The autumn season of Lappeenranta city orchestra will be opened the 11th of August. The gala concert includes pieces played by the orchestra and soloists. I will play the Valse-Scherzo op. 34 by Tchaikovsky. With my husband, Ivan Podyachev, we perform a rarely heard pearl of Swedish music, the Suite No. 3 Op. 19 for violin, viola and orchestra by Kurt Atterberg. It’s composed in 1917, the same year that Finland became an independent country, exactly 100 years ago! Other solos will be played still by Eeva-Maria Pykäläinen, Santeri Kaksonen and Aleksi Mäkimattila, and the concert is conducted by our cheaf conductor, Vytautas Lukočius. The concert starts at 7 p.m. at Kehruuhuone. Welcome!