Lilli Paasikivi

Finnish mezzo-soprano Lilli Paasikivi appears at the world's most prestigious venues and music festivals, from Los Angeles to Salzburg. She is now sought after by many of the world's foremost conductors and orchestras. Since making her debut with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker as Fricka in the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence production of Der Ring des Nibelungen, Wagnerian roles have become central to her work on stage. House debuts have included La Monnaie (Brangäne), Hamburgerische Staatsoper (Fricka) and Oper Frankfurt (Kundry). Central to Lilli Paasikivi's concert repertoire are works by Mahler, with notable appearances including Das Lied von der Erde and Des Knaben Wunderhorn with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Esa-Pekka Salonen, Symphony No. 3 with the London Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Järvi and Kindertotenlieder with the New World Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas. 

In the 2010/11 season she sings further performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with the Philharmoniker Hamburg (under Simone Young), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (under David Zinman) and Sydney Symphony (under Vladimir Ashkenazy).