Jenni Lättilä, soprano

Jenni Lättilä (b. 1977) graduated as a Master of Music in 2005 from the Sibelius Academy’s Degree Programme in Church Music and in Vocal Music 2008. She began her vocal studies firstly as a student of Pekka Kähkönen and has then continued her studies in the Sibelius Academy’s opera class under Outi Kähkönen. She passed her final ‘A’ examination in February 2008 with distinction. She is currently preparing for her Doctor of Music degree in opera singing. Lättilä has undertaken further studies in master classes with Dorothy Irving, Udo Reinemann, Stefano Algieri, Norma Enns, Tom Krause and Matti Salminen. She has been studying as a private pupil of Professor Dorothy Irving since 2006.

In 2010, Jenni Lättilä won the third prize at the Lauritz Melchior International Singing Competition, a competition focusing solely on Wagner's music. She is also a prizewinner of Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition, 2008, and of Lappeenranta National Vocal Competition in years 2006 and 2008. In summer 2007, she was chosen as one of a small group of young Finnish opera singers receiving stage and opera coaching on support from Matti Salminen Foundation. In 2008, Jenni Lättilä received a bursary award of the Friends of the Kirov Opera in Finland, and in 2009 she was awarded the Bayreuth bursary of the Finnish Wagner Society.

Jenni Lättilä's recent operatic work includes her appearances as Gerhilde, the third Norn and Gutrune in the Finnish National Opera's acclaimed 2011 staging of Der Ring des Nibelungen, and her Lady Macbeth in Verdi's Macbeth by Jyväskylä Opera. Her other performances cover diverce roles such as Agathe in der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber (Finnish National Opera, cover), Lady Billows in Benjamin Britten's Albert Herring (Finnish National Opera 2006, a Sibelius Academy production), Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni (Finnish National Opera 2008, a Sibelius Academy production) and Elisabeth in Verdi's Don Carlo (parts and scenes performance)

Jenni Lättilä’s concert repertoire incudes Luonnotar by Sibelius, Villa-Lobos’ Bachaianas Brasilieiras No. 5 and Wesendonck-Lieder by Richard Wagner, while her religious repertoire includes 9th Symphony by Beethoven, Mass in D Major by Dvorak and Requiem by Verdi. Her future engagements will add her repertoire 'Kullervo' byJean Sibelius and Missa Solemnis by Beethoven.

In her career as a musician, Jenni Lättilä has also managed to work as a cantor and to conduct the Wiipurilaisen Osakunnan Soittajat chamber orchestra and the women’s choir Peijaksen Sykettä as well as the mixed choir Remendiumia.

Huvudstadsbladet, Wilhelm Kvist 9.1.2012: "[– –] Jenni Lättilä, who replaced - - on a very short notice, filled the entire concert hall with her enormous voice, and was surely as radiant as Aino Ackté in the world-premiere [of Luonnotar by Sibelius] in Gloucester, England 1913. The attack on some of the very lowest notes was a bit off, and a pianissimo is almost impossible to produce in Turku Concert Hall, but her intensity was all the more tactile." (Inledningen lovat gott, Åbo stadsorkester, Dr. Leif Segerstam. Sol. Jenni Lättilä, sopran. key Ensemble, instud. Teemu Hokkanen. Sibelius, Holst. Åbo konserthus 5.1.)

Huvudstadsbladet, Jan Granberg, 5.9.2011: " [– –] Wagner's Ring got an ending as magnificient as one can hope. The orchestra of the Finnish National Opera was at its best under Leif Segerstam, and the troop of soloist was outstanding. After five hours of sitting the audience still gave a heartful ovation. --- The National Opera has assembled thirteen singers next to ideal for their roles. As the primus motor of evil we had the best Hagen in the world, Matti Salminen --- The siblings Gunther and Gutrune were naive both in thoughts and deeds. Tommi Hakala sang Gunther well. Jenni Lättilä was vocally impressive, especially in her middle range, both as the Third Norn and Gutrune."

Original text: "Wagners Ring fick en så magnifik avslutning som man bara kan önska sig. Nationaloperans orkester var i bästa form under Leif Segerstam och solistgardet enastående. Efter fem timmars sittande orkade publiken ställa till med härliga ovationer. [...] Operan har samlat tretton sångare som är i det närmaste idealiska för sina roller, inklusive de tre nornorna och de tre Rhendöttrarna. Som ondskans primus motor hade vi världens bästa Hagen, Matti Salminen [...] Syskonparet Gunther och Gutrune är naiva i handling och tanke. Gunther sjöngs väl av Tommi Hakala. Jenni Lättilä var i synnerhet i mellanläget imponerande både som tredje nornan och som Gutrune." FNO Ring, cond. Leif Segerstam.

