Chief Conductor
Hannu Lintu
Performance history at the Finnish National Opera and Ballet
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The season 2025–26 is is Hannu Lintu’s last as Chief Conductor of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet. In the current season, Lintu will continue his tenure as Music Director of Orquestra Gulbenkian. He is Artistic Partner of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra from the autumn 2025, and will begin as Chief Conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in August 2026.
Lintu’s numerous recordings for Ondine, BIS, Naxos, Avie and Hyperion have received several accolades, including two ICMA awards and two GRAMMY nominations.
Lintu studied cello and piano at the Sibelius Academy, where he also later studied conducting with Jorma Panula. In addition to this, he has participated in masterclasses with Myung-Whun Chung at the L’Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. Lintu took first prize at the Nordic Conducting Competition in Bergen in 1994. To find out more, visit his website at hannulintu.fi
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