Staseva’s other half is centre stage at Helsinki festival

Staseva’s other half is centre stage at Helsinki festival

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norman lebrecht

April 22, 2024

The highlight of the 35th anniversary of the Night of the Arts will be Lauri Porra’s free music experience in Senate Square featuring more than a hundred basses, or so the press release says.

Porra, a bass guitarist who is married to the conductor Dalia Stasevska, is a direct descendant of the composer Jean Sibelius.

Other festival highlights include Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting concert version of Modest Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina. arranged by electronic music specialist and sound artist Tuomas Norvio and directed by Gerard McBurney.

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