Fanny Söderström

Pianist

News

Trio Est (Fanny Söderström, piano, Abel Puustinen, violin, Anna Westerlund, cello) wins the third prize in international Ilmari Hannikainen piano chamber music competition 2020! During the competition they played L. van Beethoven: Piano trio B flat major op.11, M. Ravel: Trio a minor, Lotta Wennäkoski: Päärme and Martinu: Triple Concerto with Jyväskylä Sinfonia and Ville Matvejeff.

For more information: https://kesmes.fi/musiikkikilpailut-2019-ja-2020/ilmari-hannikainen-pianokamarimusiikkikilpailu-28-2-5-3-2020/palkinnot-the-prizes/

Fanny Söderström has been chosen among the top 6 pianists in the international Brahms Piano Competition. The competition was held in the beginning of October 2019 in Detmold, Germany. In Söderström’s program besides Johannes Brahms was music from Alban Berg, Henri Dutilleux, Ludwig van Beethoven, G.F. Händel and Clara Schumann.

Fanny Söderström has been awarded in the Helmi Vesa Piano Competition. Söderström’s programme included Alexander Scriabin, Henri Dutilleux and Clara Schumann. Helmi Vesa Competition has been arranged since 1985.

More information: https://www.uniarts.fi/uutishuone/helmi-vesa-pianokilpailun-palkinnot-jaettu-0?fbclid=IwAR3JSKCq6vn7b2FwRdrmutsq8ITSQkxoctbZ2OLs7xZAgzrjIY1nPkiwzy4

The Tempo Awards were established in 2018 by Radio Classic, Finland’s only radio station dedicated to classical music, for gifted young classical musicians and composers living in Finland.

The Tempo Awards winners will be announced during the Tempo Gala Concert at the Helsinki Music Centre’s Concert Hall on Saturday March 2, 2019.

Go vote for Fanny here: http://tempoawards.fi/en/nominees/

Soprano Iida Antola and pianist Fanny Söderström won 2nd prize at the Helsinki Lied competition on 28/10/2018. There were three rounds altogether, and the duo performed music by Saariaho, Wolf, Messiaen, Ullman, Brahms and Schubert. More informastion available from the Helsinki Conservatory website: https://www.konservatorio.fi/helsinki-lied/helsinki-lied-2018-kilpailun-tulokset/

Welcome to my new website. Here you can find information about my upcoming concerts and projects, a photo and video gallery and much more!

Biography

Fanny Söderström (b.1993) is a multi-talented young pianist. She is comfortable both as soloist and as chamber musician, and also enjoys working lied and opera. Söderström’s repertoire embraces works from the beginning of the 1700s, to premieres of new works.

In 2017, Söderström achieved success at the Tampere Piano Competition (shared 2nd prize). In chamber music she achieved succes when she won the second prize in the Helsinki Lied-competition together with her singer in 2018 and when she won the third prize with her trio at Ilmari Hannikainen piano chamber music competition in 2020.

Söderström performs regularly as solist and chamber musician all around Finland. She has performed f.e. with Kuopion kaupunginorkesteri, Jyväskylä Sinfonia, Saimaa Sinfonietta and Tampere Filharmonia and given concerts f.e. at the Mänttä music festival, Eurajoki bel canto-festival, Viitasaari Time of Music, PianoEspoo and the Eloa festival. In the spring 2022 she made her debut as solist of Radio Symphony Orchestra together with violinist Otto Antikainen and cellist Senja Rummukainen playing Beethoven’s Triple Concerto. Also active internationally, she has performed all around China as well as in Scandinavia, central Europe and Canada. Söderström is the artistic director of Toivakka Chamber Music Festival together with flutist Aapo Järvinen.

Söderström has studied at Sibelius Academy with prof. Tuija Hakkila and Antti Hotti. She also studied under prof. Björn Lehmann at Berlin University of the Arts and graduated from there in 2022.

Söderström’s career and development are generously supported by the Pro Musica foundation, the Paulo foundation, the Finnish Culture Fund, the Swedish Culture Foundation, Helene och Walter Grönqvists and the Sibelius Academy.

