VocalEspoo

Conductor, electronic musician, singer, clarinettist and producer Taavi Oramo is known as a highly diverse and open-minded musician. Though increasingly performing as a conductor, he is keen to keep up his multiple other roles too: the various aspects of music-making that he is involved in are mutually supportive.

Choral singing has made a vital contribution to Finland’s history and is a crucial building block of Finnish society. Pasi Hyökki is well versed in the challenges and rewards of conducting a male choir institution and a children’s choir institution, each with a strong tradition and reputation. Professional choral singing, however, is pitifully underdeveloped in Finland.