Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 1992 — Yesterday
Salonen Conducts Sibelius, StuckySalonenSibelius
The Philadelphia OrchestraConductor
View programme, cast and crewSheku Kanneh-Mason, Salonen, and Symphonie fantastique, ShostakovichBerlioz
New York PhilharmonicConductor
View programme, cast and crewEsa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony, SibeliusAdams
LA PhilConductor
View programme, cast and crewSalonen Conducts Sibelius, StuckySalonenSibelius
The Philadelphia OrchestraConductor
View programme, cast and crewSheku Kanneh-Mason, Salonen, and Symphonie fantastique, ShostakovichBerlioz
New York PhilharmonicConductor
View programme, cast and crewEsa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony, SibeliusAdams
LA PhilConductor
View programme, cast and crewSalonen Conducts Daphnis and Chloe, SaariahoSalonenRavel
The Philadelphia OrchestraConductor
View programme, cast and crewSalonen Conducts Mahler Resurrection, Mahler
Chicago Symphony OrchestraConductor
View cast and crewAlonzo King Lines Ballet & Peter Sellars, RavelSchoenberg, Arnold
San Francisco SymphonyConductor
View programme, cast and crewFri19:30
San Francisco, United StatesEvening Concert, DebussySaariahoSalonenMozart
Ojai Music FestivalAlonzo King Lines Ballet & Peter Sellars, RavelSchoenberg, Arnold
San Francisco SymphonyConductor
View programme, cast and crewEsa-pekka Salonen & Sheku Kanneh-mason, ShostakovichGubaidulinaTchaikovsky, P. I.
San Francisco SymphonyConductor
View programme, cast and crewThu19:30
San Francisco, United StatesEsa-Pekka Salonen’s restless innovation drives him constantly to reposition classical music in the 21st century. He is known as both a composer and conductor and is currently the Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony. He is the Conductor Laureate for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where he was Music Director from 1992 until 2009, the Philharmonia Orchestra, where he was Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor from 2008 until 2021, and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He is part of the faculty of LA’s Colburn School, where he develops, leads, and directs the pre-professional Negaunee Conducting Program. Salonen co-founded—and from 2003 until 2018 served as the Artistic Director for—the annual Baltic Sea Festival, which invites celebrated artists to promote unity and ecological awa