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The conductor Osmo Vänskä (* 28. Februrary 1953 Sääminki, Finland) started his musical career as principal clarinettist of the Helsinki Philharmonic. After studying conducting at the Sibelius Academy, he won the 1982 Besançon Young Conductor's Competition. In 1996 he was appointed to be chief conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and in 2003 chief conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra.
External links
- Osmo Vänskä at Virtual Finland (http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=26183)
- Osmo Vänskä at Hyperion Records (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/artist_page.asp?name=vanska)