Sauli Saarinen (b. 1988) is a versatile musician who has worked in several Finnish ensembles and orchestras as a trumpet player and a conductor. He has studied trumpet at the Conservatoire of Tampere and conducting at the Sibelius Academy, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and with Jorma Panula at the ‘Panula Academy’. He received his master’s degree in Conducting at the Sibelius Academy in 2022.

Since 2023, Saarinen has worked as a conductor in the Conscript Band of the Finnish Defence Forces. In 2014-2023, he worked as a sub-principal trumpet in the Representative orchestra of the President of Finland. 

During his studies, he has conducted Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra (Russia), Dartington Festival Orchestra (UK), MÁV Symphony Orchestra (Hungary), Kuopio City Orchestra, Vaasa City Orchestra, Representative orchestra of the President of Finland, Polytechnic Orchestra, NYKY Ensemble and all the Finnish military orchestras. In recent years, he has also performed new Finnish music for brass with his ensemble Helsinki Symphonic Brass.

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Saarinen has been selected to Masterclasses with Jorma Panula, David Zinman, Osmo Vänskä, Hannu Lintu, Johannes Schlaefli, Johannes Wildner, Petri Komulainen, Jukka Iisakkila, Atso Almila, Felix Hauswirth, Petri Sakari, Nils Schweckendiek, Leonid Korchmar, Timothy Redmond and Graeme Jenkins