Sakari Oramo
Finnish conductor
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sakari Markus Oramo, is a Finnish conductor. He is chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Biography and career Oramo was born in Helsinki and started his career as a violinist and concertmaster of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 1989, he enrolled in Jorma Panula's conducting class at the Sibelius Academy. In 1993, just one year after completing the course, he stood in for a sick conductor with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. This led to his appointment as co-principal conductor. Oramo has also worked with Finland's Avanti! ensemble. Oramo became principal guest conductor of the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra in 1995, and one of its principal conductors in 2009. In 2013, he became the orchestra's artistic director.
