Sakari is a fine musician, as he showed when he was concert master with the Radio Symphony Orchestra. He is an open, honest and bright person. Traits like that certainly show. The foundation for everything is ability, of course. Sakari Oramo has the additional advantage of genuine good behaviour.
Conductors can no longer behave like industrial tycoons in the old days.
The likes of that isn't acceptable any longer. A conductor working with an orchestra has to be determined in a likeable way. Fawning achieves nothing, although some try it. The best result comes from teamwork, but in a framework where there is no doubt as to who determines the tempo. Oramo has the natural, self-evident authority that he needs for his job.