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Published: Thursday, 01 February 2024 at 09:20 AM


To the uninitiated, the conductor can seem superfluous – simply waving their arms in the air while the orchestra does the hard work. But the art of conducting is fundamental to a great orchestra’s sound and identity. Jeremy Pound speaks to BBC Symphony Orchestra principal conductor Sakari Oramo about this mysterious vocation.

BBC Music Magazine named Sakari Oramo in its round-up of the best Finnish conductors.

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