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Esa-Pekka Salonen

*1958 FI
Composer / Conductor of Classical

Esa-Pekka Salonen (born June 30th, 1958, in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish conductor and composer. He is currently Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London (2008-2017), Conductor Laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and Composer-In-Residence at the New York Philharmonic. He studied horn and composition at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and conducting with Jorma Panula. One of his classmates was the composer Magnus Lindberg with whom Salonen formed the groups Korvat auki and Toimii. Later on Salonen studied with the composers Franco Donatoni, Niccolò Castiglioni and Einojuhani Rautavaara. His first conducting experience was in 1979 with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 1983, he replaced an indisposed Michael Tilson Thomas to conduct a performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 3 with the Philharmonia Orchestra at very short notice, and it launched his career as a conductor. He was the Principal Guest Conductor of the Philharmonia from 1985 to 1994. Salonen was Chief Conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1985-1995. He made his debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1984 and has conducted the orchestra in every season since. In 1992 Salonen became orchestra's tenth Music Director. After 2008-2009 season, Gustavo Dudamel took over his post. Salonen intends to focus on composing and opera. He is married to violinist Jane Price and they have three children. They reside in Los Angeles, California.

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Soundtrack
  • Electronic
Popular Tracks   
Salonen Cello Concerto: I. on Salonen Cello Concerto by Esa-Pekka Salonen & Yo-Yo Ma
Salonen Cello Concerto: II. on Salonen Cello Concerto by Esa-Pekka Salonen & Yo-Yo Ma
Violin Concerto: Movement One: Mirage on Salonen: "Out Of Nowhere" - Violin Concerto; Nyx by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Leila Josefowicz & Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Salonen Cello Concerto: III. on Salonen Cello Concerto by Esa-Pekka Salonen & Yo-Yo Ma
Violin Concerto: Movement Two: Pulse I on Salonen: "Out Of Nowhere" - Violin Concerto; Nyx by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Leila Josefowicz & Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Violin Concerto: Movement Three: Pulse II on Salonen: "Out Of Nowhere" - Violin Concerto; Nyx by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Leila Josefowicz & Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Nyx on Salonen: "Out Of Nowhere" - Violin Concerto; Nyx by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Leila Josefowicz & Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Helix - Live on Salonen by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Yefim Bronfman & Los Angeles Philharmonic
Violin Concerto: Movement Four: Adieu on Salonen: "Out Of Nowhere" - Violin Concerto; Nyx by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Leila Josefowicz & Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
LA Variations on LA Variations by Esa-Pekka Salonen

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Salonen: Cello CeoncertoEsa-Pekka Salonen, Yo-Yo Ma, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra2019Album
PerséphoneIgor Stravinsky, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish National Opera Orchestra And Chorus, Andrew Staples, Pauline Cheviller2018Album
HomunculusKamus Quartet, György Ligeti, Benjamin Britten, Esa-Pekka Salonen2017Album
Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts StravinskyIgor Stravinsky, Esa-Pekka Salonen2017Compil.
From Queen Of The Night To Elektra: Opera Arias; Songs And LiederLaila Andersson, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Kungliga Hovkapellet, Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Sixten Ehrling, Kurt Bendix, Heinrich Hollreiser, Carlo Felice Cillario, Esa-Pekka Salonen2017Album
Miraculous Mandarin / Dance Suite / ContrastsBéla Bartók, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra2016Album
Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts NielsenEsa-Pekka Salonen, Carl Nielsen, Jean Sibelius2016Compil.
Beast Sampler/ O Dessa Ögon/ Cold Heat/ SirensAnders Hillborg, The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo, David Zinman, Esa-Pekka Salonen2015Album
200 Motels. The SuitesFrank Zappa, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale2015Album
The SymphoniesWitold Lutoslawski / Esa-Pekka Salonen / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra2013Album
La Passion De SimoneKaija Saariaho - Dawn Upshaw, Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri, Tapiola Chamber Choir, Esa-Pekka Salonen2013Album
CorrespondancesHenri Dutilleux, Esa-Pekka Salonen2013Album
Orango (Prologue) / Symphony No. 4Dmitri Shostakovich – Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen2012Album
Věc Makropulos (The Makropulos Affair)Leoš Janáček, Angela Denoke, Raymond Very, Peter Hoare, Jurgita Adamonytė, Johan Reuter, Wiener Philharmoniker, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christoph Marthaler2012Album
Out Of Nowhere: Violin Concerto NyxEsa-Pekka Salonen, Leila Josefowicz2012Album
Echoes Of TimeLisa Batiashvili, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Hélène Grimaud2011Album
Hindemith WagnerLos Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Paul Hindemith, Richard Wagner2011Album
David Howard Plays Clarinet WorksDavid Howard - Steven Stucky / Galina Ustvolskaya / Esa-Pekka Salonen / Johannes Brahms2011Album
Eleven Gates / Dreaming River / King Tide / Exquisite CorpseAnders Hillborg, The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Alan Gilbert, Sakari Oramo2011Album
Written In SandSølve Sigerland, Poul Ruders, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Hafliði Hallgrímsson2011Album
Pärt: Symphony No.4 "Los Angeles"Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen2010Album
Symphonie FantastiqueEsa-Pekka Salonen, Hector Berlioz, Philharmonia Orchestra2010Compil.
