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.
Bacewicz: Overture
Salonen: kínēma
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Kristian Sallinen, conductor
Eva Mäenluoma, clarinet
Salzburg Easter Festival 2025
Salonen: Cello Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Senja Rummukainen, cello
Salonen: Homunculus
Meta4
Antti Tikkanen, violin
Minna Pensola, violin
Atte Kilpeläinen, viola
Tomas Djupsjöbacka, cello
Strauss: Don Juan
Salonen: Horn Concerto (world premiere)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stefan Dohr, horn
Musikfest Berlin 2025
Luciano Berio: Requies
Salonen: Horn Concerto (German premiere)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stefan Dohr, horn
Salonen: Tiu (Swedish premiere)
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Salonen: Dona Nobis Pacem
Ligeti: Requiem
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Janine Jansen, violin
Swedish Radio Choir
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
Jennifer France, soprano
Malena Ernman, mezzo-soprano
Salonen: Tiu
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Salonen: Dona Nobis Pacem
Ligeti: Requiem
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Janine Jansen, violin
Swedish Radio Choir
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
Jennifer France, soprano
Malena Ernman, mezzo-soprano
Debussy: Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune
Salonen: Horn Concerto (French premiere)
Sibelius: La fille de Pohjola
Debussy: La mer
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stefan Dohr, horn
Debussy: Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune
Salonen: Horn Concerto
Sibelius: La fille de Pohjola
Debussy: La mer
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stefan Dohr, horn
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
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
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
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
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
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
Saariaho: Lumière et Pesanteur
Salonen: Sinfonia concertante for organ and orchestra
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloé (complete ballet)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Olivier Latry, organ
Saariaho: Lumière et Pesanteur
Salonen: Sinfonia concertante for organ and orchestra
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloé (complete ballet)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Olivier Latry, organ
Saariaho: Lumière et Pesanteur
Salonen: Sinfonia concertante for organ and orchestra
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloé (complete ballet)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Olivier Latry, organ
Stucky: Radical Light
Salonen: kínēma
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Philadelphia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Ricardo Morales, clarinet
Stucky: Radical Light
Salonen: kínēma
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Philadelphia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Ricardo Morales, clarinet
Stucky: Radical Light
Salonen: kínēma
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Philadelphia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Ricardo Morales, clarinet