Esa-Pekka Salonen is a Finnish composer and conductor of classical music. He was the music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 17 years, during which time he was responsible for the building of Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall. He is currently the Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of London's Philharmonia Orchestra.
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Dessner: Violin Concerto
Ravel: Boléro
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Dessner: Violin Concerto
Ravel: Boléro
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Strauss: Don Juan
Salonen: Sinfonia Concertante
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Iveta Apkalna, organ
Strauss: Don Juan
Salonen: Sinfonia Concertante
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Iveta Apkalna, organ
Strauss: Don Juan
Salonen: Sinfonia Concertante
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Iveta Apkalna, organ
Strauss: Don Juan
Salonen: Sinfonia Concertante
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Iveta Apkalna, organ
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano
Christian Van Horn, bass
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano
Christian Van Horn, bass
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano
Christian Van Horn, bass
Debussy: Gigues from Images
Debussy: Rondes de printemps from Images pour orchestre
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Rautavaara: Piano Concerto No. 1, Opus 45 [First San Francisco Symphony Performances]
Debussy: Iberia from Images
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
Debussy: Gigues from Images
Debussy: Rondes de printemps from Images pour orchestre
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Rautavaara: Piano Concerto No. 1, Opus 45 [First San Francisco Symphony Performances]
Debussy: Iberia from Images
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
Debussy: Gigues from Images
Debussy: Rondes de printemps from Images pour orchestre
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Rautavaara: Piano Concerto No. 1, Opus 45 [First San Francisco Symphony Performances]
Debussy: Iberia from Images
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
Debussy: Gigues from Images
Debussy: Rondes de printemps from Images pour orchestre
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Rautavaara: Piano Concerto No. 1, Opus 45 [First San Francisco Symphony Performances]
Debussy: Iberia from Images
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
Xavier Muzik (EBC winner): New Work (SF Symphony Commission and World Premiere)
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Xavier Muzik (EBC winner): New Work (SF Symphony Commission)
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Xavier Muzik (EBC winner): New Work (SF Symphony Commission)
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Karen Cargill, mezzo
Tuuli Takala, soprano
Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Karen Cargill, mezzo
Tuuli Takala, soprano
Stravinsky: Octet for wind instruments
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Boulez: Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
L.A. Dance Project
Benjamin Millepied, choreographer
Stravinsky: Octet for wind instruments
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Boulez: Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
L.A. Dance Project
Benjamin Millepied, choreographer
Bacewicz: Overture
Salonen: kínēma
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Kristian Sallinen, conductor
Eva Mäenluoma, clarinet
Salzburg Easter Festival 2025
Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Cast
Dmitry Ulyanov, Prince Ivan Khovansky
Thomas Atkins, Andrei Khovansky
Matthew White, Prince Vasily Golizyn
Andre Schuen, Shaklovity
Ain Anger, Dosifei
Nadezhda Karyazina, Marfa
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Ein Schreiber
Salzburg Easter Festival 2025
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Mané Galoyan, soprano
Jasmin White, Alto
Salzburg Easter Festival 2025
Salonen: Cello Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Senja Rummukainen, cello
Salzburg Easter Festival 2025
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Mané Galoyan, soprano
Jasmin White, Alto
Salzburg Easter Festival 2025
Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Cast
Dmitry Ulyanov, Prince Ivan Khovansky
Thomas Atkins, Andrei Khovansky
Matthew White, Prince Vasily Golizyn
Andre Schuen, Shaklovity
Ain Anger, Dosifei
Nadezhda Karyazina, Marfa
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Ein Schreiber
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Dessner: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Dessner: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Dessner: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Boulez: Notations IV, for solo piano
Boulez: Notations IV, for orchestra
Boulez: Notations VII, for solo piano
Boulez: Notations VII, for orchestra
Bartok: Piano Concerto for Orchestra No. 3
Debussy: La mer
Boulez: Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Boulez: Notations IV, for solo piano
Boulez: Notations IV, for orchestra
Boulez: Notations VII, for solo piano
Boulez: Notations VII, for orchestra
Bartok: Piano Concerto for Orchestra No. 3
Debussy: La mer
Boulez: Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Boulez: Notations IV, for solo piano
Boulez: Notations IV, for orchestra
Boulez: Notations VII, for solo piano
Boulez: Notations VII, for orchestra
Bartok: Piano Concerto for Orchestra No. 3
Debussy: La mer
Boulez: Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Boulez: Notations IV, for solo piano
Boulez: Notations IV, for orchestra
Boulez: Notations VII, for solo piano
Boulez: Notations VII, for orchestra
Bartok: Piano Concerto for Orchestra No. 3
Debussy: La mer
Boulez: Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Lindberg: Chorale (First SF Symphony Performance)
Berg: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete)
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Isabelle Faust, violin
Lindberg: Chorale
Berg: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete)
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Isabelle Faust, violin
Lindberg: Chorale
Berg: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete)
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Isabelle Faust, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
Strauss: Don Juan
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Gabriella Smith: New Work (World Premiere, SF Symphony Commission)
