Musicians of the King's Road was chosen the regionally most significant cultural project in 2010 by the Finnish Cultural Foundation, Varsinais-Suomi regional fund.
Turku 2011 Foundation has granted the Musicians of the King’s Road
the Teko 2011 Honourable Mention on Europe Day, May 9, 2009
Not all orchestras and choirs are the same
The Musicians of the King’s Road is a professional orchestra that was founded in autumn 2008. The orchestra is giving concerts in co-operation with towns, municipalities, parishes and other cultural promoters in Finland. The size of the ensemble varies according to the piece performed from a trio to a large chamber orchestra, including a top-class chamber choir as performing force according to the requirements of the work concerned.
Why Musicians of the King’s Road?
For centuries, the connection called the King’s Road served as a postal route between Bergen in Norway and St. Petersburg in Russia and was used also by travelling royals, scholars and artists. The performing ensemble consists of musicians and singers living along this historical route. The goal of the Musicians of the King’s Road is to bring quality concerts to various places where high level concerts are performed more rarely than in populated larger centres.
The special features of the orchestra are regionality, open-minded planning of repertory and a strong unifying force between choir and orchestra. Combining orchestra and choir into a unique, uniform whole is indeed one of the most outstanding qualities of the ensemble. In spring 2010 the Musicians of the King´s Road initiated baroque orchestra activity in Turku by performing The Easter Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach.
In addition to well-known masterpieces, the repertory includes such Finnish and other European works that are rarely, or have, in certain cases, presumably never been performed in Finland. In programme planning the main focus is laid on the presentation of rarities.
The artistic director and conductor of the Musicians of the King’s Road is Markus Yli-Jokipii, a young talent from Southwest Finland, while Sami Palsio, famous for many top class productions, is the chief executive of the ensemble.
Concert tickets and advance booking
- At concerts where three different ticket prices are mentioned, the categories are as follows: normal price / pensioners / students and unemployed.
- Concert tickets can be booked in advance by phone or by email
- Concert tickets can also be bought with cultural vouchers (Kulttuuriseteli).
Other services
- To subscribe to a newsletter about upcoming concerts: contact Kuninkaantien muusikot, Tuureporinkatu 8, 20100 Turku, Finland or maria [dot] hjerpe [at] kuninkaantienmuusikot [dot] fi.
- Seat reservations and located places for disabled persons.
- The Musicians of the King’s Road can be ordered for private occasions and company events on full service basis.
- It is possible for the Musicians of the King’s Road to arrange concerts, festive events and parties at short notice. Complete catering services can also be added to all events arranged.