The New Year started with Fibo
The new year started with the Finnish Baroque Orchestra (Fibo) and the wonderful fortepiano by Joseph Böhm. The concert featuring…
Rödberg Trio debut album released
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel Trio in D Minor and Felix Mendelssohn Trio in C Minor recorded on period instruments got released at…
New LP(!) is out
Olavi Louhivuori continues his Immediate Music series, this time with the pianists Emil Holmström and Joonas Ahonen. The LP got…
Ahonen made his debut at Musiq’3 Festival in Brussels
Ahonen performed in two concerts in Flagey Studio 1. Watch the full concert video of the recital (Sibelius-Lindberg-Ablinger-Nancarrow-Szymanowski) on RTBF…
Beethoven Diabelli Variations released on Schwechtenstein Records
The disc released on March 31 features Beethoven Diabelli Variations op. 120 and the Schubert Diabelli Variation. Ahonen plays 1836…
Ahonen makes his debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ahonen performs Lauri Kilpiö Piano Concerto “Shades of Light”. The fully booked concert of Finnish orchestral music at Maida Vale…
Ives disc chosen Recording of the Year by Guido Fischer / Rondomagazin
The Ives recording (BIS Records) with violinist Pekka Kuusisto has been chosen The Recording of the Year 2017 by Rondomagazin…
Ives disc nominated for YLE Recording of the Year and Finnish Grammy Awards (Emma)
The Ives disc with Pekka Kuusisto and Sharon Bezaly is the only release nominated both for Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE)…
Ligeti disc nominated by ICMA and Presto Classical
The Ligeti CD on BIS has been nominated to International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) and to final round of Presto…
Charles Ives Sonatas on BIS Records
The new BIS CD features the Piano Sonata nr. 2, ‘Concord, Mass., 1840-1860’, Sharon Bezaly playing the flute solo and…
Ligeti Disc one of the Monthly Choices by BBC Music Magazine
Ligeti Concertos on BIS Records is a BBC Music Magazine Monthly Choice of May 2017.…
BIS Records releases Ligeti Concertos
The new BIS CD features Cello and Piano Concertos, Chamber Concerto and Melodien. BIT20 Ensemble is conducted by Baldur Brönnimann.…
Dream Lake is a Polish Grammy nominee
Dream Lake by Agata Zubel and Ahonen has been nominated for Fryderyk 2016, the Polish Grammy Awards in the category…
Ahonen at the Wiener Konzerthaus
Ahonen performs Alban Berg Chamber Concerto with violinist Sophie Schafleitner at the Wiener Konzerthaus on March 18th. Stefan Asbury conducts…
Dream Lake hailed by the press
Some press reviews of the new album Dream Lake with Agata Zubel. Polityka (in Polish) Dwutygodnik (in Polish) Gufetto.it (in…
New CD by Zubel and Ahonen
‘Dream Lake’ by Polish soprano Agata Zubel and Joonas Ahonen has been published by CD Accord. The release concert took…
Zubel ‘Not I’ in top 10 of The New Yorker
The New Yorker critic Alex Ross has listed Agata Zubel recording of Klangforum Wien in top ten recordings of the…
Simone Movio portrait cd released by Col Legno
Col Legno released portrait cd of Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation prize winner Simone Movio. Listen to Ahonen and his…
Beethoven by Ahonen praised by Der Standard
Ahonen performed Beethoven Diabelli Variations on 1836 Streicher at Wiener Konzerthaus. Read the review (in German) here.…
Ahonen signed with BIS
Ligeti Piano Concerto was recorded earlier this week in Bergen. BIT20 Ensemble was conducted by Baldur Brönnimann. The recording will…