Juho Pohjonen

Juho Pohjonen: kuva J. Henry Fair

Juho Pohjonen valmistui musiikin maisteriksi heinäkuussa 2008 Sibelius-Akatemiasta, jossa hänen opettajinaan ovat olleet Meri Louhos ja Hui-Ying Liu-Tawaststjerna. Tämän lisäksi hän on saanut opetusta mm. Sir Andràs Schiffiltä, joka myönsi hänelle Klavier-Festival Ruhr –stipendin vuonna 2009.

Yhtenä tämän hetken kysytyimmistä suomalaispianisteista Juho Pohjonen on konsertoinut solistina Amerikassa (mm. Cleveland Orchestra, LA Phil, San Francisco Symphony), Euroopassa (mm. Philharmonia Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchestra Zürich, Suomen, Ruotsin ja Tanskan radio-orkesterit) sekä Aasiassa (KBS Symphony, Taipei Philharmonic). Hän pitää myös aktiivisesti sooloresitaaleja ja on esiintynyt muun muassa Lontoon Wigmore Hallissa, New Yorkin Carnegie Hallissa, Pietarin Mariinski-teatterissa sekä Bergenin, Luzernin ja Varsovan festivaaleilla. Kamarimuusikkona hän tekee säännöllistä yhteistyötä Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Centerin kanssa Yhdysvalloissa.Kaudella 2019–2020 hän debytoi mm. Minnesotan orkesterin, New Jerseyn sinfoniaorkesterin sekä Poznanin filharmonisen orkesterin solistina. Pohjonen on myös kehittänyt uuden, tekoälyyn perustuvan MyPianist-säestyssovelluksen, joka on äskettäin julkaistu iOS-laitteille.

Linkki kotisivuille: https://www.kirshbaumassociates.com/artist.php?id=juhopohjonenpiano&aview=bio


Juho Pohjonen is regarded as one of today’s most exciting instrumentalists. The Finnish pianist performs widely in Europe, Asia, and North America, collaborating with symphony orchestras and playing in recital and chamber settings.  An ardent exponent of Scandinavian music, Pohjonen’s growing discography offers a showcase of music by Finnish compatriots such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Kaija Saariaho and Jean Sibelius.

In 2020-2021 Pohjonen opens the season at the Tampere Philharmonic following his debut with the orchestra in 2017-2018. After a highly successful debut last year with Minnesota Orchestra, he returns to perform Mendelssohn’s concerto for violin, piano, and strings, beside Erin Keefe and Maestro Juanjo Mena. He performs Daniel Bjarnason’s Processions with Finland’s Tapiola Sinfonietta and Sweden’s Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra; the composer conducts Tapiola.. Continuing his longstanding relationship with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Pohjonen plays Brahms and Dohnanyi on a two-week national tour with CMS. In recital, Pohjonen will film a recital program for the Friends of Chamber Music in College Station, TX.

Following the September 2019 performance of Grieg’s Piano Concerto with Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota, Pohjonen returned to the orchestra in January 2020 to repeat the program at Indiana University in Bloomington.  Additional highlights included two orchestra debuts: with the New Jersey Symphony performing Grieg, conducted by Markus Stenz; and with the Rochester Philharmonic performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with Fabien Gabel. Pohjonen made his Philadelphia recital debut at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and returned to Howland Chamber Music Circle in Beacon, NY with a recital. Pohjonen’s chamber performance took him to San Francisco Performances and Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach with violinist Bomsori Kim. An alumnus of The Bowers Program (formerly CMS Two), Pohjonen enjoys an ongoing association with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, with whom he played two performances in New York’s Alice Tully Hall and Chicago’s Harris Theater. Also in 2019, Pohjonen launched MyPianist, an AI-based iOS app that provides interactive piano accompaniment to musicians everywhere. Designed and programmed by Mr. Pohjonen himself and infused with his keen musical sensibility, MyPianist acts as a “virtual pianist” for musicians looking to hone their skills or learn new material. MyPianist carefully “listens” to the musician’s playing and recreates the piano part in real time, matching the timing and nuances of the live performance. More information at https://mypianist.app.

Link: https://www.kirshbaumassociates.com/artist.php?id=juhopohjonenpiano&aview=bio