CONDUCTOR

Esa-Pekka Salonen

1958 - Today

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Esa-Pekka Salonen (pronounced [ˈesɑˌpekːɑ ˈsɑlonen] ; born 30 June 1958) is a Finnish conductor and composer. He is the music director of the San Francisco Symphony and conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra in London and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Esa-Pekka Salonen has received more than 540,616 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Esa-Pekka Salonen is the 55th most popular conductor (up from 76th in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Finland (up from 157th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Conductor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Esa-Pekka Salonen ranks 55 out of 128. Before him are José Antonio Abreu, Karel Ančerl, Günter Wand, Leo Borchard, Victor de Sabata, and Kurt Sanderling. After him are Yevgeny Svetlanov, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Marek Janowski, Eugene Aynsley Goossens, Robert Kajanus, and Artur Rodziński.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Esa-Pekka Salonen ranks 112. Before him are Carlos Tavares, Natalya Estemirova, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Karlheinz Förster, and Dragan Đokanović. After him are Eric Singer, Yoshito Usui, Michael Winslow, Zdravko Krivokapić, Mágico González, and Charlie Kaufman.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Esa-Pekka Salonen ranks 126 out of 751. Before him are Antti Rinne (1962), Erik Heinrichs (1890), Sami Hyypiä (1973), Kati Outinen (1961), Timo Salonen (1951), and Anneli Jäätteenmäki (1955). After him are Albin Stenroos (1889), Bo Carpelan (1926), Gustaf John Ramstedt (1873), Juho Vennola (1872), Leo Kinnunen (1943), and Gunnar Höckert (1910).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Finland

Among conductors born in Finland, Esa-Pekka Salonen ranks 2. Before him are Leif Segerstam (1944). After him are Robert Kajanus (1856), Jorma Panula (1930), Paavo Berglund (1929), Jukka-Pekka Saraste (1956), Okko Kamu (1946), and Osmo Vänskä (1953).

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