My Teaching Philosophy
My approach to teaching conducting is deeply rooted in my passion for nurturing the next generation of conductors and my belief in the transformative power of education. Drawing from over two decades of experience as a conductor, educator, and mentor, I have developed...
Sofia Sinfonietta awards the Orchestra Favourite Prize to Anton Legkii
This year's second Finnish Conducting School masterclass in Sofia had a special theme "The Art of Rehearsing the Orchestra". The students worked with Sofia Sinfonietta on masterpieces by Mendelssohn, Mozart and Rossini, and gained insight into the difficult art of...
Finnish Conducting School – An Introduction
When you mention the term “Finnish conducting school”, no doubt the first thing to come to mind are the Finnish conductors of nearly legendary status such as Paavo Berglung (1929–2012), Leif Segerstam (b. 1944), Okko Kamu (b. 1946) or Esa-Pekka Salonen (b. 1958)....