Jukka-Pekka Saraste

The official YouTube page of conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste.

Jukka-Pekka Saraste has established himself as one of the outstanding conductors of his generation, demonstrating remarkable musical depth and integrity. An artist of exceptional versatility and breadth, Saraste maintains a special affinity with the sound and style of late Romantic music. Equally, he feels a strong impetus towards contemporary work, and has enjoyed particularly strong alliances with composers such as Henri Dutilleux, Magnus Lindberg and Kaija Saariaho.

Saraste served as Chief Conductor of the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne from 2010 until the end of the 2018/2019 season. He was also Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra from 2006 to 2013 and at the end of his tenure there was made Conductor Laureate, the very first such honour bestowed by that orchestra.