Esa-Pekka Salonen (pronunciation : [ˈesɑˌpekːɑ ˈsɑlonen]; born 30 June 1958) is a Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He is principal conductor and artistic advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and music director...
Esa-Pekka Salonen: A Powerful Understanding of the Symphony Orchestra Makes the Finnish Conductor an Inspiring Composer'Conductor and composer' is the label frequently I applied to Esa-Pekka Salonen--whereas...Whittall, Arnold
SCANDINAVIAN, FINNISH & BALTIC CONCERTOS From the 19th Century to the Present A Discography of CDs and LPs Prepared by Michael Herman Composers R-Z JAAN RÄÄTS (b. 1932, ESTONIA) Born in Tartu. He studied piano at the Tartu Music High School and graduated from the Tallinn Conservatory ...
Elis Pehkonen: Composer of 200 works in most genres My father, Sulo Pehkonen, was born in Karelia, near the Russian border. During the 1917 Finnish Winter War with the Russian Bolsheviks, he was separated from his parents and taken to England by a British soldier. ...
On Wednesday night a huge audience at the Grant Park Music Festival heard from one of Finland’s youngest conducting stars, Pietari Inkinen. Born in 1980 and currently music director of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Inkinen is clearly a conductor with something to say and the ...
The concept of Värttinä collaborating with a symphony orchestra was an original idea of Finnish conductor Hannu Koivula. The next step was to find an arranger who would treat Värttinä’s music right. Someone who knew how to respect the Carelian musical heritage the band draws upon...
ABOUT THE COMPOSER(S) Toivo Kuula When Toivo Kuula met with a violent death in the aftermath of the Finnish Civil War in May 1918, he became the tragic romantic hero of Finnish music. Born at Vaasa in 1883, he was a pupil of Novek, Wegelius and Jrnefelt at the Helsinki Music Institut...
The concept of Värttinä collaborating with a symphony orchestra was an original idea of Finnish conductor Hannu Koivula. The next step was to find an arranger who would treat Värttinä’s music right. Someone who knew how to respect the Carelian musical heritage the band draws upon...
With Women in Command, the Met Addresses Gaps in Its History ; A Season of Pioneers Features a Finnish Composer and ConductorIt's a season of pioneers: the first opera by a woman at thehouse since 1903 and the fourth-ever...Tommasini, Anthony...