BIOGRAPHY
In the season 22/23, Kalle's engagements include "Carmen" and "Jekyll & Hyde" in Finnish National Ballet and concerts with Arctic Philharmonic and Kuopio city orchestras.
His past appearances include "Madama Butterfly" and "Entführung aus dem Serail" in Savonlinna Opera Festival, "Billy Budd" in Finnish National Opera, "Maid of Pskov" in Mariinsky Theatre, "La Traviata" in Theater an der Wien, two productions with Finnish National Ballet, debut in Monte Carlo Ballet, concerts with Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, National Philharmonic of Russia, "Carmen" in the Norwegian Opera in Oslo and "Tristan und Isolde", "Tosca" and "Carmen" in Rijeka Opera.
Kuusava has built a vast operatic repertoire, having worked in the Norwegian National Opera from 2008 until 2016 and the season 2007/08 in the Zurich Opera. Since winning European Conductors Competition in Oslo in 2013 and being laureate at Evgeny Svetlanov competition in Paris in 2014, Kalle Kuusava has been on demand as operatic, symphonic and ballet conductor.
Kuusava has assisted acclaimed conductors such as Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Hannu Lintu, Fabien Gabel, Tomáš Hanus, Xian Zhang and Antonino Fogliani.
Born in 1983 in Lahti, Finland, Kalle studied piano and chamber music at the Sibelius-Academy with Ilmo Ranta, and participated in conducting masterclasses with Jorma Panula and Atso Almila. He spent an exchange study year in Vienna in 2005. He completed his masters degree in orchestral conducting at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, where he studied with Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Ole Kristian Ruud.
CALENDaR
Season 22/23
22nd of February 2024
Vaasa City Orchestra
Wennäkoski: Verdigris
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel
Waltteri Torikka, baritone
Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 "Scottish"
7th of March 2024
Lappeenranta City Orchestra
Nuorvala: Notturno urbano
Barber: Knoxville Summer of 1915
Sonja Herranen, soprano
Halvorsen: Suite ancienne
9th, 10th and 11 of April 2024
Kuopio City Orchestra
Grieg: Holberg suite
Nordgren: Cronaca
Vivaldi: Bassoon concerto in E minor
Ananta Diaz, bassoon
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings
Mendelssohn: String symphony no. 6
News & MEDIA
Kuopio City Orchestra, November 2020
Croatian National Opera. Puccini: Tosca 1st Act. Kalle Kuusava, conductor. 12th of November 2019
Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, November 11th 2018 Youth Ural Philharmonic Orchestra Kalle Kuusava, conductor
National Philharmonic of Russia / Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow, 15th of January 2018 / Kalle Kuusava, conductor
Pictures from Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg) and from a rehearsal with Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna).
Contact
To contact me personally, please fill in form below or write to: kalle.kuusava@gmail.com
For professional booking and press inquiries, please contact:
Management in Nordic countries:
Nordic Artists Management - Mr. Jacob Soelberg
jrs@nordicartistsmanagement.com
+45 20 71 23 23