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An introduction to Anna-Maria Helsing, the Finnish-Swedish conductor who will take the baton for two of the 2023 BBC Proms

Musicians around the world are remembering the talented and versatile Finnish violinist, conductor and composer Jaakko Kuusisto, who died Wednesday at age 48 after a two-year battle with brain cancer. Born into a family of musicians, including his grandfather, Taneli Kuusisto, and his father, Ilkka Kuusisto, both composers, Kuusisto and his younger brother Pekka Kuusisto started violin at an early age. Kuusisto attended the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, where he studied violin with Géza Szilvay...

Rumon Gamba appointed as Chief Conductor of Oulu Symphony Orchestra (c) Andreas Nilsson The Brit Rumon Gamba, 48, has been appointed as Chief Conductor of Oulu Symphony Orchestra. He succeeds Johannes Gustavsson, whose term with the orchestra expires this spring. Gamba’s contract period will exceptionally start from the beginning of the calendar year, in January 2022, and cover three years with an option of one additional year, the orchestra announced on Twitter. Rumon Gamba has acquired part...