PANULA ACADEMY
Panula Academy conducting workshops with professor Jorma Panula
Panula Academy
ABOUT PANULA ACADEMY
Founded in 2014 the PANULA ACADEMY is the only official training programme for aspiring Finnish and international conductors authorized by Maestro Jorma Panula, one of the foremost conducting pedagogues in the world.
Weekend workshops take place throughout the year in Helsinki and Turku and and longer masterclasses with concerts are held with professional Finnish orchestras, recently with Vaasa City Orchestra, Lappeenranta City Orchestra and St. Michel Strings.
Panula Academy is a non-profit-making registered organization with the mission of furthering the pedagogical knowledge, philosophies and techniques of Jorma Panula, encouraging youth and fostering a new generation of conductors.
Helsinki Masterclasses
The masterclasses in Helsinki are held in Pasila. The Orchestra is a 14-member ensemble from Agosto Orchestra, and the daily podium time for each participant is approx. 17-19 min. plus video sessions on Saturday and Sunday.
For more information refer to our FAQ page.
H1, 11-12.1.2025
Sibelius: Lemminkäisen paluu opus 22
Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde Overture
Madetoja: Symphony No. 1 in F major, Op. 29 (arr Panula)
Tuition fee
Active student 600 €
Passive student 100 €
H2, 18-19.1.2025
Sibelius: Symphony No 3 in C major, Op 52
Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E♭ major, op. 55, Eroica
Tuition fee
Active student 600 €
Passive student 100 €
H3, 1-2.2.2025
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor Op. 64
Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D. 485
Tuition fee
Active student 600 €
Passive student 80 €
H4, 8-9.2.2025
Stravinsky: Concerto in E flat ”Dumbarton Oaks”
Beethoven: Symphony no. 4 in B ♭ major, op. 60
Tuition fee
Active student 600 €
Passive student 100 €
H5, 22-23.2.2025
Dvořák: Symphony No 8 in G major
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, ”Jupiter”
Tuition fee
Active student 600 €
Passive student 100 €
H6, 8-9.3.2025
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116
Verdi: La forza del destino, Overture
Tuition fee
Active student 600 €
Passive student 100 €
H7, 12-13.4.2025
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch Ravel)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture TH 42, ČW 39
Tuition fee
Active student 600 €
Passive student 100 €
H8, 26-27.4.2025
Brahms: Tragic Overture (Tragische Ouvertüre), Op. 81
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131
Tuition fee
Active student 600 €
Passive student 100 €
H9, 10-11.5.2025
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
Kaski: Prelude in G-Flat Major, Op. 7
Tuition fee
Active student 600 €
Passive student 100 €
H10, 17-18.5.2025
Sibelius: Symphony No 1 in E minor, Op 39
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Tuition fee
Active student 600 €
Passive student 100 €
H11, 31.5.-1.6.2025
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor K. 550
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
Tuition fee
Active student 600 €
Passive student 100 €
Other Masterclasses
Piiparila 13-15.6.2025
Founded in 2014 the PANULA ACADEMY is the only official training program for aspiring Finnish and international conductors authorized by Maestro Jorma Panula, one of the foremost conducting pedagogues in the world.
Weekend workshops take place throughout the year in Helsinki and Turku and and longer masterclasses with concerts are held with professional Finnish orchestras, recently with Vaasa City Orchestra, Lappeenranta City Orchestra and St. Michel Strings.
Panula Academy is a non-profit-making registered organization with the mission of furthering the pedagogical knowledge, philosophies and techniques of Jorma Panula, encouraging youth and fostering a new generation of conductors.
JORMA PANULA - DIRECTOR
Jorma Panula is a Finnish conductor, composer, and teacher of conducting. He was the artistic director and chief conductor of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra from 1963 to 1965, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra from 1965 to 1972 and the Aarhus Symphony from 1973 to 1976. Today, though he is in high demand as a guest conductor throughout the world, he has limited his podium appearances greatly during the past ten years devoting his time mostly to composition and pedagogy.
As a pedagogue he has served as Professor of Conducting at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki from 1973 to 1994 and at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen.
Panula has had great influence on the world of conducting through teaching. His has been called the ”hidden hand” behind the extraordinary succession of fine conductors that came out of Finland. His students include Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mikko Franck, Sakari Oramo, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Osmo Vänskä, Hannu Lintu, Susanna Mälkki, Pietari Inkinen, Rolf Gupta, Jukka Iisakkila, Dmitri Slobodeniouk, Dalia Stasevska ja Klaus Mäkelä.
He now teaches conducting all over the world including Paris, London, Amsterdam, Moscow, New York, Tanglewood, Aspen, Ottawa, Sydney and Singapore.
Conductor and pedagogue Jorma Panula is listed in the BBC Music Magazine league-table of the ”60 most powerful people in music”, featured in the November issue year 2000. Panula was awarded the Rolf Schock Prize in 1997.