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The BSO Performs Sibelius, with Salonen and Kuusisto

Esa-Pekka Salonen and Pekka Kuusisto, side by side. Both wears dark jackets and have short, blonde hair.
© Andrew Eccles: Salonen; Bård Gundersen: Kuusisto
Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and pianist Pekka Kuusisto

Sunday, July 13, 2025
7:00 PM

Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a program featuring Sibelius’s only concerto, performed by Finnish compatriot Pekka Kuusisto, a work byGabriella Smith that portrays the sizzling sand and pounding surf of Point Reyes, California, and Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5.

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin

Gabriella SMITH Tumblebird Contrails
Jean SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

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