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Sinfonia Finlandia

Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä was founded in 1955. Since 2003 the artistic director has been the French flautist and conductor Patrick Gallois, who has followed his predecessors in directing the orchestra on many concert tours abroad, taking the orchestra throughout Finland and to Japan, France, Spain, Poland and Norway. For some years now the Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä has appeared at various summer festivals, and collaborates closely with the Jyväskylä Opera. The orchestra’s activities include recordings, notably the first recording of the famous Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara’s opera Aleksis Kivi, among other acclaimed releases. Their first Naxos recording, of early Haydn symphonies (8.557571) was released in 2004, to be followed by two further Haydn albums (8.570761 and 8.557771). The orchestra has also recorded for Naxos music by Sibelius and Desbrière (8.557985F), Gounod () and Franz and Karl Doppler (8.570378).

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Haydn’s death, a special 34-CD Box Set of THE COMPLETE SYMPHONIES (8.503400) has been released featuring Sinfonia Finlandia.