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The Orpheus Sinfonia conducted by Toby Purser will give a concert of music by Scandinavian composers plus Sibelius’ Symphony No 5. The other works to be performed are Carl Nielsen – Overture Masquerade, Dag Wiren – Serenade for Strings, and Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor to be played by the winner of the Orpheus Musician of the Year Competition.

The concert will be at St George’s, Hanover Square at 19.30. Tickets are priced at £25 – £5 with a 25% discount for students and those under 25. For further information telephone 020 7734 6650 or go to www.orpheusfoundation.com

For anyone interested in the Orpheus Musician of the Year Competition, the final will be held on 22 October at 19.30 at St George’s, Hanover Square. Tickets £10 at  the door.

Parallax Art Fair is held at Chelsea Town Hall, King’s Road, SW3 5EE. The organisers expect about 200 exhibitors from around the world who will show jewellery, bags, clothing, textiles, crafts, art, sculpture and more. The Finnish artists who will be participating are Kirsi Kuusisto, Maria Wolfram, Merja Nykänen-Naukkarinen, Sirkka Laakkonen, Valtteri Saha, Virpi Velin, Annukka Costello and Juhani Järvinen.

Opening times: Friday 18th 13.00 – 20.00; Saturday 20th 11.00 – 17.00

Pentti Sammallahti is one of the photographers whose work will be sold at the Print Sales Department on the lower ground floor of the Photographers’ Gallery, 16-18 Ramillies Street. He will be signing copies of his book Here, Far Away in the Gallery’s bookshop from 17.00 – 18.00 on Friday 11th October. Sammallahti has travelled extensively throughout his life and prefers remote and isolated destinations to provide a backdrop for his work. The current collection of prints which are being offered for sale include subjects in Iceland, Scotland, Karelia, Siberia, Japan and Finland.

H C Berg was the recipient of Finland’s Young Artist of the Year award in 2007 and his works have been collected by all the major museums in Finland as well as by foundations, institutions and private collections around the world. He uses a variety of materials including metals, glass and acrylics to create works which challenge customary ways of seeing and viewing. The exhibition is at the Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, 22 Eastcastle Street, London W1. Tuesday to Friday 11.00 – 19.00, Saturday 11.00 – 18.00

The London Soloists Philharmonia will perform a programme of works for organ and for violin with Kalevi Kiviniemi and Liana Isakadze (conductor and violin) in works by Widor, Bach, Liszt, Kiviniemi and Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Venue St James’s Church, Sussex Gardens, London W2 3UD at 19.00. Tickets £20 from rsvp.desk@ymail.com

In his first concert at the Barbican as Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo will conduct the premiere of a new work by Tristan Murail, the Piano Concerto No 1 by Shostakovich with Olli Mustonen (piano) and Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet) and Mahler’s Symphony No 1. Venue Barbican Hall at 19.30.

Daniel Harding will conduct the London Symphony Orchestra in a performances of Schubert’s Eighth “Unfinished” Symphony and Act II of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. Matti Salminen takes the part of King Marke, Peter Seiffert sings Tristan and Katarina Dalayman sings the part of Isolde. The concert is at the Barbican Hall starting at 19.30

Pekka Kuusisto directs the Britten Sinfonia in a programme that includes Britten’s Serenade for tenor horn and strings (the tenor is Mark Padmore) and also works by Bartok, Tuur, Pärt and others. The venue is the Milton Court Concert Hall. The concert starts at 19.30. Tickets can be booked through the Barbican Box Office.

The Scandinavia Show is the only UK show dedicated to showcasing the best of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland. The show incorporates design, travel, lifestyle, fashion, culture, music and food. It will be held this year at Tobacco Dock, Wapping. For further information and tickets go to www.scandinaviashow.co.uk. To get a discount on the ticket price apply code sc2012hp at checkout