Symphony No. 9Gustav Mahler, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra2010Album
Falla, Debussy & RavelLos Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen2009Album
Rhapsodic Musings: 21st Century Works For Solo ViolinJennifer Koh - Elliott Carter, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Augusta Read Thomas, John Zorn2009Album
Salonen Conducts Nielsen: The 6 SymphoniesEsa-Pekka Salonen, Carl Nielsen, Jean Sibelius2009Compil.
The FirebirdLos Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Igor Stravinsky2009Album
Berg - Bernstein - Salonen - Brotons - Honegger - BaxCristo Barrios, Clinton Cormany, Alban Berg, Leonard Bernstein, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Salvador Brotons, Arthur Honegger, Arnold Bax2008Album
Live At Walt Disney Concert Hall In Los AngelesSibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Juho Pohjonen2008Album
SalonenEsa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Yefim Bronfman2008Album
Shadow Of Stalin: Ligeti, Husa & LutoslawskiLos Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra & Esa-Pekka Salonen2007Album
Shostakovich & Mosolov: In The Shadow Of StalinLos Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen2007Album
Salonen: Helix - Ravel: Piano Concerto For The Left Hand - Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet SuiteLos Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen2007Album
Sibelius: Symphony No.2 (Live)Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen2007Album
Le Sacre Du PrintempsEsa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra2006Album
ReflectionHélène Grimaud / Esa-Pekka Salonen / Staatskapelle Dresden / Truls Mørk / Anne Sofie Von Otter2006Album
Beethoven: Leonore No.2, Symphony No.5 - Lutoslawski: Symphony No.4Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen2006Album
Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8, Eleven GatesLos Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Ludwig van Beethoven, Anders Hillborg2006Album
Piano Concertos No. 1 & 2 / Sonata In B MinorFranz Liszt, Emanuel Ax, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra2005Album
Wing On WingEsa-Pekka Salonen, Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri2005Album
RecitalLeila Josefowicz · John Novacek - Ludwig van Beethoven · Maurice Ravel · Esa-Pekka Salonen · Mark Grey · Olivier Messiaen2005Album
Sinfonische Metamorphosen, Die Vier Temperamente, Mathis Der MalerPaul Hindemith, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Emanuel Ax, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra2005Album
Piano Concerto / KraftMagnus Lindberg, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Toimii Ensemble, Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri2004Album
Anders Hilborg - Fröst, SalonenEsa-Pekka Salonen, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Martin Fröst, Anna Lindal2003Album
Concerto No.1 For Piano, Trumpet & Orchestra, Op. 35 / Concerto No.2 For Piano & Orchestra, Op. 102 / Quintet In G Minor For Piano & Strings, Op. 57Dmitri Shostakovich, Yefim Bronfman, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Juilliard String Quartet2003Compil.
