Born: Lahti, Finland
Current position: Chief Conductor Philharmonia Orchestra, Honorary Conductor Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
Previously: Chief Conductor Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Education: percussion and conducting at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, with teachers including Jorma Panula, Leif Segerstam and Hannu Lintu
Guest conducting: Berliner Philharmoniker, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, orchestras of New York, Cleveland, Chicago and Los Angeles, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Discography: recordings for Ondine, Orfeo, Alpha Classics and Philharmonia Records, awarded Editor’s Choice (Gramophone), Choc (Classica), Diapason d’Or, Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik
Debut Rotterdam Philharmonic: 2026