Same age as me but I am older! A long time ago I interviewed Esa-Pekka Salonen on the phone. He was scheduled to call me at 11.30 on the morning in question from Munich airport; he did so, to the second.
Many Happy Returns to Esa-Pekka Salonen, 62 today.
I know Esa-Pekka a little bit. A cool dude. The only senior Finn not to record a Sibelius cycle. Is there a message there.
Probably the best conductor of Stravinsky alive today. Another message?
Anyway his Lemminkainen First Legend is beyond compare.
A little bit complex.
Happy birthday.