Susanna Mälkki
Conductor Susanna Mälkki is a pioneer as a woman in her field, with an international career. She has specialized in contemporary music.
Mälkki was born in Helsinki on March 13, 1969. She studied several instruments as a child but was given a cello at school, brought it home, and announced that she wanted to play it. She settled on a musical career after attending a music festival in her teens and took cello lessons with Hannu Kiiski. While living in Stockholm, Sweden, and studying cello, her school invited famed conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen to give a conducting lesson. Mälkki prepared a piece and felt an instant connection with the activity. She continued to play the cello, even winning a place as principal cellist of the Gothenburg Symphony, but she commuted between Gothenburg and Helsinki so that she could take conducting lessons with Jorma Panula, Leif Segerstam, and Eri Klas. In 1998, she participated in a conducting workshop at Carnegie Hall with Salonen and Panula.
Between 2002 and 2005, Mälkki served as the artistic director of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra in Norway. She made her debut with the Ensemble InterContemporain in Paris in 2004 and was named music director two years later, becoming the first woman to hold the post and remaining until 2013. During this period, she made guest conducting appearances with the New Zealand Symphony, the Saint Louis Symphony, the London Sinfonietta (which she led at the BBC Proms in 2007), and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. With that group, she made her debut in 2010 and became the principal guest conductor in 2017 as the first woman to hold the post. Mälkki also served as the principal guest conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon from 2013 to 2016. In the autumn of 2016, she was named the chief conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic, once again become the first woman to hold the post. Her contract was subsequently extended until 2023. Mälkki has also conducted opera, becoming the first female conductor at La Scala in Italy, and making her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in a production of Kaija Saariaho's L'amour de loin.
Mälkki has led a variety of orchestras in recordings on Kairos, BIS, Alba, and other labels, mostly in contemporary works. In 2020, she appeared with conductor Gerd Albrecht and the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra on an album of works by Alexander Zemlinsky.
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Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava & Lemminkäinen
Susanna Mälkki, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 02.02.2024
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Steve Reich: Runner / Music for Ensemble and Orchestra
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Susanna Mälkki
Klassik - Erschienen bei Nonesuch am 30.09.2022
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Bartók: Orchestral Works
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 01.10.2021
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Ammann, Ravel & Bartók: Piano Concertos
Andreas Haefliger, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 02.10.2020
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Zemlinsky: Sinfonietta, Op. 23, 6 Songs, Op. 13 & Der König Kandaules, Op. 26 (Excerpts)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petra Lang, Siegfried Lorenz, Susanna Mälkki, Gerd Albrecht
Klassik - Erschienen bei CapriccioNR am 03.04.2020
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Oscar Strasnoy : Œuvres pour orchestre (Orchestral Works)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Susanna Mälkki, Dima Slobodeniouk
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei AEON am 25.03.2013
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Luca Francesconi: Etymo
Barbara Hannigan, Pablo Márquez, Benny Sluchin, IRCAM, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Susanna Mälkki
Klassik - Erschienen bei Kairos am 01.01.2007
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Musica viva, Vol. 24: Helmut Lachenmann
Helmut Lachenmann, Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Susanna Mälkki, Peter Eötvös
Klassik - Erschienen bei NEOS Music am 27.11.2015
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Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11, Sz. 48 (Live)
Szilvia Vörös, Mika Kares, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
Oper - Erschienen bei BIS am 19.03.2021
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Bartók: The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, Sz. 60 & The Miraculous Mandarin Suite, Op. 19, Sz. 73
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 07.06.2019
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Bruno Mantovani: Le Sette Chiese
IRCAM, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Susanne Mälkki, Susanna Mälkki
Klassik - Erschienen bei Kairos am 01.01.2008
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Lotusland - Symphonic Works by Arvid Kleven
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 01.01.2010
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Pierre Jodlowski: Drones
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Susanna Mälkki
Klassik - Erschienen bei Kairos am 01.01.2011
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Philippe Manoury: Fragments pour un Portrait
Christophe Desjardins, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Susanna Mälkki, Diemo Schwarz
Klassik - Erschienen bei Kairos am 01.01.2009
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Michael Jarrell: Cassandre
Astrid Bas, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Susanna Mälkki
Klassik - Erschienen bei Kairos am 01.01.2009
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Pulkkis: Enchanted Garden / Flute Concerto / Symphonic Dali
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 01.05.2007
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Tiensuu, J.: Nemo / Clarinet Concerto, Puro / Spirit
Studio ensemble, Kari Kriikku, Mikko Luoma, Avanti Chamber Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Alba am 01.01.2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo