A Profile of Esa-Pekka Salonen

David Patrick Stearns — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:09:13 +0000

David Patrick Stearns profiles acclaimed Finnish composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen. As a composer, Salonen is quoted saying "Musical expression is bodily expression, there is no abstract cerebral expression in my opinion. It all comes out of the body." As a conductor he has simply stated that the primary reason he took up conducting was to ensure that someone would conduct his own compositions. He is currently principal conductor and artistic advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, and conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Mahler For The People: The L.A. Philharmonic In Caracas

Brian Lauritzen — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:20:09 +0000

The Los Angeles Philharmonic and its conductor, Gustavo Dudamel, have just returned from a tour in Caracas, Venezuela, where they performed Gustav Mahler's 8th Symphony.

The music is known as the "Symphony of a Thousand," and Dudamel led a chorus of more than 1,100 together with two orchestras — the Philharmonic and the Simo