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Official website for the Finnish conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Chief Conductor of the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne. Catch up on his latest news, press and recordings, watch video clips and find out where he is conducting next. More

WDR Symphony Orchestra 2014/15 Season

Find out where you can see Jukka-Pekka Saraste and the WDR Symphony Orchestra perform throughout the 2014/15 season. More

Recent Recordings

Browse his extensive discography, including recordings of Mahler, Stravinsky, Schoenberg and Brahms with the WDR Symphony Orchestra and Mahler 6 with the Oslo Philharmonic. More

Next Concert

July 31

Tammisaari

Finnish Chamber Orchestra

Kari Kriiku, clarinet
Bizarre Bazaar: Kari Kriiku
R.STRAUSS: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Suite for Orchestra

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Video

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Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne

In the Press

“Brahms as it should be”

– Salzburger Kulturzeitung

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News

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JUKKA-PEKKA AND THE WDR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RETURN TO SALZBURG

Jukka-Pekka and the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne return to Salzburg for their second residency at the Großes Festspielhaus, with concerts on 21, 22 and 23 May.

May 21, 2014 – Read more

 

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CONCLUSION OF BEETHOVEN CYCLE WITH RADU LUPU IN HELSINKI

The final concert of the Beethoven cycle with Radu Lupu and the Finnish Chamber Orchestra takes place on 26 April at the Helsinki Music Centre.

April 24, 2014 – Read more

 

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Jukka-Pekka and the WDR Symphony in Cologne and the Baltic with Brahms and Beethoven

Jukka-Pekka and the WDR Symphony Orchestra perform concerts in the Philharmonie before touring to Warsaw, Vilnius and Tallinn.

March 30, 2014 – Read more