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Pétur Sakari

Pétur Sakari
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About

Pétur Sakari (b. 1992) is a Finnish concert organist and improviser from Helsinki, trained at the Sibelius Academy and later in Paris under Thierry Escaich, among others. He gave his first concert at age 13 and made his solo debut at Notre-Dame in Paris in 2017 at the invitation of Olivier Latry, followed by a debut at the Mariinsky Concert Hall in St Petersburg in 2018. He has recorded several critically acclaimed organ albums for the Swedish label BIS and in recent years has toured with the British vocal ensemble VOCES8.

5
Diapason stars for the debut album on BIS
17
years old when he became Young Artist of the Year at Lahti International Organ Week
13
years old at his debut concert
2017
solo debut at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris

What's new

  • dec 2026

    In December 2026, Pétur Sakari returns to Grundtvigs Kirke in Copenhagen to perform Christmas concerts together with VOCES8.

  • dec 2026

    The same tour takes him further to Helsinki and Oslo, where he performs again together with VOCES8.

  • nov 2025

    On 10 November 2025, Sakari performed together with VOCES8 at Grundtvigs Kirke in Copenhagen as part of the ensemble's Nordic tour.

  • sep 2025

    At the end of September 2025, he toured with VOCES8 in Iceland, including at Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavík.

Tour

CopenhagenHelsinkiOsloTallinnReykjavikAkureyriSkövde

Tracks

French Organ Musicdebut album for BIS (2014), recorded at Saint-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris with French Romantic organ music
Franck: Trois Pièces / Trois Choralsalbum (2021) with César Franck's organ works, recorded on the Cavaillé-Coll organ in Orléans
VOCES8 & Pétur Sakari - Christmas Carolsjoint concert tour with the British vocal ensemble VOCES8, including in the Nordic countries

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