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In June 2005, Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra concluded the season by recording the second disc in the Orchestra's all Beethoven cycle on BIS. Released in January 2005, the first album in the five-disc, five-year series met with enormous critical acclaim.
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Celebrating his second season as music director, Osmo Vänskä led the Minnesota Orchestra in a free concert September 19, 2004, at the newly renovated Lake Harriet Bandshell in Minneapolis.
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On April 26, 2004, Osmo Vänskä led the Viva City Orchestra and a chorus of more than 600 Minneapolis elementary students singing “Song of Peace,” from Finlandia. The concert launched the Minnesota Orchestra's new upbeat education program.
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Osmo Vänskä converses with journalists backstage before a sold out concert at Sibelius Hall on February 26, 2004, in Lahti, Finland. Minnesota Orchestra 2004 European Tour. (photo: Greg Helgeson) |
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Osmo Vänskä and Joshua Bell rehearsing before a concert at Vienna's Musikverein, part of the Minnesota Orchestra's 2004 European Tour. (photo: Greg Helgeson) |
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Osmo Vänskä and Henry Steinway, taken February 2004. (photo: Greg Helgeson) |
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Osmo Vänskä, composer Stephen Paulus, Principal Trumpet Manual Laureano and Principal Pops Conductor and trumpet Doc Severinsen at the premiere performance of Paulus's Concerto for Two Trumpets and Orchestra, November 13, 2003.
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Osmo Vänskä leads the Minnesota Orchestra in its 100th Birthday Concert, November 6, 2003. (photo: Greg Helgeson) |
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Osmo Vänskä and guest soprano Harolyn Blackwell receive applause after the Minnesota Orchestra's 100th Birthday concert, November 6, 2003. |
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