Esa-Pekka Salonen
Esa -Pekka Salonen [ ˌ ɛsɑ pɛk ː ɑ sɑlɔnɛn ] (* June 30, 1958 in Helsinki) is a Finnish conductor and composer.
Biography
Esa- Pekka Salonen studied horn, conducting and composition at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and in Italy, including with Franco Donatoni and Niccolò Castiglioni. His debut as a conductor, he was in 1979 with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. The beginning of his international career highlighted two events: his short-term jump-in at a concert of the Philharmonia Orchestra in 1983, which abruptly promoted him in the first rank of world-renowned conductors, and a year later his first appearance in America with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, he regularly conducted as Music Director in 1992 until the takeover of the orchestra. From 1985 to 1994, Salonen was first guest conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London. From 1985 to 1995 he held the position of Chief Conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. 1989 Salonen artistic director of the Helsinki Biennale, 1995 and 1996, the artistic director of the Helsinki Festival, 1999 Music Director of the Ojai Music Festival, 2000 artistic director of Avanti! Summer Sounds. Since 1995 he has been artistic director of the International Sibelius Conductors Competition in Helsinki, which takes place every five years, and since 2003 artistic director of the Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm. As Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Salonen occurred in Los Angeles in 1992 to the succession of great musicians. Among the highlights of his collaboration with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra include the residency at the Salzburg Festival with " St. Francois d' Assise ", the residency at the Théâtre du Châtelet under the Stravinsky Festival in Paris and toured Japan and the major music festivals in Europe. In November and December 2001 and in February 2002 he conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra in a joint project with the composer Magnus Lindberg in London, Paris and Brussels, at the Lindberg's music was the focus. In September 2004, he conducted the Finnish premiere of Kaija Saariaho's opera " L' amour de loin" at the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki, in December of the year conducted a coproduction with the Opéra Bastille Salonen in Los Angeles a semi- staged performance of Wagner's " Tristan and Isolde, " Peter Sellars directed by. The stage design took the video artist Bill Viola, who scored entirely new effects with techniques developed by him. This co-production brought the artist in April 2005, to Paris; here is the complete opera was staged, and Salonen conducted the orchestra of the opera. In addition, a festival in Los Angeles in February 2005 was held on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Salonen's debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the declared focus was the music Salonen. In March 2005, Salonen and his orchestra had a residency at the Cologne Philharmonie, during which she brought along with works by Stravinsky, Berlioz, Debussy and Bruckner compositions by Salonen himself to the performance. In addition to his work with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Salonen occurred in recent years with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, the New York Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; In 2006 he conducted the premiere of Saariaho's opera " Adriana Mater" at the Paris Opera. From the 2008/ 09 season is Esa -Pekka Salonen, Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London.
Esa- Pekka Salonen is since 2010 artist in residence at the Konzerthaus Dortmund and designed the Time Island Festival in September 2010.
Awards
Discography
In March 2003, Salonen signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. The first CD, a recording with Salonen's own works and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, a DVD with Saariaho's " Lamour de loin " was released in March 2005, in September 2005. Salonen's first recording with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for German Grammophon released in October 2006 ( Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps - the first CD, which was recorded in the Walt Disney Concert Hall ).
Salonen's extensive discography reflects, as well as the innovative design of its programs, his intense engagement with the music of the 20th century resist. From 1985 to 2003 he worked with Sony Classical. Many of his recordings have won international prizes, including the following recordings with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra: Symphony No. 3 by Lutoslawski ( Grammy, Koussevitzky Award, Prix Cecilia and Gramophone Award for Best Contemporary Record), the three Bartók piano concertos with Yefim Bronfman ( Grammy ) and a ray with film music of Bernard Herrmann ( German record Award ). More recordings with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra include, among others Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony, Bruckner's 4th Symphony, works by Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas, a CD with compositions by Bach transcriptions by Stokowski, Elgar, Webern, Schoenberg and Mahler, as well as recordings of works of Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho and a CD with Salonen compositions such as " LA Variations" and " Mania ". A recording from 2002 brings recordings of four works by Magnus Lindberg with the Philharmonia Orchestra to hearing for the first time. Other works Lindberg took Salonen for Finlandia Records with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra. At the same label also released a CD of works by Hindemith, Zimmermann, Lindberg and the Finnish composer Aarre Merikanto, Salonen for the London Sinfonietta conducted. One of publication Esa-Pekka Salonen at Nonesuch in 2002, which he recorded with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, dedicated to John Adams ' " Naive and Sentimental Music". In September 2012, published by Deutsche Grammophon CD " Out of Nowhere " on the next Salonen's Violin Concerto from 2009, which the composer wrote for the violinist Leila Josefowicz, including the orchestral work " Nyx " is to hear from 2010.