{"id":1381,"date":"2025-03-09T16:56:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T14:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naislaulajat.net\/?page_id=1381"},"modified":"2026-08-19T00:57:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:57:36","slug":"rita-varonen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/naislaulajat.net\/gb\/rita-varonen\/","title":{"rendered":"Artistic director Rita Varonen"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n\n\n
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Artistic Director Rita Varonen<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Since 1993, Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 Female Choir has been led by Rita Varonen, a graduate conductor who studied choral conducting at the prestigious Liszt Academy in Budapest. In addition to her degree in choral conducting, she has completed studies in wind orchestra conducting and vocal performance. Rita Varonen is an internationally acclaimed choir conductor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1996, Varonen received the Harald Anders\u00e9n Award from the Finnish Cultural Foundation in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the development of Finnish choral culture. In 2001, she was awarded second prize in the international Mariele Ventre Conducting Competition in Italy. The Finnish Choral Conductors\u2019 Association named her Conductor of the Year in 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2009, she was selected as Best Conductor at both the Slovakia Cantat and ABB Bansk\u00e1 Bystrica international choral competitions. In 2012, the Finnish Amateur Musicians\u2019 Association (Sulasol) awarded her the Klemetti Award for her distinguished work in the field of choral music. Her most recent honours include the Gold Merit Badge of the Finnish Mixed Choir Association in 2018 and the Gold Merit Badge of the Finnish Women\u2019s Choir Association in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rita Varonen serves as a Senior Lecturer at JAMK University of Applied Sciences in Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4, where she teaches orchestra conducting, choral conducting and musicianship. She is also a sought-after lecturer, clinician and adjudicator at international choral events and competitions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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