- Sasha Mäkilä
Sasha Mäkilä (born 1973) is a Finnish conductor. He studied
musicology at theUniversity of Helsinki , cello at theHelsinki Conservatory and conducting withLeonid Korchmar at the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory of St. Petersburg, Russia, and withLeif Segerstam in theSibelius Academy , Finland.Sasha Mäkilä is the conductor of the The Russian National Library Symphony Orchestra in St Petersburg, Russia, and he also guest conducts other regional orchestras in Finland and on music festivals throughout northern Europe. He made his 2004 opera debut with the Helsinki Conservatory and later became the first in Finland to conduct operatic works of
Philip Glass with Helsinki Skaala Opera.In 2006 he won 3rd prize in the 6th "
Vakhtang Jordania " International Conducting Competition. Since 2007 Sasha Mäkilä is an assistant conductor at theOrchestre National de France .External links
* [http://www.sashamakila.com Artist's homepage]
* [http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/orchestres/national/accueil/ Orchestre National de France]
* [http://www.jamesarts.com/VJCNDCMP06WINNERS.htm Vakhtang Jordania Conducting Competition]
* [http://www.oopperaskaala.fi/cv/sashamakila.html Helsinki Skaala Opera]
* [http://fontanka36.nlr.ru/concerthall/dir.html The Russian National Library Symphony Orchestra]
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