In 2000, Ralf Gothóni was appointed the ECO's second principal conductor.
He has recorded for various labels, including BIS, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, CPO and Ondine, such works as Benjamin Britten's Piano Concerto, Heitor Villa-Lobos' Choros XI, and the first and second piano concertos of Einojuhani Rautavaara.
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He was professor of chamber music at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin 1996–2000, the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki 1992–2007, the Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg 1986–1996 and since 2006 at the Instituto International da Camara, Reina Sofia, Madrid.
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Ralf Gothóni studied the piano from the age of five, first with Tapani Valsta and later with Ervin László.
Ralf Jaros | Ralf Little | Ralf Souquet | Ralf Schumann | Ralf König | Ralf van Bühren | Ralf Rocchigiani | Ralf Reski | Ralf Rangnick | Ralf Pedersen | Ralf Kleinmann | Ralf Husmann | Ralf Hotchkiss | Ralf Hogge | Ralf Gothóni | Ralf Fücks | Ralf Dahrendorf |
Participating teachers in Cairo were pianist Ralf Gothoni, violist Teemu Kupiainen, cellist professor Arto Noras, director Eija Tolpo and pianist Jari Hiekkapelto.