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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 2013/14 Season

Find out where you can see Jukka-Pekka Saraste and the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, perform throughout the 2013/14 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

March 27 & 28

Cologne

WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne

Anna Vinnitskaya, piano
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne

In the Press

“The intensity of his interpretations confirm each time his ability to blend by osmosis into the most complex of music.”

– Concert Classic

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News

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Jukka-Pekka And The WDR Symphony Orchestra In Cologne And Vienna With Viennese Programme

Jukka-Pekka conducts the world premiere of Friedrich Cerha’s Drei Orchesterstücke in Cologne and brings the WDR Symphony to Vienna with a programme of Viennese music.

February 3, 2014 – Read more

 

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In Conversation with Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Interview by Andrea Meyer-Borghardt (translated by Eva Oswalt) in the Dirigentenforum magazine about conducting, orchestral sound and the secret of a good rehearsal.

November 29, 2013 – Read more

 

Jukka-Pekka and the WDR Symphony Orchestra at the Dirigentenforum 2013

Jukka-Pekka and the WDR Symphony Orchestra will be participating in Germany’s prestigious Dirigentenforum 2013 for talented young conductors from 25-29 November in Cologne.

November 21, 2013 – Read more