Tebogo Monnakgotla
Bombus
Senja Rummukainen · Andrew Manze
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Cello
Senja
Rummukainen
“Unbelievable power and intensity.”
BIOGRAPHY
Finnish cellist Senja Rummukainen was born in Helsinki in 1994. She won the Turku National Cello Competition in 2014 and reached the final of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2019. Her solo engagements include the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
She made her BBC Proms debut in 2024, performing Elgar’s Cello Concerto with Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Later that year, she first appeared with the Cleveland Orchestra in Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Cello Concerto, conducted by the composer. In April 2026, her debut with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra featured the premiere of Tebogo Monnakgotla’s Bombus, with Andrew Manze conducting.
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