Esa-Pekka Salonen

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Esa-Pekka Salonen (born June 30, 1958 in Helsinki) is a prominent Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He served as the chief conductor and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the orchestra with which he made his US debut in 1984.

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  • elnimio

    Just heard his new piece "Nyx" played by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and it was awesome

    2 Nov 2011 Reply
  • President_Taft

    Cage and Crumb mostly. Their works are 95% profoundness, 5% music. I consider them as artists, not as composers.

    28 Oct 2010 Reply
  • uppis5

    But who is Bruce Springsteen?

    3 Aug 2010 Reply
  • President_Taft

    Colorful, intense, imaginative. His music is provocative, but not "weird for the sake of being weird" like many other modern composers.

    1 Jul 2010 Reply
  • gouldgirl

    Knew he was a great conductor, but didn't know that he was such a great composer as well. Awesome.

    25 Mar 2010 Reply
  • hjbardenhagen

    Hello, there's a new Conductors group on Last.fm! ZZee ya, Hans-Jürgen

    7 Feb 2010 Reply
  • Mahlers3rd

    One of the best conductors and composers of our time. Every concert is excellent. Fortunately he is more often in Europe now.

    16 Jan 2010 Reply
  • Sherri_

    One of today's most colorful composers. Definitely underrated.

    1 Nov 2009 Reply
  • fandorinmusic

    Bruce is about 10 million times less talented than this loser. "Big" like in "big pompous head".

    14 Jul 2008 Reply
  • jacofin

    I would want to see a source for that quote. Nevertheless, it's now 20 years when he said that, he was somewhat more like an 'angry young composer', and from that standpoint it makes for us easier to see what he meant. I don't quite understand what do you mean by your definition of bigger?

    26 Aug 2007 Reply
  • snader

    Where did he say that?

    22 Feb 2007 Reply
  • TheRockers

    haha.. in 1987 this loser said: In 5 years no one will remember Bruce Springsteen. What kind of crap artist is this?? Bruce is about 10 million times bigger than this loser

    26 Jun 2006 Reply

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