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June 30th
On this date in 1958, the Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen was born in Helsinki. While his professional success has been due to his work on the podium, Salonen has always identified himself primarily as a creative artist. He took up conducting while studying at the Sibelius Academy not because of his interest in the craft, but r…
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