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Santtu-Matias Rouvali

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Finnish prodigy Louvali, who caused a sensation with his performance alongside the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra during his first visit to Japan in 2011, was appointed principal conductor of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra in his twenties, succeeding Hannu Lintu, a renowned specialist in Nordic music. While his 2017 tour of Japan with the orchestra drew considerable attention, beginning that fall, he also took on the role of principal conductor at the prestigious Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in Swedenan institution known for its long, close association with the maestro Neeme , he also became the principal conductor of the prestigious Gothenburg Symphony Orchestraknown for its long and fruitful collaboration with the maestromarking the first time the position had been held by a principal conductor since Dudamel (200712). To mark this momentous first step for Louvali and the Gothenburg Sy