This man's violin concerto features the middle movements "Pulse I" and "Pulse II", begins with a movement called "Mirage", and is a portrait of Leila Josefowicz.   A computer tries to create poetry in one of his vocal works, subtitled "Songs of a Homeostatic Homer", and besides Floof, he composed works like Lachen Verlernt, Foreign Bodies, and Helix. He collaborated with Peter Sellars and Bill Vio
This man's violin concerto features the middle movements "Pulse I" and "Pulse II", begins with a movement called "Mirage", and is a portrait of Leila Josefowicz.   A computer tries to create poetry in one of his vocal works, subtitled "Songs of a Homeostatic Homer", and besides Floof, he composed works like Lachen Verlernt, Foreign Bodies, and Helix. He collaborated with Peter Sellars and Bill Viola on his "Tristan Project" and this man premiered Arvo Part's fourth symphony as well as Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre. He won a Grammy for his recording of Lutoslawski's third symphony, and he founded Toimii with Magnus Lindberg and the Avanti! Orchestra with Jukka-Pekka Saraste, a former classmate at the Sibelius Academy. Currently the Principal Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra, for 10 points, name this Finnish composer and conductor, succeeded by Dudamel as conductor for the Los Angeles Philarmonic.
This man's violin concerto features the middle movements "Pulse I" and "Pulse II", begins with a movement called "Mirage", and is a portrait of Leila Josefowicz.   
Esa-Pekka {Salonen}