Despite the worldwide corona epidemic the improved situation in Estonia allows for organising Sasha Mäkilä's traditional summer conducting masterclass with the Pärnu City Orchestra on August 10-15. Four students will be working alongside maestro Mäkilä on Beethoven's...

17th International Sasha Mäkilä Conducting Masterclass in Helsinki February 17-21, 2020Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra Ten participants will get an intense masterclass experience over five days in Helsinki, Finland, working with maestro Sasha Mäkilä and the...

15th International Sasha Mäkilä Conducting Masterclass February 18-22, 2019 Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra Ten participants will get an intense masterclass experience over five days in Helsinki, Finland, working with maestro Sasha Mäkilä and the string section of the...

Sasha Mäkilä and the Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra are touring China on December 24, 2018 - January 3, 2019. The cities toured are Taicang, Yinchuan, Jinchang, Xi'an, Jiaxing, Cixi, Maanshan, Zhoushan Island and Shanghai. The orchestra will perform works by...

On December 19, 2018, Sasha Mäkilä successfully defended his PhD thesis "Conducting Madetoja - Discoveries about the Art and Profession of Conducting" at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, in Tallinn, Estonia. His artistic research project consisted of...

Because of recent cancellations we have extended the application deadline until June 30th, or until the course is full – APPLY ASAP! 14th International Sasha Mäkilä Conducting Masterclass in Pärnu, Estonia July 16-21, 2018 with Pärnu City Orchestra...

Starting in fall 2017 Sasha Mäkilä serves as the Artistic Director of the Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra. Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra (HMO) was founded in the summer of 2017 by 60 enthusiastic players - professionals, students and amateurs - together with...

13th International Sasha Mäkilä Conducting Masterclass February 19-23, 2018 Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra Ten participants will get an intense masterclass experience over five days in Helsinki, Finland, working with maestro Sasha Mäkilä and the musicians of Helsinki...

Conductor Sasha Mäkilä has been named the Principal Guest Conductor of the Krasnoyarsk Symphony Orchestra. In his position Mäkilä will lead 3–4 subscription concerts annually as well as special projects, such as chamber orchestra concerts and school concerts. Mäkilä...

The Metropolia University production of Evgeny Onegin garnered critical praise despite tough competition from the FNO production of the same opera which premiered just two days later. Both productions were mentioned by YLE Russian News, and the newspaper Töölöläinen...