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
Duo Maalismaa-Holmström's recording of the Schumann violin sonatas received the Emma Award for Best Classical Album of 2019. You can listen to it on Spotify or purchase it from Alba Records.
The album Brahms: The Cello Sonatas with cellist Markus Hohti was released by Alba Records in February 2020.
The album Immediate Music 2 with Olavi Louhivuori and Joonas Ahonen was released by Svart Records in December 2019.
Highlights of 2020
Due to the pandemic several of Emil's perfarmances were streamed. This is a selection of them:
15.3. Duo Maalismaa-Holmström in The Kirpilä Art Collection
Anton Webern: Vier Stücke, Op. 7
Amy Beach: Violin Sonata, Op. 34
5.4. Special edition of Klassinen Hietsu Concert Series
also featuring Eriikka Maalismaa, Petri Kumela, Mirka Viitala, Maija Väisänen
Beat Furrer: lied (1993)
Clara Schumann: Drei Romanzen, Op. 22
15.4. Chamber Music with the FRSO in Helsinki Music Center
with Christoffer Sundqvist
Johannes Brahms:
The Clarinet Sonatas, Op. 120
Intermezzo, Op. 118/2
Romanze, Op. 118/5
26.5. Muusikin teemailta: Ludwig van Beethoven 250 vuotta
Discussion on Beethoven with Lauri Suurpää and Lotta Emanuelsson
12.6. Musik vid havet Festival, Låt oss presentera, Inkoo Church
with Tiina Karakorpi, Jan Söderblom, Jan-Erik Gustafsson
Toru Takemitsu: Between Tides
Claude Debussy: La Mer
2.7. Hauho Festival: Café Hahkiala
with Eriikka Maalismaa, Pisku Ristiluoma, Mikko Ivars, Teemu Kauppinen, Reeta Maalismaa and Jukka Harju
Clara Schumann: Drei Romanzen, Op. 22
Giovanni Bottesini: Elegie & Tarantella
Lili Boulanger: Nocturne
Robert Schumann: Adagio & Allegro, Op.70
Louise Farrenc: Quintet in E major, Op.31
23.8. Helsingin Juhlaviikonloppu
with defunensemble
Philip Glass: Music in Fifths
Check all concerts here