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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Finnish conductors (music), Finnish opera singers, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Selim Palmgren, Paavo Berglund, Soile Isokoski, Karita Mattila, Susanna Malkki, Olli Mustonen, Aino Ackte, Robert Kajanus, Sakari Oramo, Atso Almila, Erkki Melartin, Osmo Vanska, Mikko Franck, Toivo Kuula, Viipurin Lauluveikot, Jorma Hynninen, Okko Kamu, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Jorma Panula, Leif Segerstam, John Storgards, Martti Talvela, Georg Schneevoigt, Ralf Gothoni, Pietari Inkinen, Lilli Paasikivi, Mikk Murdvee, Tapani Puranen, Tom Krause, Matti Salminen, Raimo Sirkia, Edward Vesala, Hannu Lintu, Sasha Makila, Kim Borg, Tauno Hannikainen, Ilona Jokinen, Erkki Korhonen, Johanna Nurmimaa, Ossi Runne, Oskar Merikanto, Ari Angervo, Armas Jarnefelt, Jyrki Niskanen, Topi Lehtipuu, Sofia Liljegren, Johanna von Schoultz, Jukka Tiensuu, Eva Ollikainen, Nils-Eric Fougstedt, Kari Nurmela, Pekka Kostiainen, Jussi Jalas, Hannu Norjanen, Markku Laakso, Lorenz Nikolai Achte, Monica Groop, Tommi Hakala. Excerpt: Esa-Pekka Salonen (.); born June 30, 1958 in Helsinki) is a Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He is currently Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London and Conductor Laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Salonen, born in Helsinki, Finland, studied horn and composition at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, as well as conducting with Jorma Panula. His conducting classmates included Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Osmo Vanska. Another classmate on the composition side was the composer Magnus Lindberg and together they formed the new-music appreciation group Korvat auki and the experimental ensemble Toimii ("Ears open" and "It works" in the Finnish language). Later, Salonen studied with the composers Franco Donatoni, Niccolo Castiglioni and Einojuhani Rautavaara. His first experience with conducting came in 1979 w...
