Sakari Oramo

Sakari Oramo (born 1965) is a Finnish conductor. He started his career as a violinist and concertmaster of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 1989 he enrolled in Jorma Panula's conducting class at the Sibelius Academy. In 1993, just one year after completing the course, he stood in for a sick conductor with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. This success led to his appointment as Co-Principal Conductor. As of 1999, Oramo is Music Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and since 2003 Principal Conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 2008, he will relinquish his positions in Birmingham, and he will become Principal Conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.

Oramo is married to the Finnish soprano Anu Komsi, and they have two sons.

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Preceded by: Simon Rattle	Principal Conductor and Music Director, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 1999–2008	Succeeded by: incumbent (until 2008)
Preceded by: Jukka-Pekka Saraste	Principal Conductor, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra 2003–	Succeeded by: incumbent

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