Question

A composer from this country included nested 22-and 14-tuplets in the left hand in his first piano concerto. Another composer from this country dedicated his Cello Concerto to Yo-Yo Ma, who premiered it in 2017. Gustavo Dudamel succeeded that composer from this country as conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. A composer from this country instructed performers to “Think of autumn and of Tchaikovsky” and recorded birdsong for his orchestral piece (*) Cantus Arcticus. A composer from this country included a swan call-inspired horn theme in his fifth (10[1])symphony, wrote a (-5[1])one-movement seventh symphony, and premiered a piece named for this country as A Scandinavian Choral March to (10[1])evade Russian censorship. Einojuhani Rautavaara [AY-no-yu-ha-ni ROW-ta-va-ra] was from, for 10 points, what country home to (10[1])Jean Sibelius? ■END■

ANSWER: Finland [or Suomi] (The first sentence refers to Rautavaara’s Piano Concerto no. 1. The second and third sentences refer to Esa-Pekka Salonen.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Fred GarveyTruman StateWUSTL C8810
Conner YamnitzWUSTL ASIUE91-5
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeWUSTL J10810
Jacob SimmonsSIUEWUSTL A12410

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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y6100%67%0%60.83
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%75%0%60.00
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y4100%50%25%63.25
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%50%17%74.00
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2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%0%33%106.67