Ari Rasilainen

Ari Rasilainen studied orchestral conducting in the Sibelius Academy class of Jorma Panula and with Arvid Jansons. He was Conductor of the Lappeenranta City Orchestra 1985-1989, Artistic Director and Principal Guest Conductor of the Tampere Philharmonic 1989-1994, and Chief Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra 1994-2002. He has further been General Music Director of the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz and Principal Guest Conductor of the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra since 2002.