Congratulations Esa-Pekka!

Throughout his entire career as a conductor and composer, Esa-Pekka Salonen has always been a champion of new music and new expressions. In his Cello Concerto, in a whirlwind of notes, he literally pushes the soloist towards the boundary of what is possible. In the 17th century, the violin virtuoso and composer Heinrich Biber was at the cutting edge of music, not least with his Battalia à 10, in which he used very unusual techniques and executions for the time. Beethoven’s creative and rhythmically vibrant Symphony no. 7 positively bubbles over with jubilation and inspiration; what could be a better celebration of the former Chief Conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and co-founder of the Baltic Sea Festival.