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Okko Kamu

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Complete Works for String... (1997)	Violin Concerto / Finland... (1997)	Symphonies: No. 3 "Sinfon... (1996)
Symphonies no. 1 "Sinfoni... (1996)	Palatsi = The Palace (1996)	Swedish Orchestral Favour... (1995)
Moonchild's Dream (1995)	Songs of Life and Death /... (1995)	Violin Concerto (1995)
Piano Concerto / Soirées ... (1994)	Symphonie Nr. 2 D-Dur / K... (1994)	The Music for Piano and O... (1993)
Tchaikovsky Violin Concer... (1993)	Violin Concertos (1992)	Sunrise Serenade / Sympho... (1992)
The Alfred Schnittke Edit... (1990)	Symphonien Nr. 1 & 3 (1990)	The Red Line (1990)
The Winter Trombone (1988)	Violin Concerto / Karelia... (1988)	Symphony no. 4 / Cello Co... (1985)
Symphony in C minor / Ove... (1982)	Symphony Nr. 2 (1961) / S... (1980)	Violinkonzerte (1978)
Symphonie Nr. 2 D-Dur, op... (1970)

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1946

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Okko Tapani Kamu (born 7 March 1946, Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish orchestral conductor and violinist.
Kamu was born into a family of musicians. His father played double bass in the Helsinki Philharmonic. He began violin studies at age two and entered the Sibelius Academy at age six. He formed his own string quartet, the Suhonen, in 1964 where he played first violin. At age 20, he was appointed first solo violinist at the Finnish National Opera, and held this post until 1968. He then began to conduct, initially with the Finnish National Opera orchestra. Primarily self-taught, he became principal guest conductor of the Royal Swedish Opera in 1969, the same year as he won the first Herbert von Karajan Conducting Competition in Berlin. From 1971 to 1977, Kamu was principal conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Outside of Finland, Kamu was principal conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic from 1975 to 1979. He has also held leadership positions with the Stockholm Sinfonietta. He has been chief guest conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen Philharmonic, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. He was principal guest conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra until 2017.