Esa-Pekka Salonen

Esa-Pekka Salonen emerged as one of the most exciting major conductors of the late 20th century and has continued his illustrious career into the 21st. While best known for his conducting, Salonen views composition as his main career. He is the conductor laureate of the Philharmonia, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestras. He won a Grammy Award in 2025 for a recording of Kaija Saariaho's opera Adriana Mater with the San Francisco Symphony. Salonen was born June 30, 1958, in Helsinki, Finland. He entered the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki in 1973, st...