Sounds of Luosto, Sodankylä
31 July 2025 – 3 August 2025 | Sodankylä
A wonderful classical music event held amidst the mountain scenery of Lapland in Luosto, Pyhä and Sodankylä. Concerts in 2025 will take place at the unique natural auditorium on the slopes of Ukko-Luosto, the atmospheric old log-church of Sodankylä, and some intriguing new venues. Our theme this year will be Light, as explored through ten concerts featuring a diverse spectrum of chamber and orchestral music. We can expect to hear familiar classics, new music, and the ever-popular cabaret gig.
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19.2.2025
Luosto sounds in the Lappish Landscape once more!
The four-day festival will take place 31.7.-3.8 on Luosto, Pyhä, and in Sodankylä. The theme of the 2024 festival is “light”. The festival will consist of 9 performances.
Experience music in the embrace of the fells, along the ancient banks of the Kitinen river and in concert venues that reflect the history of the region. Listen, as music carries over the landscape and blends with the sounds and silence of nature.
The main concert on Saturday 2 August will feature a full symphony orchestra, the Oulu Sinfonia under the direction of conductor Aku Sorensen. Finland’s northernmost symphony orchestra is renowned for its diverse repertoire and has made numerous recordings.
The main concert will open with Antonín Dvořák‘s “In Nature’s Realm”. This will be followed by Franz Liszt‘s Prometheus (Symphonic Poem Number 5), which is based on the ancient Greek myth. The concert will conclude with Carl Nielsen’s Symphony Number 4 “The Inextinguishable”, an orchestral tribute to life, passion, and relentless perseverance.
The program will once again feature a diverse range of chamber music, ranging from the Renaissance to the present day, the familiar to the unfamiliar.
There will be songs by Clara Schumann and Ottorino Resphigi, piano trios by Johannes Brahms and Lili Boulanger, and even one of the most recognizable themes in the world, contained within Samuel Barber’s String Quartet.
The various chamber ensembles feature interesting top-level musicians of the younger generation, who have made significant careers in Finland and internationally.
On Friday 1.8. in Sodankylä’s three century years old wooden church, you will have the opportunity to hear the historic and precious La Perla guitar. In guitarist Rody van Gemert‘s concert, each piece is associated with his unique instrument.
The instrument is one of around 300 made by the 19th century Spanish guitar maker Antonio de Torres. These instruments are the “Stradivaris of guitars”, sought-after and valuable. However, many of them have disappeared without a trace, and only a handful are still in playing condition. One of these guitars has been restored and brought to Finland. It is named La Perla, or the Pearl.
The Luosto soi! festival is not only a musical experience, but also an opportunity to enjoy nature and the concert venues shaped by nature. In addition to the Ukko-Luosto slope, one of the concerts will take place on the Porttikoski stage on the Kitinen riverbank. The stage represents the artful wooden construction tradition of the 1960s.
Always a visitor to our festival, the Siberian Jay–the curious and sociable bird of the north—is already waiting for you on the forest paths.
Come and experience the moment when person, nature and culture merge into one story – a story that will stay in your heart long after the festival is over.
Tickets are on sale via Ticketmaster: https://www.ticketmaster.fi/search?q=luostosoi2025&language=en-us
Tickets can also be purchased during the festival at the door and in the festival office. It is also possible to use cultural benefits.
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