ヘルシンキ・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団
Panula was the artistic director and chief conductor of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra from 1963 to 1965, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra from 1965 to 1972 and the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra from 1973 to 1976. He has also conducted his own opera "Jaakko Ilkka" at the Finnish National Opera.