The Lapland Chamber Orchestra is the northernmost professional chamber orchestra of Finland and the EU. The orchestra operates in

Rovaniemi Rovaniemi ( , ; sme, Roavvenjárga ; smn, Ruávinjargâ; sms, Ruäʹvnjargg) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland, and its southern part Per� ...

, but regularly performs throughout Lapland and internationally. The orchestra's home hall is culture house Korundi, established in May 2011.

John Storgårds John Gunnar Rafael Storgårds (born 20 October 1963 in Helsinki) is a Finnish violinist and conductor. Biography Storgårds studied violin with Esther Raitio and Jouko Ignatius at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and continued his violin studies ...

has been the conductor and artistic director of the 19-member orchestra since 1996. In August 2014, the orchestra performed at the

BBC proms The BBC Proms or Proms, formally named the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hal ...

festival as the first chamber orchestra in Finland.

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{{Reflist Finnish orchestras 1972 establishments in Finland Rovaniemi