The annual Sibelius Festival in Lahti, about an hour from Helsinki, has long been one of our most popular music holidays so we are delighted to be returning for all seven Sibelius symphonies in 2024. We will attend all three evening concerts by the Lahti Symphony Orchestra at the Sibelius Hall, with their Principal Conductor, Dalia Stasevska, who is also Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conducted the First Night of the 2023 Proms.

Sibelius Hall

The 1,200 seater concert hall is built almost entirely of wood making the auditorium a firm favourite with musicians and audience alike. It opened in 2000 and quickly gained a worldwide reputation for excellence. It was built on the site of an old saw mill, a reminder of Lahti’s industrial past. The Hall looks out across the calm waters of Lake Vesijärvi, a wonderful place to be reminded of the powerful influence of the Finnish landscape on Sibelius.