The first web-concert of Turku Philharmonic Orchestra (TPO) gathered a considerable amount of international attention. The web counter was hit by almost 2000 unique connections from 19 countries. These countries were Finland, Sweden, USA, Japan, Netherlands, Italy, Australia, Norway, Russia, Great Britain, Austria, Spain, Czech, Greece, South-Africa, Peru, Slovenia, Portugal and Hungary. It is the concert arrangers estimate that over 4000 people were actually online during this broadcast. The concert will be available in the e-concerthouse archive in near future.

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony No.6
Dmitri Shostakovich: Suite For Jazz Orchestra No. 1
Maurice Ravel: Bolero

The web services are a part of TPO's project in 2011 called Sävelsilta - musiikillisia kohtaamisia merten yli (Tonal bridge - musical meetings across the seas). Already the first concert, an HD-quality broadcast, was realizing the main goals of the project, namely to increase social connectivity and availability. For example, at the Rokua Rehabilitation Center a large number of music lovers attended the concert, which was made available by a laptop, a video projector and a silver screen.

The concert was viewable at both full HD-quality and webcast quality (500 kbps). It was done in cooperation with Turku Adult Education Center. The cameras were directed by Jari Kivimäki. Ilmari Mäenpää of E-concerthouse was in charge of overall production.

Next concert by TPO will be on friday, the 3rd of September, 2010. The orchestra will perform the Violin Concerto by Jean Sibelius with violinist Ilja Gringolts as soloist. The orchestra will be conducted by Pietari Inkinen. The concerts (and other cultural programs they may be combined with) will be made available for viewing without charge.