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In spring 2024, the Helsinki Music Centre received the long-awaited organ for its concert hall, providing the building with its missing heart. The organ features 124 stops, distributed across multiple pipe sets. It is the largest organ in Finland and Scandinavia, one of the largest in Europe, and the largest modern organ installed in a concert hall worldwide. This unprecedented organ was handcrafted by the Austrian organ builder Rieger Orgelbau.
The organ is designed as an instrument for the future, unbound by a specific era, style, or genre. Composers are particularly fascinated by its numerous technical innovations and features, such as microtonal pipes, an adjustable air pressure system, and multiple overtone registers. The organ has two consoles, one on the stage and one higher up near the organ, allowing the organist to perform right next to the conductor and in full view of the audience.
On the Helsinki Music Centre’s YouTube channel, you will find a collection of videos detailing the features of the upcoming organ. You can access the “Music Centre’s Organ” playlist here.
The Use of Features and New Technology of the Organ
Susanne Kujala and Jan Lehtola visited the Rieger Organ of St. Martins Church in Kassel, Germany on the 31st of January, 2022 and documented their experiences with new organ features on video.
Many of these features will be similar to the Musiikkitalo organ.
These videos will go and stay online from 7th February 2022. Please feel free to study them and to ask further questions by email: info@urutsoimaan.fi
Fundraising permit issued to: Helsinki Music Centre Foundation
Licence number: RA/2021/710
Fundraising campaign conducted from 1 January 2021
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Fundraising purpose: grants and support for art, e.g. compositions and events
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