»…talent of the century«, so described the Tagesspiegel Tarmo Peltokoski. This Finnish conductor was appointed ›Principal Guest Conductor‹ by the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen in January 2022 – the first conductor to hold this position.

In recent seasons, Peltokoski has debuted at many major festivals, including the Rheingau Music Festival and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, as well as in the great concert halls such as the Köln Philharmonie and the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. In addition, he has given debuts with the hr-Sinfonieorchester, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Rotterdam Philharmonic. At just 22, Peltokoski conducted his first complete Ring Cycle as well as another significant Wagner work – Tristan und Isolde – at the Eurajoki Bel Canto Festival. In the same year, he was also appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonisch Orkest, Musical and Artistic Director of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Designate of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse.

In the 2022/23 season, Tarmo Peltokoski is due to conduct the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, the RSB Berlin, The Hallé, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Göteborgs Symfoniker, San Diego Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the Hollywood Bowl.

In 2023 Tarmo Peltokoski was awarded the OPUS Klassik for his recording with the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen.

In addition to piano and conducting, Peltokoski also studied composition and arranging and has a particular penchant for musical comedy and improvisation.

Martin Fröst discovered the clarinet at the age of nine. Undoubtedly one of the most outstanding wind instrumentalists of today, Martin Fröst’s musical highlights include debuts with renowned orchestras such as the Concertgebouw Orchester, the Orchestre National de France, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Wiener Symphoniker and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

As a chamber musician, Fröst regularly collaborates with such musicians as Leif Ove Andsnes, Janine Jansen, Roland Pöntinen and Christian Tetzlaff at international concert halls and festivals. He is also Artistic Director of the ›Vinterfest‹ chamber music festival in Mora, Sweden, and of the International Chamber Music Festival in Stavanger, Norway.

Keen to expand the existing clarinet concerto repertoire, Fröst has personally championed contemporary composers, premiering works by Krysztof Penderecki and Kalevi Aho, among others. Since playing the main role in Wilfried Hiller and Michael Ende’s opera ›Der Rattenfänger‹, for which he was nominated as 1995/96 Interpreter of the Year by the magazine Opernwelt, the exceptional Swedish clarinettist has repeatedly experimented with new ideas about how to combine elements of drama, pantomime and dance in his performance presentation.