At the center of it all was Mikko Franck, a young Finnish conductor making his Philharmonic debut.

Not that the Finnish conductor Osmo Vanska deliberately aims at these effects.

Markku Laakso (born 1978, in Lappeenranta) is a Finnish conductor.

I first heard the Finnish conductor in 1994, when he led musicians from Lahti at Saint Peter's Church.

Eva Ollikainen (born 1982) is a Finnish conductor.

Esa-Pekka Salonen (born 30 June 1958) is a Finnish conductor and composer.

He first began to conduct when, as a student, he organized ensembles to play otherwise unperformed orchestral works by young Finnish conductors.

One would expect a Finnish conductor to have special insight into the Nordic angst of this music.

Osmo Vänskä, a Finnish conductor, music director since 2003, took the orchestra into its second century.

Jussi Jalas (June 23, 1908-October 11, 1985) was a Finnish conductor and composer.