Esa-Pekka Salonen

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Finnish person composer conductor human

Esa-Pekka Salonen is a renowned Finnish conductor and composer known for his innovative programming and leadership of major orchestras, including prominent roles in both Europe and the United States.

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Label Occurrences
Esa-Pekka Salonen canonical 7
Esa-Pekka 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Finnish person ⓘ
composer ⓘ
conductor ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition ⓘ
Léonie Sonning Music Prize ⓘ
surface form: Leonie Sonning Music Prize

Litteris et Artibus ⓘ
Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award nomination ⓘ
surface form: Royal Philharmonic Society Award
countryOfCitizenship Finland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1958-06-30 ⓘ
educatedAt Sibelius Academy ⓘ
endTime 2009 (Los Angeles Philharmonic music directorship) ⓘ
2021 (Philharmonia principal conductorship) ⓘ
familyName Salonen ⓘ
fieldOfWork classical music ⓘ
genre contemporary classical music ⓘ
givenName Esa-Pekka Salonen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Esa-Pekka
instrument horn ⓘ
piano ⓘ
knownFor innovative concert programming ⓘ
leadership of major orchestras in Europe and the United States ⓘ
promotion of contemporary music ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Finnish ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
memberOf Avanti! Chamber Orchestra (co-founder) ⓘ
name Esa-Pekka Salonen self-link ⓘ
notableWork Foreign Bodies ⓘ
Insomnia ⓘ
LA Variations ⓘ
Nyx ⓘ
Piano Concerto ⓘ
Violin Concerto ⓘ
Wing on Wing ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
orchestral conductor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Helsinki ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic ⓘ
Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony ⓘ
Principal Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra ⓘ
Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic ⓘ
Principal Guest Conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Los Angeles ⓘ
startTime 1992 (Los Angeles Philharmonic music directorship) ⓘ
2008 (Philharmonia principal conductorship) ⓘ
2020 (San Francisco Symphony music directorship) ⓘ
studiedUnder Jorma Panula ⓘ

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San Francisco Symphony → hasChiefConductor → Esa-Pekka Salonen ⓘ
San Francisco Symphony → hasMusicDirector → Esa-Pekka Salonen ⓘ
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra → formerChiefConductor → Esa-Pekka Salonen ⓘ
Philharmonia Orchestra → principalConductor → Esa-Pekka Salonen ⓘ
SFS Media → associatedConductor → Esa-Pekka Salonen ⓘ
Esa-Pekka Salonen → name → Esa-Pekka Salonen self-link ⓘ
Esa-Pekka Salonen → givenName → Esa-Pekka Salonen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Esa-Pekka
Nemmers Prize in Music Composition → notableRecipient → Esa-Pekka Salonen ⓘ