Sakari Oramo

Sakari Oramo is among the best-known and most heavily recorded Finnish conductors on the international scene. He has held major posts with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, and Kokkola Opera. Oramo has received high praise for his interpretations of Finnish music, specifically works by Sibelius and contemporary composers Kaija Saariaho, Magnus Lindberg, Aarre Merikanto, Joonas Kokkonen, Jouni Kaipainen, and a host of others. He has championed the music of little known English composer John Fould...