A New Stand

Tarmo Peltokoski takes up the baton as the youngest music director in the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra’s history. And he looks at the company’s future with glint in his eyes

By Zabrina Lo

Tarmo Peltokoski is a man of few words. At a Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HKPhil) press conference in early July, where his appointment as the orchestra’s music director designate for the 2025/26 season and music director in 2026/27 was announced, concertmaster Jing Wang remarked how rare and interesting it was to see someone as young as Peltokoski, 24, take on such a role. Peltokoski, clad in a simple dark grey suit and rectangular, black-framed glasses, responded in a blunt tone, “I’m only getting older, and better, I hope. That’s really all I have to say.” When he’s onstage, however, his emotional expressiveness seems to belong to a completely different person. In the season finale on the day after the press conference, he hopped on to the conductor’s podium, picked up…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2024

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