Composer
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Finnish conductor and composer (born 1958)
b. 1958
14 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1958
- Birthplace
- Helsinki
- Citizenship / historical state
- Finland
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Esa-Pekka Salonen (pronounced [ˈesɑˌpekːɑ ˈsɑlonen] ; born 30 June 1958) is a Finnish conductor and composer. He is the principal conductor designate of Orchestre de Paris and creative director designate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He is also conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra in London and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He was music director of the San Francisco Symphony from 2020 to 2025.
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Life and musical career
- Recorded memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Instruments played
- horn
- Selected awards
- Litteris et Artibus; Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland; Grawemeyer Awards; Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition; Finnish Music Hall of Fame; Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland; honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music; Officer of Arts and Letters; Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Echo Klassik – Conductor of the Year; Sibelius Medal; Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Conductor)
- Official website
- https://www.esapekkasalonen.com/
- Native languages
- Finnish
- Languages used
- Finnish
- VIAF ID
- 59063039
- ISNI
- 0000000114732673
- GND ID
- 118874934
- Library of Congress ID
- n85237381
- MusicBrainz ID
- 66b01c9c-3344-46b1-b5fe-cab3c2834e32
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Guitar, violin, Vocal, Voice
- Genres represented
- Classical
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lachen Verlernt | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Dichotomie | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Concert Etude For Solo Horn In F | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Dichotomie II - Organisme | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Djupt I Rummet | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Kyss Min Mun | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Dichotomie I - M | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Dichotomie I - Méchanisme | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Concert Etude | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Dichotomie I - Méchanisme | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Yta Iii | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Yta 1 | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Goodbye | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Memoria | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 59063039. Portrait: Louisa Dedalus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.