Sakari Oramo
Sakari Oramo is among the best known and most heavily recorded Finnish conductors on the international scene. He has received high praise for his interpretations of Finnish music, including the music of Sibelius, Kaija Saariaho, and Magnus Lindberg, and has championed the music of British composers such as John Foulds. Oramo is the conductor laureate of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Oramo was born in Helsinki on October 26, 1965. He trained as a violinist and, from his teens, played with the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra for seven years. He also performed as a member of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, eventually becoming the concertmaster. From 1989 to 1992, he studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy with Jorma Panula. He made his conducting debut with the Finnish Radio Symphony in a performance of the Brahms First Symphony in 1993 and enjoyed such success that he was appointed the orchestra's associate principal conductor that same year. Among his earliest recordings with the orchestra was a 1995 Ondine album of works by Uuno Klami.
In 1998, Oramo became the principal conductor and artistic director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and assumed the post of music director the following year; he held these positions until 2008. With the City of Birmingham Symphony, he was a prominent leader of the Elgar 150th birthday celebrations in 2007 and received an Elgar Medal for his advancement of the composer's music in 2008. During his tenure with the City of Birmingham Symphony, Oramo championed the music of little-known English composer John Foulds and conducted works by a wide array of British composers, including Britten, Vaughan Williams, and Walton. In 2003, he was elevated to principal conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony, where he remained until 2012. Oramo co-founded the Kokkola Opera in 2004 and served as principal conductor until the company closed in 2018. In 2005, he recorded Mahler's Fifth Symphony with the City of Birmingham Symphony, an effort that drew much critical acclaim.
In 2008, Oramo became the chief conductor and artistic advisor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, concluding his tenure there following the 2020-2021 season and taking the role of conductor laureate. Among Oramo's more lauded recordings with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic is the Nobel Prize Concert 2010, issued in 2011 on Accentus, featuring works by Beethoven, Sibelius, and Tchaikovsky. Following a successful guest conducting appearance in 2011, Oramo assumed the post of chief conductor and artistic director of the BBC Symphony Orchestra in 2015. Oramo was featured on several albums in 2019, including the Chandos album Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite; Spring Song; Suite from Belshazzar's Feast, conducting the BBC Symphony, and an Ondine album of horn concertos with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, featuring Markus Maskuniitty. Oramo has continued his rigorous recording pace in the 2020s, leading the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra on a recording of Unsuk Chin's Piano Concerto with pianist Sunwook Kim in 2023.
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109 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Busoni: Piano Concerto (Live)
Kirill Gerstein, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Classique - Paru chez Myrios Classics le 15 mars 2019
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Grieg: Piano Concerto; Lyric Pieces
Javier Perianes, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Musique concertante - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 15 mai 2015
Choc de Classica5 de DiapasonGramophone Editor's ChoiceDisponible en24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Dora Pejačević: Piano Concerto, Op. 33, Symphony in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 41
Dora Pejacevic, Peter Donohoe, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Classique - Paru chez Chandos le 29 avr. 2022
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Dora Pejačević: Piano Concerto, Op. 33, Symphony in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 41
Dora Pejacevic, Peter Donohoe, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Classique - Paru chez Chandos le 29 avr. 2022
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Sibelius & Walton Violin Concertos
Akiko Suwanai, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 2003
Disponible en24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Classique - Paru chez Chandos le 17 nov. 2023
Disponible en24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Classique - Paru chez Chandos le 17 nov. 2023
Disponible en24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Busoni: Piano Concerto (Live)
Kirill Gerstein, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Classique - Paru chez Myrios Classics le 15 mars 2019
Disponible en16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Spring Song & Suite from "Belshazzar's Feast"
Jean Sibelius, Sakari Oramo, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Chandos le 31 mai 2019
Gramophone Editor's ChoiceDisponible en24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Spring Song & Suite from "Belshazzar's Feast"
Jean Sibelius, Sakari Oramo, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Chandos le 31 mai 2019
Gramophone Editor's ChoiceDisponible en24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
Yevgeny Sudbin, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Classique - Paru chez BIS le 2 févr. 2018
Disponible en24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Chin: Piano Concerto
Berliner Philharmoniker, Sakari Oramo, Sunwook Kim
Musique concertante - Paru chez Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings le 17 nov. 2023
Diapason d'orDisponible en24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Classique - Paru chez BIS le 4 févr. 2014
Disponible en24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Classique - Paru chez BIS le 5 mai 2015
Choc de ClassicaDiapason d'orDisponible en24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Nørgård: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 8
Sakari Oramo, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Dacapo SACD le 1 juin 2014
4 étoiles ClassicaGramophone AwardGramophone Editor's ChoiceDisponible en24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
Per Nørgård : Symphonies Nos. 1 & 8
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Symphonies - Paru chez Dacapo le 1 juin 2014
4 étoiles ClassicaGramophone AwardGramophone Editor's ChoiceDisponible en24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
Ravel: La valse, M. 72 & Other Works
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Classique - Paru chez BIS le 4 févr. 2022
Disponible en24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Langgaard: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6 - Gade: Tango jalousie
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Anu Komsi, Sakari Oramo
Classique - Paru chez Dacapo le 7 sept. 2018
Gramophone Editor's ChoiceDisponible en24-Bit/192 kHz Stereo -
Langgaard: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6 - Gade: Tango jalousie
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Classique - Paru chez Dacapo SACD le 7 sept. 2018
Gramophone Editor's ChoiceDisponible en24-Bit/192 kHz Stereo -
Distant Light (Barber - Hillborg - Björk)
Renée Fleming, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 6 janv. 2017
Disponible en24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
Kungliga Filharmonikerna, Sakari Oramo
Classique - Paru chez BIS le 3 févr. 2015
5 de DiapasonDisponible en24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo