Jyrki Korhonen

Finnish bass (basso profundo) Jyrki Korhonen studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and attended the International Opera Studio in Zürich. He has appeared as a guest artist in opera houses all over Europe, and has sung with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, and at the Festival Musica Canarias, the Caecario Festival Israel, the Savonlinna Opera Festival and the Bayreuth Festival. He took up a permanent engagement at the Finnish National Opera in 2001. Jyrki Korhonen has worked with eminent conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Mikko Franck, Leif Segerstam, Sir Simon Rattle and Riccardo Chailly.