Helsinki University Symphony Orchestra

The Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat ("YS", the Helsinki University Symphony Orchestra) is a symphony orchestra resident in Helsinki, Finland.^[1]

YS was founded in 1926.^{[citation needed]} It is a full-sized symphony orchestra, and performs concerts and tours both at home in Finland and abroad and takes part in various academic festivities.

History[]

The Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat can trace its roots back to the year 1747, when the Akateeminen Kapelli (the Academic Capella) was founded at the Turku Academy.^{[citation needed]} After the great fire of Turku in 1827, the university moved to Helsinki, taking the orchestra with it.^{[citation needed]} From 1868 until 1926, the orchestra was run as a department of the University of Helsinki, under the name of Akadeeminen Orkesteri (the Academic Orchestra).^{[citation needed]} In 1926, the Academic Orchestra gained its independence and became the Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat.

Conductors[]

A number of world-famous Finnish conductors started their careers as principal or assistant conductor of the Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat, including Paavo Berglund, Okko Kamu and Susanna Mälkki.^{[citation needed]}

Principal conductors of Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat

Conductor	Dates
Toivo Haapanen	1926–1936
Jussi Jalas	1936–1946
	1946–1966
Leif Segerstam	1966–1967
	1967–1972
	1972–1974
	1974–1976
	1976–1979
Esa-Pekka Salonen	1979–1980
	1980–1985
	autumn 1983, 1985–1988
	1988–1990
Michael Adelson	1990–1992
John Storgårds	1992–1996
	1996–2001
	2001–2003
	2003–2007
Mikk Murdvee	2007–

References[]

^ "Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat". Finland: Visit Helsinki. Retrieved 31 July 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)

External links[]

Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat website (in Finnish)
YS website (in English)

[1] "Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat". Finland: Visit Helsinki. Retrieved 31 July 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)

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