Biography

"The best of the first day of the competition was saved for last, 24 year old Finn Fanny Söderström. She has refined versatility, supple virtuoso technique, a wide dynamic scale and great range of sensitivity and power."

Hannu-Ilari Lampila, Helsingin Sanomat 19.8.2017

 

Calendar

  • Thu
    07
    Feb
    2019
    Sat
    09
    Feb
    2019

    Helmi Vesa Competition

    Musiikkitalo, Helsinki
  • Sat
    02
    Mar
    2019

    Tempo Awards-prize ceremony

    klo 18Musiikkitalo, Helsinki

    • Prokofiev: Piano concerto no.1
    • Scriabin: Fantasia
    • More information and tickets: tempoawards.fi

  • Tue
    26
    Mar
    2019

    Master concert of Aapo Järvinen

    klo 17Musiikkitalo, Helsinki
  • Thu
    13
    Jun
    2019

    Eurajoki 150 year - J.Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem

    klo 20Kustaa Aadolfin kirkko, Eurajoki
  • Fri
    14
    Jun
    2019
    Sun
    16
    Jun
    2019

    Toivakka Chamber Music Festival

    Toivakka

    For more information: https://www.toivakankamarimusiikki.com/

     

  • Wed
    03
    Jul
    2019
    Sun
    07
    Jul
    2019

    Viitasaari Time of music

    Viitasaari

    Uusinta Ensemble https://musiikinaika.org/

  • Fri
    02
    Aug
    2019

    Mäntän musiikkijuhlat - What does the Earth tell?

    klo 17Mänttä, Serlachius-museo Gösta

    Lau­ri Toi­vio’s 15-mo­ve­ment pia­no cycle int­ro­duces a vast spect­rum of musical pers­pec­ti­ves to earth – from one of the four clas­sical ele­ments of Ancient Greece to mo­dern-day eco­lo­gical ques­tions. For more information: https://mantanmusiikkijuhlat.fi/concerts/

  • Wed
    07
    Aug
    2019
    Thu
    08
    Aug
    2019

    Kamarikesä

    klo 19Ritarihuone

    For more information: http://kamarikesa.fi/

  • Fri
    23
    Aug
    2019

    Hvitträskin kamarimusiikkifestivaali

    Hvitträsk
  • Fri
    27
    Sep
    2019

    House concert

    7:30 pmBerlin, Hohenzollerndamm

    Brahms, Berg, Beethoven, Dutilleux, Handel, Clara Schumann

  • Mon
    30
    Sep
    2019
    Sun
    06
    Oct
    2019

    Brahms Piano Competition 2019

    Detmold, Germany
  • Fri
    01
    Nov
    2019

    Across the Atlantic – Festival Opening Concert

    7:00 pmTapiolasali, Espoon kulttuurikeskus

    Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring
    For more information: http://www.pianoespoo.fi/across-the-atlantic-festival-opening-concert/

  • Tue
    05
    Nov
    2019

    Conquerors of the World – Alasaarela, Mejias, Peltokoski & Söderström

    7:00 pmTapiolasali, Espoon kulttuurikeskus
  • Thu
    12
    Dec
    2019

    Master recital

    6:00 pmKonserttisali, Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 9, Helsinki

    Brahms: Rhapsody B minor op. 79 no. 1

    Berg: Sonata op.1

    Brahms: Klavierstücke op. 119

    Beethoven: Clarinet trio B flat major

    Fanny Söderström, piano

    Helmi Malmgren, clarinet

    Anna Westerlund, cello


Gallery

Videos

 

Ludwig van Beethoven: Kolmoiskonsertto C-duuri op. 56

Ludwig van Beethoven: Kolmoiskonsertto C-duuri op. 56

Radion sinfoniaorkesteri Musiikkitalo 18.2.2022 Nicholas Collon, kapellimestari Otto Antikainen, viulu Senja Rummukainen, sello Fanny Söderström, piano

 

 

"Söderström was completely immersed in the music with all her senses and was able to interpret technically and musically a very demanding work at the same time logically and poetically."

– Harri Hautala, Aamulehti 5.5.2017

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