Pietari Inkinen is fast establishing himself as one of the most exciting talents of the new generation of conductors. With invitations to Leipzig Gewandhaus, Bayerische Rundfunk, Finnish Radio Symphony, Vienna Radio Symphony, Bamberg Symphony, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony amongst others Inkinen is already making his mark on the international concert scene.
After studying with Jorma Panula, Leif Segerstam and Atso Almila at the Sibelius Academy since the age of fourteen, Inkinen has already worked with a number of important orchestras including Helsinki Philharmonic, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano G. Verdi, Oslo Philharmonic, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Swedish Radio Symphony, Netherlands Radio Symphony, Lahti Symphony, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre de Bretagne, National Arts Center Orchestra Ottawa, Toronto Symphony, BBC Scottish Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, Melbourne and Queensland Orchestras, New Zealand Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic and has enjoyed successful collaborations with soloists such as Vadim Repin, Hilary Hahn and Pinchas Zukerman.
This season Inkinen returns for the third time to Finnish National Opera to conduct a production of Eugene Onegin and recently made a very successful debut at La Monnaie in Brussels conducting the Rite of Spring.
Inkinen's recent recording with the Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic on the Oehms Classics label has received outstanding reviews and was voted the BBC Music Magazine's recording of the month. He will return to the recording studio this season to record two discs of Sibelius and Rautavaara with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for Naxos.
Inkinen is also an accomplished violinist and studied at the Cologne Music Academy with Zakhar Bron for three years. He has appeared as soloist with many of the leading Finnish Orchestras including Finnish Radio Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic, with whom he performed the Sibelius Concerto in a concert that celebrated the 100th anniversary of their performance of the work. He also enjoys play/directing as well as chamber music collaborations and the Inkinen Trio will make their Wigmore Hall debut after their success at St. John's Smith Square this season. Inkinen plays a Carlo Bergonzi violin (c.1732) owned by the Gyllenberg Foundation.
Pietari Inkinen will be conducting Benedetti Plays Mendelssohn April 24-26, 2008.
