photo © Muriel von Braun

World premiere:  Helsinki 4th of September 1985,  Finnish Radio Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Toimii Ensemble (Lassi Erkkilä, Anssi Karttunen, Kari Kriikku, Juhani Liimatainen, Magnus Lindberg, Otto Romanowski)

Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen

CDs: Ondine ODE 1072-2, Finlandia FACD 372

NEXT KRAFT PERFORMANCE: 2.12. 2016 Luxembourg Philharmonic, Ilan Volkov

Soloists: Toimii-ensemble

The 10 conductors who have conducted Kraft so far are:

Baldur Brönniman, Alain Gilbert, Anssi Karttunen, Magnus Lindberg, Ernest Martinez-Izquierdo, Diego Masson, Susanna Mälkki, Sakari Oramo, Pablo Rus Broseta and Esa-Pekka Salonen.

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This page contains photos, videos and other information that may be useful for future performances of Kraft.

The photos and videos are from the rehearsals with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, conducted by Ernst Martinez-Izquierdo in June 2011

General instructions for soloists and conductors: KRAFT_INSTRUCTIONS.pdf

Table of phonems for conductor: Kraft phonems.pdf

15 DEMO VIDEOS EXPLAINING CERTAIN SPECIAL TECHINQUES OF KRAFT:

Toimii Ensemble in Stockholm 1986  after the Swedish Premiere of Kraft

List of all performances of Kraft:

Helsinki, Helsinki Festival 4.9.1985

Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish Radio Orchestra Soloists: TOIMII-ensemble

Stockholm 2.10.1987

Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Swedish Radio Orchestra Soloists: TOIMII-ensemble

(CD of the performance issued on Finlandia)

Edinburgh 21.8.1988

Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Swedish Radio Orchestra Soloists: TOIMII-ensemble

Copenhagen 3.3.1989

Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra Soloists: TOIMII-ensemble

Helsinki 4.9.1991

Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish Radio Orchestra Soloists: TOIMII-ensemble

London 29.5.1993

Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen,  Philharmonia Orchestra Soloists: TOIMII-ensemble

Uusikaupunki 27.7.1996

Conductor: Sakari Oramo, Suomi-75-Symphony Orchestra With young soloists, Juhani Liimatainen

Strasbourg 20.9.1997

Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish Radio Orchestra Soloists: TOIMII-ensemble

Frankfurt 30.1.1998

Conductor: Diego Masson, Hessische Rundfunk Orkesteri Soloists from the orchestra, Juhani Liimatainen

Amsterdam 6.6.1998

Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Soloists: TOIMII-ensemble

Ojai Festival, California 6.6.1999

Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Soloists: TOIMII-ensemble

Antwerp 25.2.2000

Conductor: Anssi Karttunen, Flanders Philharmonic  Soloists: Ictus-Ensemble, Juhani Liimatainen

Schleswig Holstein Festival 21.7.2001

Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Festival Orchestra Soloists: TOIMII-ensemble

Paris 23.11.2001

Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra Soloists: TOIMII-ensemble

London 2.12.2001

Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra Soloists: TOIMII-ensemble

Brussels 6.12.2001

Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra Soloists: TOIMII-ensemble

Helsinki 1.3.2002

Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish Radio Orchestra Soloists: TOIMII-ensemble

(New CD recorded at Kulttuuritalo at the same time / Ondine)

Porto, 2009

Conductor: Magnus Lindberg, National Orchestra of Porto Soloists from Remix-Ensemble

New York 7.10., 8.10., 12.10.2010

Conductor: Alan Gilbert, New York Philharmonic Soloists: Magnus Lindberg, Chen Halevi, Carter Brey, Christopher S. Lamb, Daniel Druckman, Markus Rhoten, Juhani Liimatainen

Paris, 10.6.2011

Conductor: Ernest Martinez-Izquierdo, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Soloists, Magnus Lindberg, Nadine Pierre, Daniel Ciampolini,

Amsterdam, 22.5., 23.5. 2012

Conductor, Susanna Mälkki, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Soloists: Kari Kriikku, Anssi Karttunen, Ralph van Raat, Gustavo Gimeno, Herman Rieken, Juhani Liimatainen

Dresden,  14.4.2013

Conductor: Alan Gilbert, New York Philharmonic Soloists: Magnus Lindberg, Chen Halevi, Carter Brey,    Christopher S. Lamb, Daniel Druckman, Markus Rhoten, Juhani Liimatainen

Berlin, 30.1-1.2.2014

Conductor: Alain Gilbert,  Berlin Philharmonic, Soloists: Magnus Lindberg et al.

Strasbourg, 26.9.2014

Conductor: Pablo Rus Broseta, SWR Symphony Orchestra, Soloists, Ensemble Modern

Basel, 24.1.2016

Conductor Baldur Brönniman, Basel SInfonietta

Juhani Liimatainen

Helsinki 14.5. 2016

Conductor: Sakari Oramo, Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra

Soloists: Lucy Abrams, Kalle-Pekka Koponen, Emilija Rozukaite, Jalmari Lintunen, Jussi Markkanen, Tuukka Tervo

Buenos Aires 9.6.2016 Teatro Colón

Orquesta Filarmonica de Buenos Aires, Pablo Rus Broseta, Soloists, Ensemble Modern