Timo Korhonen, (b. November 6, 1964 in Rautalampi, Finland) has performed in more than 30 countries, at venues in Berlin, London, Vienna, Paris, Tokyo, Chicago, St. Petersburg, Madrid, Buenos Aires, Havana, Los Angeles, Hong Kong and at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival among others. He has appeared with orchestras under Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sakari Oramo, Osmo Vänskä, Leif Segerstam, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Susanna Mälkki, Tuomas Hannikainen, Joseph Swensen and John Storgårds.

Timo Korhonen made his début at the age of 14 and began his international career at the age of 17 when he became the youngest ever winner of the guitar category in the ARD competition in Munich. He has studied with Oscar Ghiglia, Seppo Siirala and Pekka Vesanen. Korhonen’s repertoire includes the entire core repertoire written for his instrument. He has premiered more than 40 new works, and composers such as Magnus Lindberg, Leo Brouwer and Toshio Hosokawa have written works for him. Timo Korhonen is the...