Aku Sorensen
@akusorensen.bsky.social
Finnish-American Conductor | Luosto soi! Artistic Director | Principal Conductor, Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat
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Today I celebrated 10 years since I moved to Finland. It's been a wild ride of a decade, but a good one. I've gotten to live my dream, met the love of my life, and experienced more than 18-year-old-me could ever have imagined. Looking forward to the next ten years.
August 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Today I celebrated 10 years since I moved to Finland. It's been a wild ride of a decade, but a good one. I've gotten to live my dream, met the love of my life, and experienced more than 18-year-old-me could ever have imagined. Looking forward to the next ten years.
First week at the Finnish National Ballet down as we prepare Sally Beamish's delightful Christmas Carol. It's been so rewarding watching the dancers work and observing the different pedagogic methods of the ballet masters, and I simply can't wait for this project to come together
November 16, 2024 at 11:13 AM
First week at the Finnish National Ballet down as we prepare Sally Beamish's delightful Christmas Carol. It's been so rewarding watching the dancers work and observing the different pedagogic methods of the ballet masters, and I simply can't wait for this project to come together
My dear orchestra, Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat, turns 100 in 2026! Highlights of our jubilee season include having back former members Paula Ernesaks (Berlin Phil) and John Storgårds (conductor) as soloists, as well as bringing back works that then-players Lotta Wennäkoski and Kalevi Aho wrote for us
October 30, 2024 at 2:12 PM
My dear orchestra, Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat, turns 100 in 2026! Highlights of our jubilee season include having back former members Paula Ernesaks (Berlin Phil) and John Storgårds (conductor) as soloists, as well as bringing back works that then-players Lotta Wennäkoski and Kalevi Aho wrote for us
After 11 days of every waking second (and quite a few half-asleep seconds) being devoted to it, the program for the 2025 Sounds of Luosto festival is done. Work actually began in mid-May, and things may still change before publication in February, but I can actively feel the fog in my mind clearing
October 23, 2024 at 7:14 PM
After 11 days of every waking second (and quite a few half-asleep seconds) being devoted to it, the program for the 2025 Sounds of Luosto festival is done. Work actually began in mid-May, and things may still change before publication in February, but I can actively feel the fog in my mind clearing
I tend to memorize texts by speaking them in rhythm as I run errands. Conducting Vaughan Williams' "A Sea Symphony" in November, and it's now been pointed out to me that just muttering "And on its limitless heaving breast" over and over to myself on the bus may not be a great look
September 28, 2024 at 5:09 PM
I tend to memorize texts by speaking them in rhythm as I run errands. Conducting Vaughan Williams' "A Sea Symphony" in November, and it's now been pointed out to me that just muttering "And on its limitless heaving breast" over and over to myself on the bus may not be a great look
Last night I watched a middle-aged business man blow up a date that had been going ok by trying to explain to a playwright how AI would make her job easier and more efficient, and it was glorious.
May 24, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Last night I watched a middle-aged business man blow up a date that had been going ok by trying to explain to a playwright how AI would make her job easier and more efficient, and it was glorious.
A recently published score for Ethyl Smyth's Serenade in D costs 848€ on PrestoMusic, (425$ directly from the publisher) and I have honestly never felt such fury. The attempt to capitalize on the push for diversification of the canon has been such a tremendous setback for the industry.
November 23, 2023 at 10:01 AM
A recently published score for Ethyl Smyth's Serenade in D costs 848€ on PrestoMusic, (425$ directly from the publisher) and I have honestly never felt such fury. The attempt to capitalize on the push for diversification of the canon has been such a tremendous setback for the industry.
So far I've just found it difficult to figure out who has migrated here and who hasn't, but this does seem like that other service when it was only a trash-fire and not... whatever it's become.
November 23, 2023 at 9:34 AM
So far I've just found it difficult to figure out who has migrated here and who hasn't, but this does seem like that other service when it was only a trash-fire and not... whatever it's become.