b"Guest ArtistELINA VHL made her orchestral debut with Sinfonia Lahti at the age of twelve and was later chosen by Osmo Vnsk as the orchestras young master soloist. Since then, her career has continued to expand on international stages, winning praise as a fluent, stylish and gifted musician whose brilliant technique is matched by an abundant spirit, sensitivity, and imagination (Chicago Tribune). Recent engagement highlights include Minnesota Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony, the Orchestre National de Lyon, Polish National Radio Orchestra, Singapore Symphony, and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Helsinki Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Lahti, Turku Philharmonic, and performances with the Finnish Radio Symphony Lahti Symphony, Niederrheinische Symphony, and the Seoul International Music Festival.In 2008 she was chosen to perform at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony which was televised worldwide.Other highlights include debuts with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Japan and the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, concerts with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, and a tour with Lahti Symphony Orchestra.She also appeared at festivals in Tampere, Clandeboye, Seoul, and Oulu, where she had been appointed Co-Artistic Director, together with saxophonist Jukka Perko.Elina Vhl has given world premieres of Aulis Sallinen's Chamber Concerto, Curtis Curtis-Smith's Double Concerto, Jaakko Kuusistos Concerto, and Kalevi Ahos Concerto no 2, all of which were written for her, as well as the Jan Sandstrms Concerto. In addition, Elina Vhl gave the first Nordic performance of Coriglianos Violin Concerto The Red Violin and continues to be one of the soloists of choice for this work. Befitting her Finnish roots, she is one of very few to perform the Sibelius concerto in its early version.In 2009, Elina Vhl launched the Violin Academy; funded by the Finnish Cultural Foundation, the academy is a master class based educational project for highly talented young Finnish violinists.She has been professor at the Universitt fr Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna since September 2019. elinavahala.com"