• He is a Finnish orchestral conductor and composer born in 1958

• His great passion for classical music and orchestra is undeniable

• Apart from this passion , the fact that he began an annual traditional music festival called the “Baltic sea festival” to raise awareness for the environmental deterioration of the Baltic makes him much more great as a person

• He has been honoured by multiple universities/ institutions.

• One of the greatest honours must be the fact that he carried the Olympic flame in 2012 for the summer Olympics.