JUHO POHJONEN

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Pohjonen returns to Oulu Symphony
Posted on 6 May 2013

Juho Pohjonen returns to the Oulu Symphony to perform Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 under conductor Johannes Gustavsson on 8 May.

Read a review of Juho's performance of Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Bournemouth Symphony in March here.

Pohjonen in California
Posted on 10 April 2013

Juho Pohjonen makes his first appearance in San Diego performing in recital for the La Jolla Music Society on Sunday 14 April. His programme includes works by Mozart, Grieg and Nielsen.

Last month the Washington Post wrote of his Kennedy Center debut recital, “Pohjonen has both impeccable technique and a cleareyed approach to music... Complete confidence, a superb performance.”

Listen to Juho perform Mozart and Grieg from his “Maps and Legends” CD recorded live at Music@Menlo on Spotify.

New York Times review: Canyons, Inspiring to the Eye, Capture the Ear, Too
Posted on 21 March 2013

Juho Pohjonen played the fiendishly difficult piano part brilliantly, conquering its technical challenges and highlighting myriad colors, as well as contrasting the exuberant elements with moments of introspective clarity.

Read the whole review here.

“Pohjonen boasts a dazzling keyboard technique and, even more impressively, a broad and varied textural palette that allows him to shade his performances with great subtlety.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“Juho Pohjonen’s account of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.1 fully merited the massive applause. Eliciting all the bravura of Beethoven ventilated with the spirit of Mozart, the first movement and its cadenza’s cascading brilliance were utterly delightful.”
—Daily Echo
“This young man is a beast, a daunting player... tonal colours had brilliance – gleaming lines tripped along like bubbling streams, little squeezed-out flourishes casually adorned the ends of phrases... an impressive and fearless performance.”
—San Jose Mercury News

Next concert

Chamber Music in Turku
Sigyn Hall – 11 August 2013
  • Schumann
    Piano Trio no. 3 in g minor, op. 110
  • Saariaho
    Je sens un deuxième coeur
  • Ravel
    Piano Trio in a minor
  • Petteri Iivonen, violin & viola
  • Samuli Peltonen, cello
  • Juho Pohjonen, piano
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