Jukka-Pekka Saraste
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Jukka-Pekka Saraste (born April 22, 1956) is a Finnish conductor. He trained as a violinist, and later studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy with Jorma Panula, in the same class as Esa-Pekka Salonen and Osmo Vänskä.
With the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (YLE), Saraste was co-principal second violinist and later an associate to Leif Segerstam. He was chief conductor of the YLE from 1987-2001, and is currently its Conductor of Honour. Regarded as a champion of Finnish music, he recorded the complete symphonies of Jean Sibelius with the YLE.
Jukka-Pekka Saraste is a founding member of the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra and founded the Tammisaari Festival. He was awarded the Finnish State Prize for Music in 2000. He is also an honorary doctor of the University of York and a recipient of the Sibelius Medal.
Outside of Finland, Saraste was the Music Director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra from 1994-2001. He served as Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 2002-2005. In August 2006 he succeeded André Previn as Music Director of the Oslo Philharmonic.
In December 2006, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra announced that Saraste would become the Artistic Advisor to the orchestra from 2008-2011, and also Artistic Director of the Lahti Sibelius Festival in 2008.
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Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
| Preceded by Gunther Herbig |
Music Director, Toronto Symphony Orchestra 1994–2001 |
Succeeded by Peter Oundjian |
| Preceded by Leif Segerstam |
Principal Conductor, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra 1987–2001 |
Succeeded by Sakari Oramo |
| Preceded by André Previn |
Music Director, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra 2006– |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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