Susanna Mälkki
Director de orquesta
Susanna Mälkki is a leading conductor of our time and sought-after at the highest level by symphony orchestras and opera houses worldwide.
She is the Chief Conductor Emeritus of the Helsinki Philharmonic, where she served as Chief Conductor from 2016 to 2023. By invitation of Pierre Boulez, Mälkki served as Music Director of the Ensemble intercontemporain from 2006 to 2013. She was also Principal Guest Conductor with the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 2017 to 2022 and holds the prestigious position of Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the Sibelius Academy.
Praised for her theatrical instinct, clarity of vision, and ability to draw vivid drama from the score, Mälkki has made opera an increasingly prominent facet of her artistry. The 2026/27 season sees her with new productions of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman at Dutch National Opera and Rossini’s Guillaume Tell at Die Hamburgische Staatsoper as well as with a series of Wagner’s Lohengrin at Deutsche Oper Berlin. Past acclaimed productions span the world’s most prestigious stages—the Metropolitan Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala, the Royal Opera House, Opéra national de Paris, Gran Teatre del Liceu, and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence—with repertoire ranging from Mozart and Wagner to groundbreaking contemporary works.
Her continued presence on the world’s foremost symphonic podiums remains equally distinguished. She has worked with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Staatskapelle Berlin, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Czech Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. In the 2026/27 season, she appears with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, Les Siècles, and Ensemble intercontemporain, among others.
Recognized for her significant contribution to the art form, Mälkki was awarded the high honor of Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland in 2024, after receiving the Pro Finlandia Medal in 2011. She was appointed as Officier (2014) and Commandeur (2022) de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France and, in January 2016, was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur in France. She is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in London and a member of the Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien in Stockholm. In October 2016, she was named Musical America’s 2017 Conductor of the Year, and in November 2017, she was awarded the Nordic Council Music Prize. In 2024, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Uniarts Helsinki.
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Susanna Mälkki sobre el sonido y el silencio
La estimada directora de orquesta aborda los temas de la vida, la muerte y la impermanencia, que centran un programa en homenaje a su amiga y colaboradora Kaija Saariaho.
Podcast: Mälkki dirige Dvořák con Patrick Posey - LA Phil 2022/23
El saxofonista y profesor de la USC Thornton School of Music Patrick Posey explica la música de Dvořák y Lara.
En vivo y en directo: Tchaikovsky y Saariaho con Mälkki con Veronika Krausas
La compositora Veronika Krausas explora el querido concierto de Tchaikovsky y la nueva música de Saariaho.
Bienvenido a la Galería de Sonidos
Invitada principal director de orquesta de LA Phil, Susanna Mälkki comparte sus pensamientos sobre la escucha, el poder y la llegada a la esencia.
Mälkki, Salonen y MTT: 100 años de Shakespeare en el Phil
La innovadora puesta en escena de las obras de Shakespeare, la música del maestro finlandés y el papel único del Invitado Principal director de orquesta son partes importantes de la historia de LA Phil.
Susanna Mälkki en Spotify
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