Janne Nisonen is one of Finland’s most versatile musicians performing as a conductor, leader, violin soloist and chamber musician. He began his violin studies at the age of four in Kokkola, Ostrobothnia and went on to study at the Sibelius Academy and Edsberg Chamber Music Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Later he studied orchestra conducting with Hannu Lintu and Atso Almila at the Sibelius Academy.
Janne Nisonen has conducted among others the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra and the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra. In autumn 2016, he was nominated as the chief conductor of Pori Sinfonietta.
Janne Nisonen has been the 1st leader of the Tapiola Sinfonietta since 2007 and has appeared as a guest leader with many European orchestras. He has made numerous recordings and is a regular guest on music festivals abroad.
In 2008 Nisonen and his colleagues founded the Jousia string ensemble. Since the beginning this small ensemble has excited audiences and critics abroad.
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Peter von Winter
Gioacchino Rossini
Bassoon Concertos
Jaakko Luoma, bassoon
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Janne Nisonen, concertmaster
ODE 1324-2
Released 03/2019
