Concert celebrating the 160th anniversary of the birth of the Jean Sibelius

On the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the birth of Finnish composer Jan Sibelius, pianist Uki Ovaskainen will perform Sibelius’s works written for piano, as well as transcriptions of his orchestral works. The concert is being organized in cooperation with the Embassy of Finland in Belgrade.
Due to the limited number of seats, we kindly ask you to confirm your presence by e-mail: damjana.njegic@kcb.org.rs

Program:
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
Finlandia for piano, Op. 26 (tr. J. Sibelius)

Esquisses (5), for piano, Op. 114
Maisema (Landscape)
Talvikuva (Winter Scene)
Metsälampi (Forest Lake)
Metsälaulu (Song in the Forest)
Kevätnäky (Spring Vision)

Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82 (tr. Karl Ekman/Uki Ovaskainen)
Tempo molto moderato – Allegro moderato – Presto
Andante mosso, quasi allegretto
Allegro molto – Un pochettino largamente

Biography:
studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, in Copenhagen with José Ribera and at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover with Professor Matti Raekallio. He has also worked with such renowned artists as Pnina Salzman, András Schiff, Emanuel Krasovsky, Charles Rosen, Yahli Wagman and Fou Ts’ong. He was the winner of the 1st prize, the special prize Contemporánea and the Audience Award at the Premio Jaén Piano Competition in Spain. He makes regular appearances as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, at festivals such as the Mariinsky Theatre’s International Piano Festival, the Hagen Open, the International Burgos Music Festival, the Mattsee Diabelli Sommer, the Weilburger Schlosskonzerte, Golden Days of Copenhagen and the PianoEspoo International Festival. He performed eight different solo recitals over the course of eleven days at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, which is the largest individual project ever presented at the Academy. Uki Ovaskainen has performed as a soloist with the Copenhagen Phil Orchestra, performed at the Konzerthaus in Vienna in chamber music concerts of the Wiener KammerOrchester, worked as a co-repetiteur for Opera Faber in Portugal, performed piano parts in professional orchestras in Denmark and in Serbia, worked with professional choirs and appeared at more than two hundred concerts on four continents as a member and pianist of the Tapiola Choir. He is the Artistic Organiser of the Uki Ovaskainen Chamber Tour in Denmark. He works as an accompanist for strings at the Belgrade Faculty of Music, but places equal importance on performances with all-string and wind orchestras, as well as with singers.