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Strauss: Don Juan
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Gabriella Smith: New Work (SF Symphony Commission)
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Strauss: Don Juan
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Gabriella Smith: New Work (SF Symphony Commission)
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Heidi Stober, soprano
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Jenny Wong, director
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Heidi Stober, soprano
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Jenny Wong, director
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Heidi Stober, soprano
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Jenny Wong, director
Busoni: Piano Concerto
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Igor Levit, piano
Busoni: Piano Concerto
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Igor Levit, piano
Busoni: Piano Concerto
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Igor Levit, piano
Salonen: Tiu
Salonen: kínēma
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Christoffer Sundqvist, clarinet
Rautavaara: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3, “Gift of Dreams”
Salonen: Insomnia
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, “Winter Dreams”
Munich Philharmonic
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Olli Mustonen, piano
Rautavaara: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3, “Gift of Dreams”
Salonen: Insomnia
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, “Winter Dreams”
Munich Philharmonic
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Olli Mustonen, piano
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Julie Roset, soprano
Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, mezzo-soprano
Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris
Romeo Castelucci, director
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Julie Roset, soprano
Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, mezzo-soprano
Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris
Romeo Castelucci, director
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Julie Roset, soprano
Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, mezzo-soprano
Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris
Romeo Castelucci, director
Saariaho: Sept Papillons
Saariaho: Oi Kuu
Saariaho: Laconisme de l'aile
Saariaho: Cendres
Saariaho: Dolce Tormento
Salonen: Meeting
Grisey: Anubis-Nout
Murail: A letter from Vincent
Lindberg: Trio
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Janisch: Pandora (Premiere)
Schlünz: Far Away
Rautavaara: Concerto for violin and orchestra
Wallen: The Girl In My Alphabet
Salonen: Gemini
Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Armando Merino, conductor
Yoichi Yamashita, violin
Janisch: Pandora (Premiere)
Schlünz: Far Away
Rautavaara: Concerto for violin and orchestra
Wallen: The Girl In My Alphabet
Salonen: Gemini
Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Armando Merino, conductor
Yoichi Yamashita, violin
Fauré: Pavane
Salonen: Sinfonia Concertante
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, “Romantic”
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Bleuse, conductor
Iveta Apkalna, organ
Reading: Rainer Maria Rilke: Extracts from First Elegy from Duino Elegies
Butterworth: “Two English Idylls” and “The Banks of Green Willow”
Reading: Laurence Binyon: “For the Fallen”
Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1
Reading, Emily Dickinson: “The World is not Conclusion”
Salonen: Concert étude
Reading, Christopher Okigbo: “Come Thunder”
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C minor
Reading, Sir Ben Okri: Extracts from “From Mental Fight”
Tess Jackson, conductor
Ben Goldscheider, horn
Sir Ben Okri, poetry reader
Wennäkoski: Flounce
Lindberg: Viola Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Lawrence Power, viola
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Poppe: Altbau (Lithuanian premiere)
Vitkauskaitė: Concerto for violin and orchestra (premiere)
Salonen: Cello Concerto
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Modestas Pitrėnas, conductor
Nicolas Altstaedt, cello
Dalia Kuzecovaitė, violin
Saariaho: Lumière et pesanteur
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major
Colburn Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Ray Ushikubo, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”
Salonen: Cello Concerto
Debussy: La mer
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Rainer Eudeikis, cello
Salonen: Nyx
Bruckner: Symphony No 8
Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra
Benjamin Ellin, conductor
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”
Salonen: Cello Concerto
Debussy: La mer
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Rainer Eudeikis, cello
Salonen: Sinfonia Concertante
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Olivier Latry, organ
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”
Salonen: Cello Concerto
Debussy: La mer
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Rainer Eudeikis, cello
Salonen: Sinfonia Concertante
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Olivier Latry, organ
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Salonen: Cello Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
The Cleveland Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Senja Rummukainen, cello
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Salonen: Cello Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
The Cleveland Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Senja Rummukainen, cello
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Salonen: Cello Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
The Cleveland Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Senja Rummukainen, cello
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Sayaka Shoji, violin
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Sayaka Shoji, violin
Finnis: The Air, Turning (Dutch premiere)
Bjarnason: Inferno (Dutch premiere)
Sigurđsson: No Nights Dark Enough - For Love of Her (Do But Kill Me) (Dutch premiere)
Salonen: Gemini (Dutch premiere)
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Sayaka Shoji, violin
Hindemith: “Ragtime”
Muhly: Piano Concerto (World Premiere and SF Symphony Commission)
Bach (arr. Elgar): Fantasia & Fugue
Hindemith: “Mathis der Maler”
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Alexandre Tharaud, piano