala, viola
Magnus Lindberg: Acequia Madre
Rebecca Clarke: Viola Sonata
Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata
12.11. Helsinki - Bösendorfer - 1880: Gustav4 and the Scandinaivian Perspective,
Angelicum Hall at 19:00
with Eriikka Maalismaa, Emma Nyman and Johannes Rostamo
Joachim Eggert (1779-1813): Piano Quartet, op. 4
Elfrida Andrée: Piano Quartet (1865)
Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet, op. 47
10.12. Helsinki - Bösendorfer - 1880: Lieder by Clara and Robert Schumann
Angelicum Hall at 19:00
with Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano
Clara Schumann: Clara Schuman: Selection of Lieder from opp. 12 and 13
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.111
Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42
Check all concerts here