Esa-Pekka Salonen - Career Highlights

Career Highlights

• 1981 – Completed first large scale work, ...auf den ersten Blick und ohne zu wissen...
• 1983 – Co-founded Avanti! Chamber Orchestra in Finland with Jukka-Pekka Saraste
• 1985 – Appointed chief conductor of Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
• 1992 – Wins the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers
• 1992 – Became Music Director of Los Angeles Philharmonic
• 1993 – Becomes the first conductor to receive the prestigious Siena Prize of the Accademia Chigiana
• 1995 – Artistic Director of Helsinki Festival
• 1997 – Conducts Ligeti's opera, Le Grand Macabre, at the Salzburg Festival with the Philharmonia Orchestra
• 1997 – World premiere of LA Variations in Los Angeles
• 2000 – Conducting sabbatical to concentrate on composing
• 2003 – Opening concerts at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, subsequently televised in the United States on PBS Great Performances
• 2005 – Festivals of his own compositions, performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Los Angeles and Cologne
• 2006 – Named "Musician of the Year" by Musical America
• 2007 – "The Tristan Project," performed in Los Angeles and New York
• 2007 – World premiere of his Piano Concerto with Yefim Bronfman (piano) and the New York Philharmonic
• 2008 – Began tenure as Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra
• 2009 – World premiere of his Violin Concerto with Leila Josefowicz (violin) and the Los Angeles Philharmonic
• 2011 – Salonen wins the 2012 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his Violin Concerto