{"id":21804,"date":"2025-11-28T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T07:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turunmusiikkijuhlat.fi\/?p=21804"},"modified":"2025-12-05T11:27:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:27:22","slug":"terry-riley-claire-chase-jukka-pekka-saraste-and-karen-cargill-will-take-center-stage-at-the-opening-of-the-turku-music-festival-in-the-summer-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turunmusiikkijuhlat.fi\/en\/terry-riley-claire-chase-jukka-pekka-saraste-and-karen-cargill-will-take-center-stage-at-the-opening-of-the-turku-music-festival-in-the-summer-of-2026","title":{"rendered":"Terry Riley, Claire Chase, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, and Karen Cargill will take center stage at the opening of the Turku Music Festival in the summer of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;TERRY RILEY, CLAIRE CHASE, JUKKA-PEKKA SARASTE &amp; KAREN CARGILL WILL TAKE CENTER STAGE AT THE OPENING OF THE TURKU MUSIC FESTIVAL IN THE SUMMER OF 2026&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23bc9634&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;28.11.2025&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%231e4855&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;30&#8243;][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;21806&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;None&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]Photo: Walter Wlodarczyk[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]<strong>The Turku Music Festival 2026 will begin on August 1, 2026. The festival will open with concerts by Terry Riley &amp; Claire Chase: The Holy Liftoff and Jukka-Pekka Saraste &amp; Karen Cargill: LEAD! Tickets for the first concerts of the 2026 festival will go on sale on Friday, November 28, 2025.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]The 2026 Turku Music Festival (TMF) will open on Saturday, August 1. Next year, the festival&#8217;s opening will be celebrated with a whole weekend of performances by international and Finnish classical music stars at the Turku City Theatre and Turku Concert Hall. To mark the announcement, <strong>all 2026 concerts will be on sale at a special price until Friday, December 5.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s concert will bring the European premiere of legendary composer <strong>Terry Riley&#8217;s<\/strong> <em>The Holy Liftoff<\/em> to the City Theatre, performed by flutist <strong>Claire Chase<\/strong> together with the <strong>TMF Quartet<\/strong>. The 90-year-old Riley&#8217;s composition takes the listener on an intuitive and imaginative journey of sound; created from hand-drawn musical notation, the work combines minimalist repetition, surreal graphic studies, and contemporary compositional theory.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, guests from Fiskars and the <strong>LEAD! Foundation<\/strong> will take to the stage of the concert hall when conductor <strong>Jukka-Pekka Saraste<\/strong> and mezzo-soprano <strong>Karen Cargill<\/strong> perform together with the <strong>Fiskars Festival Orchestra<\/strong>. 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Sveinsson&#8217;s work combines choir, orchestra, and soundscapes into a dramatic experience, while J\u00e4rvel\u00e4&#8217;s work takes the listener on an intimate and impressive journey with harp, percussion, and the soft sounds of chamber music. The orchestra is the <strong>Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra<\/strong>, conducted by <strong>Kaapo Ijas<\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;SINFONIA LAHTI &amp; HANNU LINTU: SIBELIUS IN TURKU&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23bc9634&#8243; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]<strong>August 21, 2026, at 6 p.m., Turku Concert Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sinfonia Lahti<\/strong> visits the Turku Music Festival under the lead of <strong>Hannu Lintu<\/strong>. The evening&#8217;s program is quintessentially Finnish, consisting of <strong>Jean Sibelius&#8217;s<\/strong> core works together with <strong>Einojuhani Rautavaara&#8217;s<\/strong> modernist <em>Angels and Visitations<\/em> (1978). 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