Lauri Ahokas is a pianist and conductor based in Helsinki, Finland.

From a young age Ahokas played piano with a heartfelt love for classical music. He studied piano performance at the Sibelius Academy with Meri Louhos, Hui-Ying Liu-Tawaststjerna and professor Erik T. Tawaststjerna. He gave his diploma concert in 2011 receiving excellent grades and graduated as Master of Piano Performance in 2013.

Ahokas studied conducting with professor Jorma Panula and at the Sibelius Academy conducting class with professors Atso Almila and Hannu Lintu. He performed his diploma concert with Kuopio Symphony Orchestra receiving excellent grades and graduated as Master of Conducting in 2018.

As a pianist, Ahokas has performed e.g. at the Naantali Music Festival, Aino Ackté Chamber Festival, and as a soloist of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra at the national finals of Eurovision Young Soloists’ Competition. He has received prizes at the Sibelius Academy Helmi Vesa piano competition, including a special prize for an outstanding performance of the piano etude Automne à Varsovie by György Ligeti.

As a conductor, Ahokas has performed e.g. with Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, Pori Sinfonietta, and NYKY Ensemble. He debuted as an opera conductor at the Sibelius Academy production of La nozze di Figaro.

”Music is sculpting with sound, form and time - a statue without mass that one can feel with the ears of imagination.”

In addition to music, Lauri Ahokas graduated 2011 as M.D. at the University of Helsinki and is currently a resident of ophthalmology. He is producing a concert lecture series for the Faculty of Medicine combining presentations of natural sciences with classical music.

He also has a profound love for cats, saying “For me, cats are a portrayal of perfect elegance and ideal existence. With fur.”