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Senja Rummukainen, Cellohttps://senjarummukainen.com/en/bio-english/
Senja Rummukainen was awarded the 6th prize in the international Tchaikovsky Competition in 2019. Few years before she won the 1st prize in the national Turku Cello Competition in 2014 and was a finalist in the international Guilhermina Suggia Prize in Portugal. Rummukainen has played as a soloist with orchestras such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra, and the most important Finnish orchestras such as the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Pori Sinfonietta, Oulu, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Joensuu and Vaasa Orchestras with conductors like Sakari Oramo, Nicholas Collon, Klaus Mäkelä, Leif Segerstam, Dima Slobodeniouk and Jorma Panula.
As a chamber musician Rummukainen is one of the most popular in Finland. She has been a regular guest since already many years at the most important Finnish festivals such as the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Turku Music Festival, Oulu Music Festival and RUSK Chamber Music Festival. She has also worked as one of the artistic directors in the Kamarikesä Festival in Helsinki, together with Johannes Piirto, Kasmir Uusitupa, Tami Pohjola and Riina Piirilä from 2017 to 2021. In 2022 she was participating Vevey Spring Classic Festival playing together with Janine Jansen, Nils Mönkemeyer, Daniel Müller-Schott and Francesco Piemontesi.
In season 2022/2023 Senja debuts as a soloist with the Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra with Rune Bergmann, Lahti Symphony Orchestra with Jonathon Heyward and Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic in Lodz, Pilsen Philharmonic and Thüringen Philharmonic. She also goes back to Tapiola Sinfonietta together with Jukka-Pekka Saraste playing Anna Clyne’s Dance. Chamber music highlights include concert with Janine Jansen and friends in Cologne Philharmonic, Bebersee Festival together with Augustin Hadelich and Ilya Gringolts etc, Eggenfelden Klassisch Festival and Storioni Festival in the Netherlands. During years 2017–2021 she worked as a II principal cellist of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.
Senja Rummukainen is currently doing her Konzertexamen studies at the Universität der Künste Berlin with professor Jens Peter Maintz. Before finishing her Master’s degree at the same institution she has studied with Truls Mørk at the Norwegian Academy of Music, Young-Chang Cho at the Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen, Marko Ylönen at the Sibelius Academy and Taru Aarnio and Allar Kaasik at the East Helsinki Music Institute. Senja has participated masterclasses with professors such as David Geringas, Reinhard Latzko and Wolfgang Boettcher. Senja is also giving masterclasses in Cellofest Helsinki, Porvoo Cello Academy and worked as a jury member in Porvoo Cello Competition in 2021.
Her instrument is a cello by Giovanni Grancino (1698), generously loaned to her by the OP Art Foundation.
Program:
J.S. Bach - Sonata for Viola da Gamba in D major, BWV 1028
Jean Sibelius: Two pieces, Op. 77
Robert Schumann - Fünf Stücke im Volkston
Leoš Janáček - Pohádka
Olli Mustonen - Sonata
Frédéric Chopin - Grand duo concertant sur des thèmes de Robert le diable, B.70
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Piano Salon Christophori, Uferstraße 10, 13357 Berlin, Deutschland,Berlin, Germany
