The BBC Symphony Orchestra has announced the extension of Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo’s contract until the end of the BBC Proms season in 2023. The 54-year-old Finnish conductor is in this position since 2013, when he took over from Jiri Belohlavek. He is also Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor: of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and Honorary Conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.