When conductor Klaus Mäkelä made his Czech debut at the Prague Spring in 2023, he caused a sensation. The “Finnish miracle”, as the Czech daily Lidové noviny described him at the time, who assumes the posts of Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in 2027, now returns to the festival with the Oslo Philharmonic, which he has headed since 2020. And he brings with him an exquisite programme of Czech and Finnish music: Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor with soloist Truls Mørk, who received the prestigious ECHO Klassik award for his recording of this piece, and the Lemminkäinen suite by Jean Sibelius (1865—1957), inspired by the Finnish epic Kalevala. programme Antonín Dvořák — Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor Op. 104 Jean Sibelius — Lemminkäinen op. 22 performers Oslo Philharmonic Klaus Mäkelä conductor Truls Mørk cello More all events festivals Prague Spring Festival 12. 5. 2026 — 4. 6. 2026