Johannes Piirto
The Finnish pianist and composer Johannes Piirto studied piano under Liisa Pohiola as well as composition and conducting with Tapio Tuomela and Jorma Panula at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He attended master classes with András Schiff and Dimitri Bashkirov, among others, and studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Professor Stefan Vladar. Johannes Piirto made his orchestral debut at the age of 10 with his own composition Allegro for Piano and Orchestra at the Pori Sinfonietta, followed in 2011 by Virta at the opening gala of the Musiikkitao (Helsinki Music Centre). Several of his orchestral works, commissioned and conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste, had successful premieres with the Finish Chamber Orchestra. Johannes Piirto has performed in many prestigious venues and festivals including Bergen Festival, Helsinki Festival, Wiener Konzerthaus, Wien Modern, Gergiev Festival and Turku Festival. As a soloist he played with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Finnish Chamber Orchestra and worked with conductors such as Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Fabian Gabel, Sakari Oramo, Okko Kamu and Anja Bihlmaier. As a song accompanist and chamber musician, he collaborates with Lilli Paasikivi, Mika Kares, Natalia Gutman and Julian Rachlin. He is also the Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Festival at the House of Nobility in Helsinki. Johannes Piirto was, among other things, a laureate of the Uuno Klami Composition Contest for Youth in 2007, the Dorothy MacKenzie Artist Recognition Award 2008 in New York and the International Maj Lind Piano Competition in Helsinki in 2012. He is a member of Klangforum Wien since 2024. With the Vienna State Ballet he first appeared in 2021/22 as a pianist for Ludwig van Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto, which Martin Schläpfer used as the basis for the world premiere of his ballet In Sonne verwandelt at the Volksoper Wien. This was followed in 2024 by the piano part in Uwe Scholz's Jeunehomme to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat major KV 271 Jenamy in the ballet production Les Sylphides. He made his debut at the Vienna State Opera in 2022 with pieces of music by Frédéric Chopin in Jerome Robbinsʼ ballet Other Dances.
Performances with Johannes Piirto
Pathétique
Cast on Saturday 3. May 2025
Pathétique
Cast on Wednesday 7. May 2025
Abo 11
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Saison 2024/2025
Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
18. Dezember 2024: RIGOLETTO
12. Februar 2025: TOSCA
05. März 2025: WERTHER
07. Mai 2025: BALLETT: PATHÉTIQUE
04. Juni 2025: TANNHÄUSER
Pathétique
Cast on Sunday 11. May 2025
Abo 24
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Saison 2024/2025
Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
20. Oktober 2024: COSÌ FAN TUTTE
17. November 2024: MANON
26. Jänner 2025: LA BOHÈME
23. Februar 2025: FIDELIO
11. Mai 2025: BALLETT: PATHÉTIQUE
Pathétique
Cast on Thursday 5. June 2025
Ballettzyklus »Moderne Klassiker«
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Saison 2024/2025
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9. Dezember 2024: DORNRÖSCHEN
11. Jänner 2025: SHIFTING SYMMETRIES
4. April 2025: THE MOON WEARS A WHITE SHIRT
5. Juni 2025: PATHÉTIQUE
Pathétique
Cast on Saturday 7. June 2025
Pathétique
Cast on Tuesday 10. June 2025
Abo 2
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Saison 2024/2025
Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
17. September 2024: ROMÉO ET JULIETTE
12. November 2024: DON PASQUALE
01. April 2025: DON GIOVANNI
20. Mai 2025: NORMA
10. Juni 2025: BALLETT: PATHÉTIQUE