Mr. Vanska , born in Saaminki in 1953 , studied conducting with Jorma Panula at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki in the same class as Esa-Pekka Salonen and Jukka-Pekka Saraste , both of whom quickly developed splashy international careers : Mr. Salonen with the Los Angeles Philharmonic , Mr. Saraste with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra .