Panu Sivonen
Oboe - Sub-principal
Panu Sivonen graduated from the music performance department of the Sibelius Academy in 2006 with oboe as his major. Since 2005, Sivonen has been an oboeist in the Vaasa City Orchestra. He has also performed as a soloist for the orchestra. Sivonen is studying musicology at the University of Jyväskylä, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 2006. Sivonen is an active chamber musician. He has played the oboe, recorder, and electric bass guitar in several pop and experimental music bands as well as in early music projects. Panu Sivonen was awarded the Most Positive title of the Vaasa City Orchestra in the year 2008.