Hannu Lintu
Hannu Lintu is a prominent conductor known for exploring neglected orchestral repertoire, as well as for promoting contemporary music. Though most of his work has been in his native Finland, his skill as a conductor has taken him throughout the world as a guest conductor.
Lintu was born in Rauma, Finland, on October 13, 1967. He trained in piano and cello at the Turku Conservatory and the Sibelius Academy. He studied conducting with Atso Almila, Jorma Panula, and Eri Klas, and he participated in master classes with Ilja Musin and Myung-Whun Chung. In 1994, he won the Nordic Conducting Competition in Bergen, and in 1996, graduated with honors from the Sibelius Academy.
Lintu was the chief conductor of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra from 1998 to 2001, then served as chief conductor and artistic director of the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra from 2002 to 2005. In 2005, he was the artistic director of the Summer Sounds Festival of the Finnish contemporary music ensemble the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra. From 2009 until 2013, he served as chief conductor of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra and as the principal guest conductor of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin. In 2010, Lintu was named chief conductor designate of the Finnish Radio Symphony, which he began in 2013. He is scheduled to leave this position following the 2020-2021 season. He was named chief conductor of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet in 2019, a role he's set to assume in 2022. In addition to performing with orchestras in Finland and Sweden, he's guest conducted across Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Australia. He has led many of the world's finest orchestras, including the Orchestre de Paris, Netherlands Radio and Los Angeles Philharmonics, the Toronto, Boston, Detroit, and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras, and many others.
Lintu has recorded for Ondine, Alba, Naxos, and Hyperion, among others. In 2019, he led the Finnish Radio Symphony on two Ondine albums: Sibelius: Kullervo and Kaija Saariaho: True Fire; Trans; Ciel d'hiver, the latter of which received a Grammy nomination. In 2020, Lintu released Witold Lutoslawski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3, again leading the Finnish Radio Symphony.
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Discography
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Bartók : Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Christian Tetzlaff, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Violin Concertos - Released by Ondine on 13 Apr 2018
Gramophone AwardGramophone: Recording of the MonthAvailable in24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
Bartók: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Christian Tetzlaff, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Classical - Released by Ondine on 13 Apr 2018
Gramophone AwardGramophone: Recording of the MonthAvailable in24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5
Stephen Hough, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 May 2020
Available in24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Ligeti: Violin Concerto, Lontano, Atmosphères & San Francisco Polyphony
Benjamin Schmid, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Classical - Released by Ondine on 24 Sep 2013
Gramophone Editor's ChoiceAvailable in24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
György Ligeti : Violin Concerto - Lontano - Atmosphères - San Francisco Polyphony
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Schmid, Hannu Lintu
Classical - Released by Ondine on 24 Sep 2013
Gramophone Editor's ChoiceAvailable in24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Messiaen: Turangalîla-symphonie
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Classical - Released by Ondine on 3 Jun 2014
Available in24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
Olivier Messiaen : Turangalîla-Symphonie
Angela Hewitt, Valerie Hartmann-Claverie, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Classical - Released by Ondine on 3 Jun 2014
Available in24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
Lutosławski: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 & Jeux vénitiens
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Classical - Released by Ondine on 9 Nov 2018
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Lutosławski : Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 & Jeux vénitiens
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Symphonies - Released by Ondine on 9 Nov 2018
Available in24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Lutosławski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Classical - Released by Ondine on 7 Feb 2020
Available in24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Lutosławski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Classical - Released by Ondine on 7 Feb 2020
Available in24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5
Olli Mustonen, Hannu Lintu, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Ondine on 8 Sep 2017
Available in24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5
Olli Mustonen, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Classical - Released by Ondine on 8 Sep 2017
Available in24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 3 & 4
Olli Mustonen, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Classical - Released by Ondine on 9 Sep 2016
Available in24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 3 & 4
Olli Mustonen, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Classical - Released by Ondine on 9 Sep 2016
Available in24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
Schumann: Piano Concerto & Other Works
Angela Hewitt, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 2 Jul 2012
Available in24-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Sibelius: Tapiola, En saga & Songs
Anne Sofie von Otter, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Classical - Released by Ondine on 13 Oct 2017
Gramophone Editor's ChoiceAvailable in24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
Sibelius: Tapiola, En saga & Songs
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christoffer Sundqvist, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hannu Lintu, Ilari Angervo
Classical - Released by Ondine on 13 Oct 2017
Gramophone Editor's ChoiceAvailable in24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 22 & 24
Angela Hewitt, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 10 Jun 2014
Available in24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Zimmermann : Violin Concerto, Photoptosis, Die Soldaten Vocal Symphony
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Ondine on 8 Feb 2019
Available in24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
Zimmermann: Violin Concerto, Photoptosis, Die Soldaten Vocal Symphony
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Classical - Released by Ondine on 8 Feb 2019
Available in24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo