A composer with 12 premieres this year

This is the Finnish multi-symphonist Kalevi Aho:

– Jan 18 Warsaw: Double concerto for 2 Bassoons and Orchestra; Bram van Sambeek & Leszek Wachnik; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Niklas Willén, cond.
– Jan 19 Kokkola: Letter to the Beyond; Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra; Juha Kangas, cond.
– February 17 Paris / Maison de la Radio: Rautavaara-Aho: Sérenade pour mon amour (2016/2018); Hilary Hahn (violin) & Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Mikko Franck, cond.
– April 4 Lahti / Sibeliustalo: Symphony no 17. Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Dima Slobodeniuk, cond.
– Mai 10 Rovaniemi /Korundi: Concerto for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra; Ismo Eskelinen (guitar) & Lapland Chamber Orchestra; John Storgårds, cond.
– May 11 Antwerp: Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano; Storioni Trio (Bart van de Roer, piano; Wouter Vossen, violin; Marc Vossen, cello); Antwerp Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, cond.
– Spring 2019 Innsbruck: Solo XIV for Clarinet; Simon Reitmaier, clarinet
– May (TBA) Risuonanze Festival (Italy): Solo XIII, for Trombone; Rocco Rescigno, trombone
– August (TBA) London (BBC Proms; Royal Albert Hall): Variation XII for “Enigma Variations” for Martyn Brabbins; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, cond.
– September 4 Jyväskylä: Concerto for Bass clarinet; Mikko Raasakka, bass clarinet; Jyväskylä Sinfonia; Ville Matvejeff, cond.
– November 10 Tokyo: Quintet for Piano left hand Klavier and String Quartet; Izumi Tateno & Tateno quartet
– 2019. Solo XV, for Marimba; Martin Grubinger, soloist