Osmo Vänskä, composer

From conductor to composer

Osmo Vänskä is stepping into the world of composing. This former Chief Conductor of the Lahti Symphony and current Music Director of the Minnesota Orchestra has copmposed a nine-minute work titled Bridges, which will get its premiere this Sunday, May 25, 2008 in Minneapolis. "Bridges" was inspired by the collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge last summer. Read the whole article by Graydon Royce/Star Tribune  here