Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski was appointed “Principal Guest Conductor” of The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in January 2022, the first conductor to hold this position in the orchestra’s 42-year history. In May 2022, he was named Music and Artistic Director of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra. He was subsequently named Principal Guest Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. In August 2022 at the age of 22, he completed his first Wagner Ring cycle at the Eurajoki Bel Canto Festival. In December 2022, Peltokoski was announced as Music Director of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. In recent seasons he made debuts with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra as well as SWR Symphonieorchester at Pfingstfestspiele Baden-Baden and with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Summer festival debuts include Rheingau Musik Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Beethovenfest Bonn, the Verbier Festival, Musikfest Bremen and Festival de Música y Danza Granada. He has worked with many soloists including Yuja Wang, Matthias Goerne, Julia Fischer, Martin Fröst, Janine Jansen, Leonidas Kavakos, Camilla Nylund and Sol Gabetta. Tarmo Peltokoski began his studies with professor emeritus Jorma Panula at the age of 14 and studied with Sakari Oramo at the Sibelius Academy. He has also been taught by Hannu Lintu, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Esa-Pekka Salonen. An acclaimed pianist, he studied piano at the Sibelius Academy with Antti Hotti. His piano playing has been awarded at many competitions and he has appeared as a soloist with all major Finnish orchestras. In October 2023 Tarmo Peltokoski signed an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon. His debut album was released in May 2024. In 2023 he received the OPUS Klassik for his recording with The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Tarmo Peltokoski also studied composing and arranging, and especially enjoys music comedy and improvisation. This is his first appearance with the Israel Philharmonic.