Esa-Pekka Salonen Birthday

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Today is Conductor & Composer Esa-Pekka Salonen's 62nd Birthday! [ON-THIS-DAY]

By The Violin Channel

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Today is Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen's 62nd birthday!

Today is Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen's 62nd birthday!

Esa-Pekka has served Principal Conducting positions with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra – and was the recipient of the highly esteemed 2011 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW-fEnOozfA

SIBELIUS | SYMPHONY NO. 5 | ESA-PEKKA SALONEN & SWEDISH RADIO SYMPHONY | 2000

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