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Official website for the Finnish conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Chief Conductor of the WDR Sinfonieorchester. Catch up on his latest news and find out where he is conducting next. More

WDR Sinfonieorchester summer touring 2016

The orchestra visits Salzburg, Wiesbaden and Grafenegg this summer. More

WDR Sinfonieorchester 2016/2017

View the new season brochure and find out where you can see WDR Sinfonieorchester and Jukka-Pekka perform throughout 2016/2017More

Recent Recordings

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

Notes & Interviews

Read interviews with Jukka-Pekka Saraste here, as well as his recent reflections and observations. More

Next Concert

October 7

Paris

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Géraldine Chauvet, soprano
Yann Beuron, tenor
Henk Neven, baritone
Radio France Choire
BERLIOZ: Roméo et Juliette

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Video

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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne

In the Press

"..this highly concentrated, lucid, superbly executed performance must be praised. ... What was created, with an infinitely supple interplay between restlessness, pregnant with catastrophe, and luxuriating harmonies, was a reflection of Mahler's cosmos"

May 2016
– Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger

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News

Mahler: Symphony No. 3 – Extract

Recorded live April 2016 – Kölner Philharmonie
WDR Sinfonieorchester
Conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste

August 16, 2016 – Read more

 

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TAMMISAARI FESTIVAL 2016

The Finnish Chamber Orchestra remembers Jouni Kaipainen at Tammisaari this year
 
 
 
 
 

July 27, 2016 – Read more

 

Jukka-Pekka Saraste während der Konzerte am 8.+9.11.2009 in der Philharmonie Köln mit dem WDR-Sinfonieorchester D-Köln 9.11.2009

WDR Sinfonieorchester summer touring

The orchestra returns to Salzburg, and the Rheingau and Grafenegg Festivals in the course of the summer 2016.
 
 
 

May 27, 2016 – Read more

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