Esa-Pekka Salonen KBE (pronounced (listen); born 30 June 1958) is a Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He is conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, and music director of the San Francisco Symphony. In April 2010 Salonen was elected a Foreign Honorary Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In May 2010 he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Southern California, and later the same day spoke at the graduation ceremony for the USC Thornton School of Music. Salonen carried the Olympic flame on 26 July 2012, as part of the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay. In December 2020 he was appointed an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE), for services to music and UK-Finland relations. More information...
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