FRIDAY AUG 9th at 7 p.m.
Vaahterasali, Aleksanterinkatu 26, Lahti
Silent film The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Esa Toivola, digital organ
The silent film “The Phantom of the Opera,” directed by Rupert Julian, is a classic American horror film from 1925. It is based on Gaston Leroux’s novel “The Phantom of the Opera.” The film premiered on September 6, 1925, and was a tremendous success.
In this performance, the music will be improvised by Esa Toivola, the organist of Tampere Cathedral. Since it is an improvisation, the exact same music will never be heard again!
In collaboration with Reel Lahti.
Tickets 20€ *
* + subscription fees (from 1.50 € / order www.lippu.fi) and an hour before the door.
Esa Toivola is the organist at Tampere Cathedral. Previously, he taught organ at the Kuopio unit of the Sibelius Academy.
Toivola studied church music and organ performance at the Kuopio department of the Sibelius Academy, the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and the School of Music in Piteå, where he graduated as a concert organist in 2006. In 2004, Esa Toivola won first prize at the International Organ Competition in Nijmegen, Netherlands. He gave his debut concert at Helsinki Cathedral in 2005 and has performed extensively throughout Finland and in several European countries.
Toivola has played the organ, digital organ, and piano for silent film screenings across Finland. He has established a tradition of collaborating with the Tampere Film Festival at Tampere Cathedral. He has previously performed ”The Phantom of the Opera” in Turku.
This is not Toivola’s first time at the Lahti Organ Festival, as he was a frequent visitor to the festival at the turn of the millennium.