CredoHélène Grimaud / Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester / Radiokören / Esa-Pekka Salonen2003Album
Romantische Suite, Op. 125 / Variationen Und Fugue Über Ein Thema Von Mozart, Op. 132Max Reger, Südwestfunkorchester Baden-Baden, Esa-Pekka Salonen2003Album
Glass • SalonenPhilip Glass • Esa-Pekka Salonen • Los Angeles Master Chorale2002Album
Naive And Sentimental MusicJohn Adams - Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen2002Album
All RiseWynton Marsalis - The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen2002Album
Debussy: Nocturnes, Images. Esa Pekka Salonen Los Angeles PO.Claude Debussy, Esa-Pekka Salonen2002Album
The Music Of Magnus Lindberg: Cantigas • Cello Concerto • Parada • FrescoMagnus Lindberg – Anssi Karttunen, Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen2002Album
Works 1992-1978Esa-Pekka Salonen2002Album
LA Variations / Five Images After Sappho / Mania / Gambit / GiroEsa-Pekka Salonen - Dawn Upshaw, Anssi Karttunen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta2001Album
Château De L'Âme / Graal Théâtre / AmersKaija Saariaho, Esa-Pekka Salonen2001Album
Romeo And Juliet (Excerpts)Sergei Prokofiev / Berliner Philharmoniker - Esa-Pekka Salonen2001Album
In Rehearsal: Esa-Pekka Salonen With The Los Angeles PhilharmonicEsa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra2001Album
Bach TranscriptionsEsa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra2000Album
Violin ConcertosJean Sibelius / Karl Goldmark - Joshua Bell, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra2000Album
Sensemayá · The Music Of Silvestre RevueltasSilvestre Revueltas - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group1999Album
Le Grand MacabreGyörgy Ligeti / Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen1999Album
Symphony No. 5, FinlandiaJean Sibelius - Esa-Pekka Salonen1999Album
Shostakovich: Concertos Nos. 1 & 2Yefim Bronfman, Dmitri Shostakovich, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra1999Album
Symphony No. 3 in D minorGustav Mahler / Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Anna Larsson1998Album
Symphony No. 4 In E-flat Major "Romantic"Anton Bruckner - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra1998Album
Violin ConcertosIgor Stravinsky / Béla Bartók, Viktoria Mullova, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen1997Album
Transfigured Night, String Quartet No. 2 (Arr. By Schoenberg)Arnold Schoenberg, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, Faye Robinson1997Album
Images • Prélude À L'Après-midi D'Un Faune • La MerClaude Debussy / Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra1997Album
Concerto For Orchestra / Music For Strings, Percussion, And CelestaBéla Bartók - Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen1996Album
Music & The Arts Volume 1, Number 1Esa-Pekka Salonen1996Album
Symphony No. 2 · Chantefleurs Et Chantefables · Piano ConcertoWitold Lutoslawski - Dawn Upshaw · Paul Crossley · Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra · Esa-Pekka Salonen1996Album
The Film ScoresBernard Herrmann - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra1996Album
X Suvisoitto 1995 - MidsommartonerAvanti!, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sakari Oramo, Battalia1995Album
Symphonies No. 22, 78 & 82Joseph Haydn - Esa-Pekka Salonen - New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra1995Compil.
Il Prigioniero - Canti Di PrigioniaLuigi Dallapiccola - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Jorma Hynninen, Howard Haskin, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Radiokören1995Album
Béla Bartók, The Three Piano ConcertosBéla Bartók / Yefim Bronfman & Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Esa-Pekka Salonen1995Album
Nielsen: Flute Concerto / Clarinet Concerto / Springtime On Funen / Rhapsodic Overture / Prelude To Act II Of "Saul And David"Carl Nielsen, Per Flemström, Håkan Rosengren, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Esa-Pekka Salonen1994Album
ComposerEsa-Pekka Salonen1994Album
Violin Concerto / Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2Cho-Liang Lin, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen - Igor Stravinsky / Sergei Prokofiev1994Album
Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 • Les Espaces Du SommeilWitold Lutoslawski • Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra • Esa-Pekka Salonen1994Compil.
Nocturnes • La Damoiselle Élue • Le Martyre De Saint Sébastien (Symphonic Fragments)Claude Debussy - Dawn Upshaw, Paula Rasmussen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen1994Album
To The Edge Of DreamEsa-Pekka Salonen, Olivier Messiaen, Toru Takemitsu, Witold Lutoslawski1993Compil.
