ANTTI SIIRALA

First prizewinner of three international piano competitions, including the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition and the AXA Dublin International Piano Competition in 2003, Finnish pianist Antti Siirala has already established himself as a star on the international stage.

At the age of twenty-eight, he has worked with numerous renowned conductors, including Paavo Berglund, Thierry Fischer, Jukka-Pekka Sarasted and Osmo Vanska.

Siirala has performed with a host of international orchestras including the Detroit Symphony, BBC Symphony, Liverpool Philharmonic, Irish National Symphony, and the Swedish National Orchestra. He has also appeared in recital at London’s Wigmore Hall and the Cologne Philharmonie and has featured on numerous festival bills throughout the world.

His debut recording of Schubert transcriptions for Naxos in 2003 received outstanding reviews and the following year, his recording of works by Brahms for Ondine received Gramophone Magazine’s "Editor’s Choice" award, and the highest rating in the category of interpretation from Piano News.

At the heart of Antti Siirala’s repertoire are the compositions of Beethoven and Brahms, however, he is also a champion of new music, having premiered works by Walter Gieseler, Kuldar Sink, Uljas Pulkkis, and Kalevi Aho.

“The stuff of heroics and dark pools, flowers and storms. Standing ovation. Victory”.
International Piano Quarterly