Tomas Djupsjöbacka
Finnish RSO/Djupsjöbacka
Mozart: Symphony no 29 A Major
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Tomas Djupsjöbacka has been appointed Principal conductor and artistic director of Vaasa City orchestra starting in 2021. He continues as Principal guest conductor of the Lapland Chamber Orchestra, a role created for him last year.
Known as a versatile musician with strong roots in chamber music, Djupsjöbacka is the founding cellist of the string quartet Meta4 as well as a member of the renowned Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
Since his conducting debut in 2013 with the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Djupsjöbacka has appeared with most of the Finnish orchestras including debuts with the Finnish Radio Orchestra, the Helsinki Philharmonic, Sinfonia Lahti and Oulu Sinfonia. He regularly guest conducts the Turku Philharmonic, Jyväskylä Sinfonia and AVANTI! Djupsjöbacka has premiered works by Jukka Tiensuu, Veli Kujala, Sampo Haapamäki and Mikko Heiniö often teaming up with unusual partners such as dancers, jugglers or foley-artists.
Djupsjöbacka studied conducting privately with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music director of the New York Metropolitan opera. He completed his studies in the conducting program of the Sibelius Academy in 2017 and has also participated in master classes by Jorma Panula.

september 2020
02sep19:0020:00Uhanalaisia tansseja
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Kaarti Military Wind band Stefan Stanciu, pan flute Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man Joan Tower: Fanfare for the uncommon woman Stanciu: Concerto for pan flute and wind orchestra (2018) Juha Pisto:
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Kaarti Military Wind band
Stefan Stanciu, pan flute
Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor
Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man
Joan Tower: Fanfare for the uncommon woman
Stanciu: Concerto for pan flute and wind orchestra (2018)
Juha Pisto: Uhanalaisia tansseja
Time
(Wednesday) 19:00 – 20:00
Location
Temppeliaukion kirkko
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Jyväskylä Sinfonia Meta4, direction Fanny Mendelssohn: String quartet W.A. Mozart: Symphony no 38 “Prague”
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Jyväskylä Sinfonia
Meta4, direction
Fanny Mendelssohn: String quartet
W.A. Mozart: Symphony no 38 “Prague”
Time
All Day (Wednesday)
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Avanti! Heikki Kossi, foley artist Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor Sami Klemola: Jack and the Specifics (2017)
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Avanti!
Heikki Kossi, foley artist
Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor
Sami Klemola: Jack and the Specifics (2017)
Time
(Tuesday) 19:00 – 21:00
Location
Musiikkitalo
october 2020
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Vasa Orchestra Reetta Haavisto, soprano Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor Coriolanus ouverture Komm Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern (Leonore’s aria) Ah, perfido op. 65 Incidental music to Egmont op. 84
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Vasa Orchestra
Reetta Haavisto, soprano
Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor
Coriolanus ouverture
Komm Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern (Leonore’s aria)
Ah, perfido op. 65
Incidental music to Egmont op. 84
Time
october 1 (Thursday) – 2 (Friday)
08oct19:0021:00Circus and symphony
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Oulu Sinfonia Antti Turtiainen, oboe Sakari Männistö, juggler Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor Joonas Kokkonen: Il paesaggio – Maisema (1986) Sakari Raappana: Ragus, concerto for oboe and orchestra (2013/2020), World Premiere Lotta Wennäkoski: Jong, for juggler and orchestra
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Oulu Sinfonia
Antti Turtiainen, oboe
Sakari Männistö, juggler
Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor
Joonas Kokkonen: Il paesaggio – Maisema (1986)
Sakari Raappana: Ragus, concerto for oboe and orchestra (2013/2020), World Premiere
Lotta Wennäkoski: Jong, for juggler and orchestra (2013)
Time
(Thursday) 19:00 – 21:00
18oct11:3012:30Sibelius on period instruments!
