Conductor
Pekka Savijoki
Pekka Savijoki initially studied the saxophone at the Sibelius Academy and the Paris Conservatoire, graduating in 1977. He completed his conducting studies in 1986. He has led nearly all of Finland's professional orchestras and also the Swedish orchestras in Norrköping, Helsingborg, Uumaja and Västerås. Savijoki has also conducted performances at the Finnish National Opera, the Stockholm Folk Opera, the Music Theatre of Malmö, among others.
Discography
Karita Mattila
Wonderful - favourites by Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Andrew Llyod Webber and others
Karita Mattila, soprano · Tapiola Sinfonietta · Pekka Savijoki, conductor
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Karita Mattila
Best of Evergreens
Tapiola Sinfonietta · Pekka Savijoki, conductor · Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra · Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor · Peter Lerche, guitar · Jyväskylä Sinfonia · Riku Niemi, conductor · Ilmo Ranta, piano · Karita Mattila, soprano
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