The current composer-in-residence at the New York Philharmonic is from this country, as is a violin concerto whose soloist enters with the notes G A D as pianissimo strings play a D minor chord.
A composer from this country quoted his piece knock, breathe, shine in a cello concerto premiered by Yo-Yo Ma in March 2017. A conductor from this country recorded all of Beethoven's symphonies on the BIS label with the Minnesota Orchestra, which he has led since 2003. The current composer-in-residence at the New York Philharmonic is from this country, as is a violin concerto whose soloist enters with the notes G A D as pianissimo strings play a D minor chord. Conductors from this country include Robert Kajanus ("kah-YAH-noos") and the 1992 to 2009 director of the LA Philharmonic. This country's greatest composer wrote most of his Symphony No. 2 in D while abroad in Italy and composed no music for thirty years after the tone poem Tapiola. For 10 points, name this homeland of Osmo Vänskä, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Jean Sibelius.
A composer from this country quoted his piece knock, breathe, shine in a cello concerto premiered by Yo-Yo Ma in March 2017.
Finland [or Suomi] &lt;Music&gt;