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Lahti Sibelius Festival Finnish Baroque Orchestra FiBO Antti Tikkanen, violin Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor Music by Jean Sibelius Suite caracteristique 5 Dances champetres Elegy from King Kristian suite Rakastava, early version Suite op. 117
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Lahti Sibelius Festival
Finnish Baroque Orchestra FiBO
Antti Tikkanen, violin
Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor
Music by Jean Sibelius
Suite caracteristique
5 Dances champetres
Elegy from King Kristian suite
Rakastava, early version
Suite op. 117
Time
(Sunday) 11:30 – 12:30
Location
Sibelius-talo
22oct19:0020:00Return to Turku
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Turku Philharmonic Orchestra Jasmine Beams, viola Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor Joan Tower: Chamber Dance (2006) Sally Beamish: Under the wing of the rock (2006) W.A. Mozart: Symphony no 39
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Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Jasmine Beams, viola
Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor
Joan Tower: Chamber Dance (2006)
Sally Beamish: Under the wing of the rock (2006)
W.A. Mozart: Symphony no 39
Time
(Thursday) 19:00 – 20:00
Location
Turun Konserttitalo
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Nordic Chamber Orchestra Tomas Djupsjöbacka, cello & conductor Jaakko Kuusisto: Cello concerto (2019) Joan Tower: Chamber Dance (2006) *** W.A. Mozart: Symphony no 39
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Nordic Chamber Orchestra
Tomas Djupsjöbacka, cello & conductor
Jaakko Kuusisto: Cello concerto (2019)
Joan Tower: Chamber Dance (2006)
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W.A. Mozart: Symphony no 39
Time
october 29 (Thursday) – 31 (Saturday)
november 2020
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Kuopio Symphony Orchestra Eero Saunamäki, recorder Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor Joan Tower: Chamber Dance (2006) Jukka Tiensuu: Appo (2017) Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 4
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Kuopio Symphony Orchestra
Eero Saunamäki, recorder
Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor
Joan Tower: Chamber Dance (2006)
Jukka Tiensuu: Appo (2017)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 4
Time
All Day (Thursday)
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Various chamber music
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Various chamber music
Time
november 17 (Tuesday) – 21 (Saturday)
december 2020
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Lapland Chamber Orchestra Tomas Djupsjöbacka, cello & conductor Jaakko Kuusisto: Cello concerto (2019) Jean Sibelius/arr. Iain Farrington: Symphony no 2
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Lapland Chamber Orchestra
Tomas Djupsjöbacka, cello & conductor
Jaakko Kuusisto: Cello concerto (2019)
Jean Sibelius/arr. Iain Farrington: Symphony no 2
Time
december 3 (Thursday) – 4 (Friday)
Location
Korundi
10dec19:0021:00Made in Finland
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Vasa City Orchestra Petteri Waris, accordeon Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor Outi Tarkiainen: Joye (2017) Veli Kujala: Shape-Shifter, Concerto for Accordeon and Strings (2019) Sibelius/arr. Farrington: Symphony no 2
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Vasa City Orchestra
Petteri Waris, accordeon
Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor
Outi Tarkiainen: Joye (2017)
Veli Kujala: Shape-Shifter, Concerto for Accordeon and Strings (2019)
Sibelius/arr. Farrington: Symphony no 2
Time
(Thursday) 19:00 – 21:00
Location
Vaasan kaupungintalo
january 2021
29jan19:0020:30Vaelluksia – Walkabout
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Kaustinen Chamber Music Festival 2021 Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra Annemarie Åström, violin Jukka-Pekka Peltoniemi, trumpet Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor Jean Sibelius: Rakastava Juha T. Koskinen: Omaggio a Smilla per violino, tromba e archi Akkapelimannit (untraditional folk music) Gabriela Lena Frank:
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Kaustinen Chamber Music Festival 2021
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
Annemarie Åström, violin
Jukka-Pekka Peltoniemi, trumpet
Tomas Djupsjöbacka, conductor
Jean Sibelius: Rakastava
Juha T. Koskinen: Omaggio a Smilla per violino, tromba e archi
Akkapelimannit (untraditional folk music)
Gabriela Lena Frank: Leyendas (An Andean Walkabout)
Time
(Friday) 19:00 – 20:30
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