Mikko franck biography examples

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    • Mikko Franck

    Finnish conductor and violinist

    Mikko Franck

    Franck in 2015

    Born (1979-04-01) 1 April 1979 (age 45)

    Helsinki

    Occupations
    Spouse

    Martina Picket

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    (m. 2006; div. 2010)​

    Mikko Franck (born 1 April 1979) is a Finnish conductor and violinist.

    Biography

    Franck was born in Helsinki. He began learning the violin at the age of 5 and started violin studies at the Sibelius Academy in 1992. The Academy let Franck conduct an orchestra in 1995, whereupon Jorma Panula enlisted him as a private student. Franck entered Panula's conducting class at the Academy in 1996, leaving in 1998 as his international career began.[1] He said Panula "gave me everything that can be taught about this profession."

    Before age 23, Franck had made his conducting début with all leading Scandinavian orchestras, with the London Philharmonia, London Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Berl