Finnish orchestral conductor and composer, Esa-Pekka Salonen, is currently the Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony. He is the Conductor Laureate for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where he was Music Director from 1992 until 2009, the Philharmonia Orchestra, where he was Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor from 2008 until 2021, and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He is known for his enthusiastic adoption of emerging technology and drive to reposition classical music in the 21st century.