{"id":6485,"date":"2025-06-16T00:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T21:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oulunsalosoi.fi\/oulunsalo-soi-in-brief\/artistic-director\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T13:28:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:28:56","slug":"artistic-director","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oulunsalosoi.fi\/en\/oulunsalo-soi-in-brief\/artistic-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Artistic Director"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6485\" class=\"elementor elementor-6485 elementor-2515\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b887874 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b887874\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e14306a\" data-id=\"1e14306a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77fdf5da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77fdf5da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Atte Kilpel\u00e4inen<\/h3><p>Atte Kilpel\u00e4inen\u2019s violin studies began at the L\u00e4nsi-Uusimaa Music Academy and ended with degrees from the Cologne Music Academy and the Sibelius Academy, where he graduated in 2004 with highest honours.<\/p><p>Since 2005 Kilpel\u00e4inen has been the principal viola in the Helsinki City Orchestra. As a guest conductor he has played with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the European Chamber Orchestra and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. As a soloist, Atte has performed with the Helsinki City Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Oulu and Kuopio City Orchestras, among others.   <\/p><p>Member of the string quartet Meta4 Atte Kilpel\u00e4inen has been actively performing with the quartet since 2006 in Finland and abroad. Meta4 was also the main guest of the Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 Symphony Orchestra for a two-year period until spring 2024.  <\/p><p>Atte Kilpel\u00e4inen joined the teaching staff of the Sibelius Academy in 2012 and has also taught several times at Finnish summer courses. 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