KullervoJean Sibelius, Marianne Rørholm, Jorma Hynninen, Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen1993Album
Du Cristal …À La Fumée / NymphéaKaija Saariaho - Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Kronos Quartet, Petri Alanko, Anssi Karttunen1993Album
Förklädd Gud / Pastoralsvit / ViolinkonsertLars-Erik Larsson, Radiokören, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Esa-Pekka Salonen1993Album
Lemminkäinen Legends, Op. 22 / En Saga, Op. 9Jean Sibelius - Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen1992Album
Oedipus RexIgor Stravinsky ‧ Vinson Cole ‧ Simon Estes ‧ Hans Sotin ‧ Nicolai Gedda ‧ Patrice Chéreau, Radiokören ‧ Eric Ericsons Kammarkör ‧ Orphei Drängar, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Esa-Pekka Salonen1992Album
Symphony No. 4Gustav Mahler, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Barbara Hendricks, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra1992Album
Piano Concertos Nos. 2 + 3Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Yefim Bronfman, The Philharmonia, Esa-Pekka Salonen1992Album
...De Tartuffe, Je Crois, Linea D'Ombra, Ritratto, ZonaMagnus Lindberg, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Kari Kriikku, Anssi Karttunen, Avanti!1992Album
A Nordic Festival - Nordiska MästerverkEsa-Pekka Salonen : Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester1991Album
Symphonies Nos. 22, 78 & 82Joseph Haydn, Esa-Pekka Salonen, New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra1991Album
Sinfonie No. 4, Sinfonie SingulièreFranz Berwald / Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester / Esa-Pekka Salonen1991Album
Pulcinella • Octet • Renard • RagtimeIgor Stravinsky, Yvonne Kenny • John Aler • John Tomlinson, London Sinfonietta, Esa-Pekka Salonen1991Album
Apollon Musagète • Concerto In D • CantataIgor Stravinsky - Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta & London Sinfonietta Chorus, Yvonne Kenny • John Aler, Esa-Pekka Salonen1991Album
Symphonies No. 3 & 6Carl Nielsen - Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Esa-Pekka Salonen1991Album
JeuxPaavo Heininen, Usko Meriläinen, Esa-Pekka Salonen - Mikael Helasvuo, Ilmo Ranta1990Album
Concerto For Piano & Wind Instruments / Capriccio For Piano & Orchestra / Movements For Piano & Orchestra / Symphonies Of Wind InstrumentsIgor Stravinsky - Paul Crossley, Esa-Pekka Salonen, London Sinfonietta1990Album
The Rite Of Spring/Symphony In Three MovementsIgor Stravinsky, Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen1990Album
Hindemith * Merikanto * Lindberg * Zimmermann, Karttunen * London Sinfonietta * SalonenPaul Hindemith, Aarre Merikanto, Magnus Lindberg, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Anssi Karttunen, London Sinfonietta, Esa-Pekka Salonen1990Album
Serenad / Midvinter / ChitraWilhelm Stenhammar, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Esa-Pekka Salonen1990Album
Firebird / Jeu De CartesIgor Stravinsky, Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen1989Album
The Virtuoso ClarinetKari Kriikku, Avanti! - Magnus Lindberg · Esa-Pekka Salonen · Olli Koskelin · Iannis Xenakis · Franco Donatoni · Claudio Ambrosini1989Album
MetamorphosenRichard Strauss, New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen1989Album
Mozart Variations And Fugue / A Romantic SuiteMax Reger, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Lothar Zagrosek1989Album
Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments" / Pan & Syrinx, Op. 49 / Aladdin SuiteCarl Nielsen, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Esa-Pekka Salonen1989Album
Romeo And Juliet (Excerpts)Sergei Prokofiev / Berliner Philharmoniker - Esa-Pekka Salonen1988Album
Des Canyons Aux Etoiles / Couleurs De La Cité Céleste / Oiseaux ExotiquesOlivier Messiaen - Paul Crossley, London Sinfonietta, Esa-Pekka Salonen1988Album
Peer Gynt Excerpts From The Incidental MusicEdvard Grieg / Barbara Hendricks / Oslo Filharmoniske Orkester / Esa-Pekka Salonen1988Album
Symphony No 5 / Masquerade (Overture • Prelude • Dance)Carl Nielsen, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Esa-Pekka Salonen1988Album
Violin ConcertosCho-Liang Lin, Esa-Pekka Salonen / Jean Sibelius • Carl Nielsen1988Album
Symphony No. 5 ; Pohjola's Daughter (Symphonic Fantasia, Op. 49Jean Sibelius, Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen1987Album
Nielsen Symphony No. 1Esa-Pekka Salonen - Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester - New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra1987Album
Symphony No. 4 "The Inextinguishable"; Helios OvertureCarl Nielsen : Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester1986Album
Turangalîla-Symphonie / Symphony No. 3Olivier Messiaen, Witold Lutoslawski, Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra1986Album
Tomasi: Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra / Jolivet: Concerto No. 2 For Trumpet - Concertino For Trumpet, String Orchestra And PianoWynton Marsalis, Henri Tomasi, André Jolivet, Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen1986Album
A Swedish SerenadeDag Wirén, Lars-Erik Larsson, Lille Bror Söderlundh, Ingvar Lidholm, Stockholm Sinfonietta, Esa-Pekka Salonen1984Album
Sinfonie Naïve • Sinfonie SingulièreFranz Berwald, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Esa-Pekka SalonenAlbum
Christine Brewer In Concert (Featuring Excerpts From Gotterdammerung)Christine Brewer, Esa-Pekka SalonenAlbum
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