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Place of Birth: Rauma, South-Western Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland
About Hannu Lintu
- Hannu Petteri Lintu (born 13 October 1967, Rauma, Finland) is a Finnish conductor. Lintu studied piano and cello at the Turku Conservatory and at the Sibelius Academy.
- He also studied conducting with Atso Almila, and later with Jorma Panula and Eri Klas.
- He took part in conducting master classes with Ilya Musin.
- Lintu won the Nordic Conducting Competition in 1994 in Bergen.
- He graduated from the Sibelius Academy in 1996 with honours.
- Lintu took up a part-time appointment of professor of conducting at the Sibelius Academy in September 2014.From 1998 to 2001, Lintu was chief conductor of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra.
- In 2005, he served as the artistic director for the Summer Sounds Festival of the Finnish contemporary music ensemble Avanti!.
- Lintu was chief conductor of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra from 2009 to 2013.
- In December 2010, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of Lintu as its eighth chief conductor, effective 1 August 2013, with an initial contract of three seasons.
- He held the title of principal guest conductor with the orchestra for the 2012–2013 season.
- In April 2016, the FRSO announced the extension of Lintu's contract as chief conductor through 2021.
- In April 2019, the FRSO announced that Lintu is to conclude his chief conductorship of the orchestra at the close of the 2020–2021 season.
- In May 2019, Finnish National Opera and Ballet announced the appointment of Lintu as its next chief conductor, with a contract effective from 1 January 2022 to 30 June 2026.Outside of Finland, Lintu was chief conductor and artistic director of the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra from 2002 to 2005.
- Lintu first conducted Ireland's RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in January 2009.
- On the basis of that appearance, he was named principal guest conductor of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, effective with the 2010-2011 season.
- He held this RTÉ post through May 2013.Lintu resides in Helsinki.
- He has conducted commercial recordings for such labels as Claves, Dacapo, Danacord, Hyperion, Naxos, and Ondine.
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