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One of the brightest young instrumental talents to emerge from Finland today, Juho Pohjonen
has attracted great attention as one of the Nordic countries’ most intriguing and talented
pianists.
He has given recitals in Hong Kong, Dresden, Hamburg, Helsinki, London (Wigmore Hall),
New York (Carnegie Hall), San Francisco, Vancouver and Warsaw and at the Lucerne Piano,
Savonlinna and Bergen festivals. He has performed with orchestras including the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra,
Bournemouth Symphony, Danish National, Finnish Radio Symphony, Swedish Radio
Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic and Lahti Symphony – with which he toured Japan. Most
recently, Juho has worked with such conductors as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Marek Janowski, Hugh
Wolff and Lionel Bringuier.
Juho Pohjonen was selected by András Schiff as the winner of the 2009 Klavier Festival Ruhr
Scholarship. In addition, he has won numerous prizes in both Finnish and international
competitions, including First Prize at the 2004 Nordic Piano Competition in Nyborg, Denmark,
First Prize at the International Young Artists 2000 Concerto Competition, Stockholm, the
Prokofiev Prize at the AXA Dublin International Piano Competition 2003, and a prize at the
Helsinki International Maj Lind Piano Competition 2002.
Juho’s studies began in 1989, when he entered the Junior Academy of the Sibelius Academy,
Helsinki. He studied with Meri Louhos and Hui-Ying Liu at the Sibelius Academy, where
he completed his Master’s Degree in 2008. In addition, he has participated in several
masterclasses with such distinguished pianists as András Schiff, Leon Fleisher, Jacob Lateiner
and Barry Douglas.
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