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Esa-Pekka Salonen

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Classical

Esa-Pekka Salonen is a Classical act. Their sound grew out of André Previn. Those roots explain a lot about how Esa-Pekka Salonen arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Paavo Järvi, Antonio Pappano, Eugene Ormandy, Thomas Adès and Myung-whun Chung, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Philharmonia Orchestra, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 11 connections around Esa-Pekka Salonen, reaching back through André Previn and forward to Philharmonia Orchestra. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Esa-Pekka SalonenAndré PrevinPhilharmonia OrchestraPaavo JärviAntonio PappanoEugene OrmandyThomas AdèsMyung-whun ChungDaniel BarenboimBenjamin BrittenPaul Hindemith

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Esa-Pekka Salonen connections

Esa-Pekka Salonen grew out of André Previn, shares an orbit with Paavo Järvi, Antonio Pappano, Eugene Ormandy and Thomas Adès, went on to shape Philharmonia Orchestra. 11 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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