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SEPTEMBER 29TH - OCTOBER 8TH 2000 |
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Esa-pekka Salonen
Esa-Pekka Salonen, born in Finland in 1958, studied horn, conducting and composing at
the conservatory in Helsinki during the 1970s with Einojuhani Rautavaara. He initially
considered himself to be a conducting composer, until in 1983 when, following a performance
of Mahler's third symphony with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London undertaken at short
notice, he overnight became a composing conductor. Now following an international
conducting career he has still managed to preserve his creativity as a composer and
each new work is eagerly awaited.
Giro
Giro was first composed in the early 1980s, and completely rewritten and re-orchestrated
in 1997. The original intention of the composer was primarily to add some bass he felt the
piece to be lacking, but after 16 years it turned out that he could not bear to leave any
aspect of Giro untouched. The piece has now entered a new life and shows on one side the
strength of young Salonen's musical ideas and on the other the experienced orchestral
composer of today.