This week Pekka Kuusisto returns to the UK to play Nielsen’s Violin Concerto in three concerts with Scottish Chamber Orchestra on 28, 29 and 30 October, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth.
The concerts follow a successful performance of the same concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Nicholas Collon last week, where the Birmingham Post made particular note of Kuusisto’s “fantastic fiddling not just technically brilliant but full of character”.
Kuusisto also performs the concerto with Toronto Symphony Orchestra next spring. Other upcoming highlights include concerts with Bamberger Symphoniker and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, both featuring Sibelius’ Violin Concerto, as well as three recitals this season at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw.
