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Critical acclaim

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Tuusulanjärven Kamarimusiikin avajaiskonsertti Ainolan metsässä 25.07.2010 Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat, cond. Pasi Hyökki

”the crown jewel of Finnish music, YL Male Voice Choir, performin Jean Sibelius' songs for male voice choir in Ainola forest, the crowd sitting on hayblocks, wood pigeons mumbling in the background.”

Helsingin Sanomat

/ Vaijo Murtomäki, 27.07.2010
Konsertti
Matti Hyökki's Jubilee Concert at Finlandia-hall 22.05.2010 Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat, cond. Matti Hyökki

”Matti Hyökki's era as YL-conductor is an unparalleled success story.”

Hufvudstadsbladet

/ Mats Liljeroos, 24.05.2010
Levy
Talescapes YL Male Voice Choir, cond. Matti Hyökki. Ondine ODE1155-2. Recording: Enno Mäemets.

”I find Talescapes to be the best recording ever heard by YL so far”

SULASOL magazine

/ Reijo Kekkonen, 28.4.2010
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USA Tour February 2010, Kullervo performance at Carnegie Hall, NY Päivi Nisula, soprano, Hannu Niemelä, baritone, Minnesota Orchestra and YL Male Voice Choir, cond. Osmo Vänskä

”the Minnesotans, with the assistance of the Y. L. Male Voice Choir, from Finland, delivered a performance of uncanny, wrenching power, the kind you hear once or twice a decade. ”

The New Yorker

/ Alex Ross, 22.03.2010
Levy
Talescapes Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat, cond. Matti Hyökki. Ondine ODE1155-2, recording: Enno Mäemets.

”Without forgetting its traditions, YL's larger male-assembly produces a pithy tone.”

Helsingin Sanomat

/ Jukka Isopuro, 20.3.2010
Levy
Talescapes Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat, cond. Matti Hyökki. Ondine 1155-2

”Matti Hyökki is one of our musical art's finest premiere-performers: every new piece is sent from his hands and YL's throats to the world as complete and vital.”

Rondo

/ Antti Häyrynen, 3/2010
Konsertti
USA Tour February 2010, Kullervo performance at Carnegie Hall, NY Päivi Nisula, soprano, Hannu Niemelä, baritone, Minnesota Orchestra and YL Male Voice Choir, cond. Osmo Vänskä

”Mr. Vanska said he was uncertain that an American choir could successfully sing the Finnish texts, so he brought in the superb YL Male Voice Choir”

The New York Times

/ Vivien Schweitzer, 02.03.2010
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USA Tour February 2010, Kullervo performance at Carnegie Hall, NY Päivi Nisula, soprano, Hannu Niemelä, baritone, Minnesota Orchestra and YL Male Voice Choir, cond. Osmo Vänskä

”The best I've seen in a year, and I see 150 performances per year. -Sedgwick Clark, Musical America”

YLE Kulttuurikunto

/ Outi Popp, 01.03.2010
Konsertti
USA Tour February 2010, Kullervo performance at Carnegie Hall, NY Päivi Nisula, soprano, Hannu Niemelä, baritone, Minnesota Orchestra and YL Male Voice Choir, cond. Osmo Vänskä

”easily the finest concert I've heard so far this season.”

classicalsource.com

/ Gene Gaudette, 01.03.2010
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USA Tour February 2010, Kullervo performance at Carnegie Hall, NY Päivi Nisula, soprano, Hannu Niemelä, baritone, Minnesota Orchestra and YL Male Voice Choir, cond. Osmo Vänskä

”Not only did he [Vänskä] have the orchestra playing magnificently, he also had a sensational lineup of vocalists, all Finnish”

classicstoday.com

/ David Hurwitz, 01.03.2010