Jari Hämäläinen
Artistic Director of Savonlinna Opera Festival and Conductor
The newest conducting star to come out of Finland, Maestro Hämäläinen will take the baton for Die Walküre at Hawaii Opera Theatre, Feb 12, 14, 16 2010; and then again for Tosca at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova, Italy on June 10, 12, 13, 15, 18, 20, and 22, 2010."The Macau Orchestra, having steadily improved in the past few years, responded much better to Jari Hämäläinen than to any of a number of Italian guest conductors over the years. This was opera that rang with idiomatic truth, where no detail was too small."
-Ken Smith, Opera Magazine