Huvudstadsbladet, Mats Liljeroos, 27.5.2011: (En ny Isolde gör entré) "Jenni Lättiläs konsert i Sibelius-Akademin var inte bara en fullödig konstnärlig helheltsupplevelse, den var något av en katharsis för alla wagnerianer och likasinnade. Naturliga dramatiska röster växer sannerligen inte på träd vare hos oss eller internationellt, men Lättiläs ypperliga recital bevisade i ett magiskt ögonblick att dt trots allt finns hopp....Wesendonckliederna är ett slags förstudium till Tristan och Isolde och Lättilä gjorde dem med en sådan klanglig värme och emotionell glöd att man knappt kan vänta på att hon skall kreera Isolde på nationalscenen". Sibelius-Akademin, Jenni Lättilä sopran, Kiril Kozlovsky, piano. 25.5. Liszt, Wagner, Duparc, Strauss.

Website: Jenni Lättilä

Live webcasting: 12 January 2012 Turku Philharmonic, cond. Maestro Leif Segerstam, Sibelius: Luonnotar (starts at the 15 min to 25 min)

General Management: Good Company
Management in Finland: Festium Artist's Management / Mrs. Salomaa

FORTHCOMING PERFORMANCES 2011-2012:

Fre 6.4.2012 klo 18 Domkyrkan, Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Mark Tatlow dirigent, Jenni Lättilä - Lilli Paasikivi - Jorma Silvasti - Jyrki Korhonen


AMONG PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES:

5.1.2012 Åbo stadsorkester, Åbo konserthus, Ny chefsdirigent Leif Segerstam, Sibelius & Holst LISTEN E-Concerthouse archive

FNO: Richard Wagner, Ring; Die Walküre (Gerhilde) & Götterdämmerung (3.Norna)

Friday 14 October 2011 at 7pm, Concert House Turku, Turku Philharmonic, "Greetings from Bayreut" cond. Ralf Kircher

25 May 2011, Lied-Recital, Sibelius Academy, pianist Kiris Kozlowsky; Liszt, Wagner, Duparc, Strauss

Keski-Suomen Alueooppera (FI): Verdi, Macbeth, Lady Macbeth (role debut)

6. - 13.11.2010 The Lauritz Melchior International Singing Competition 2010

UP-TO-DATE Wed 10 Now at 11:20pm: Four galafinalists are: Falko Hönisch, barytone (Denmark), Jenni Lättilä, soprano (Finland), Veselina Teneva, mezzosoprano (Bulgaria) ja Allison Denise Oakes, soprano (United Kingdom). Congratulations!

* The Gala programme for soprano Jenni Lättilä will be Elsa's dream "Einsam in trüben Tagen" (Lohengrin) and Isolde's "Liebestod" -"Mild und leise" (Tristan und Isolde).

* The Gala Final will be broadcasted by Danish Radio P2 on Saturday 13 November at 19:30 local time (20:30 in Finland).

UP-TO-DATE Mon, 8 Nov: Soprano Jenni Lättilä has made her way to the Semifinal together with the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra and conductor Gregor Bühl. Listen to the broadcasting via Internet

Danish Radio P2: Local time at 7 pm, Wednesday 10 November 2010

Recall:
DR Klassik: Local time at 4 pm, Thursday 11 November 2010

Sun & Mon 22 - 23 November 2009 Hyvinkää City Orchestra
Beethoven, Symphony nr 9
Sun 22.11. at 6 pm, Hyvinkääsali, Hyvinkää (FI)
Mon 23.11. at 7 pm, St. John's Church, Helsinki (guest performance)

28 Feb 2009 at 6.00pm, The Friends of Mariinsky Theatre, soprano Galina Gaskarova, soprano Jenni Lättilä and tenor Dimitri Koleushko, Sibelius Academy main concert hall, Helsinki

Wednesday 14 Jan 2009, Francisco Vinas Singing Competition - Semifinal

Monday 1 December at, Finlandia House, Christmas concert. Read more.

7 October 2008, Vivant Professores! Concert serie at the Sibelius Academy, soprano Jenni Lättilä and pianist Ilmo Ranta, Einojuhani Rautavaara: "Die Liebenden"

26 September 2008, Sibelius: Luonnotar, Western Bohemian Symphony Orchestra, Marienbad, Czech Republic

July 2008, Scholarship for the Mariinsky theatre summer Academy for young singers in Mikkeli, Finland. Artistic supervision, maestro Valeri Gergiev.

Wilhelm Stenhammar Internationell Music Competition

"Best modern music performance" -prize was awarded for soprano Jenni Lättilä (Finland) and Jing Jing Li (China).

Sunday 13 April 2008, 4.00 p.m., Kirpilä Lied Concert Series, piano Ville Matvejeff

Sunday 16 March 2008, Bach: St John’s Passion, Vaasa Church, Vaasa City Orchestra, cond. Hannu Koivula.

Sunday 2 March 2008, Sibelius Academy Concert Hall, the opera and conducting class on stage

Kuva: Suomen Kansallisooppera, Wagnerin oopperasta Jumalten tuho; Basso Matti Salminen, sopraano Jenni Lättilä ja baritoni Tommi Hakala