Sakari Oramo

Sakari Oramo is among the best known and most heavily recorded Finnish conductors on the international scene. He has received high praise for his interpretations of Finnish music, including the music of Sibelius, Kaija Saariaho, and Magnus Lindberg, and has championed the music of British composers such as John Foulds. Oramo is the conductor laureate of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Oramo was born in Helsinki on October 26, 1965. He trained as a violinist and, from his teens, played with the Avanti! Chamber Orche...