The program of the 11th Oulu Music Festival in March 2001 focused on music by the most well-known romantic era composers. The program included pieces by Brahms, Schubert, Schumann and Mendelsson, among others.
The artists included names like pianists Ralf Gothoni, Joseph Kalichstein, Eero Heinonen and Raija Kerppo, violinists Pekka Kuusisto and Elina Vähälä, cellist Marko Ylönen, soprano Anu Komsi and world-famous tenor Peter Schreier, who performed both in a chamber music concert with Eero Heinonen and in a church concert leading Peter Schreier Choir.