Elizabeth Eck on a recent concert of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Esa-Pekka Salonen.

At the San Francisco Symphony, Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and his predecessor ... our man is 45 years old. He has an ex ...

My wife and another woman here ... my producer -- it was not enough time for him to get there, so we had to wait. Esa-Pekka Salonen, the conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, was like ...

It’s been too long since we’ve seen Esa-Pekka Salonen on the podium.The conductor-composer, a youthful 66, had to bail on his annual Chicago Symphony booking last season to receive the Polar ...

For Yuja Wang’s legion of fans, the pianist’s prodigious, seemingly inexhaustible gifts are a settled matter. The sound and fury, range and finesse, drama and delicacy she summons from a Steinway ...

Salonen took the orchestra through episode after episode, showing careful dynamic shaping from one to another, transitioning smoothly through textural changes. He showed clear command of the ...

Wang is back: The phenomenal Yuja Wang returns to Davies Symphony Hall for four performances, joining music director Esa-Pekka Salonen and the orchestra in two works: Ravel’s Piano Concerto for ...

Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen received a 2025 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra’s recording of Adriana Mater, a work by the late Finnish composer ...

Esa-Pekka Salonen, the esteemed Finnish conductor-composer, began a two-week residency at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra last Thursday night at Symphony Center, bringing his latest composition. His ...

Kanye West's creepy instructions to his wife at the Grammy Awards have been revealed by a lip reader, following long-held ...