Lahden Mieskuoro

Legend has it that the Lahti Male Voice Choir was formed in 1904 from a group of amateur singers who gathered together to celebrate the May Day. The choir members, who are knows for their sense of humor, insist to this day – with a twinkle in their eyes – that the city of Lahti was established around the choir in 1905. Officially, the choir was founded in 1920. Its archives, buried under years of dust, reveal that, as early as 1936, the choir was among Finland’s elite vocal ensembles, thanks to the efforts of its conductor, Väinö Kaskinen.

During Paavo Kiiski’s thirty-year period as conductor (1972 – 2002) the choir became a genuinely life. At official municipal functions the Lahti Male Voice Choir is, in its own right, a proponent of stirring patriotic pieces and of traditional songs for male choir. Male voice choirs were a significant factor in the post war development of Finland. Their patriotic repertoire helped people to remember those who had fallen in war, and also raised the self-esteem of the Finnish people after the hardships of the time. Now, in the 21St century a new repertoire is being created; contemporary music is performed alongside the patriotic songs for male voices, so that the choir’s repertoire becomes younger as the singers themselves grow older..

For further information please contact choir's Foreign Secretary Mr Esa Pykälä

Address:
Lahden Mieskuoro ry.
Hämeenkatu 21
15900 Lahti
Finland
e-mail:
Esa Pykälä
Lahden mieskuoro
Telephone: +358 400353199

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FELIX KROHN HALL 21.11.2009

The Lahti Male Voice Choir – Lahti, Finland