Jukka-Pekka Saraste

BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY CYCLE WITH WDR SINFONIEORCHESTER

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Welcome to the website

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

TEACHING LEADERSHIP

Jukka-Pekka establishes new training programme for young musicians More

Recent Recordings

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

Idagio

See Jukka-Pekka’s profile on Idagio where you can stream and listen to many of his recordings in high qualityMore

Notes & Interviews

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

Video

Berlioz: Requiem
WDR Sinfonieorchester
Kölner Dom 2017

In the Press

“…an Intellectual, conscientious approach to every work … in addition to mastering not only Brahms and Beethoven, he also excels in Mahler, Bruckner and Sibelius”

June 2019
– ResMusica.com

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News

CHORÉGIES D’ORANGE 150th ANNIVERSARY: MAHLER SYMPHONY NO. 8

Jukka-Pekka leads musicians from the Orchestre National de France and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in a performance of Mahler’s eighth symphony to be held at the Théâtre Antique, Orange, as the Chorégies d’Orange marks its 150th anniversary.

July 1, 2019 – Read more

OUT NOW: RECORDING OF COMPLETE BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY CYCLE WITH WDR SINFONIEORCHESTER

The symphonies, recorded live in Cologne and released as box set, will be released soon on the PROFIL HAENSSLER label.

March 12, 2019 – Read more

NEW PRODUCTION OF MENDELSSOHN’S ELIAS AT THEATER AN DER WIEN

Mendelssohn’s oratorio, directed by Calixto Bieito, will receive its premiere in Vienna on February 16 2019.

January 13, 2019 – Read more

Jukka-Pekka Saraste - Conductor