SARASTE, JUKKA-PEKKA (, Heinola), conductor.
Saraste entered the Sibelius Academy in 1975 to study violin and conducting with Jorma Panula. In 1978 he became a violinist in the Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 1981, Saraste and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen (see SALONEN, ESA-PEKKA) founded AVANTI!, an ensemble that began as a student organization to play new compositions. In the same year he won the Nordic conducting competition, sharing first prize with Atso Almila (see ALMILA, ATSO), and began to...