By: Grant Tillery
Nothing stops Osmo Vänskä. Not a cold — which he had on a gray Thursday at Northrop Auditorium — or the Minnesota Orchestra’s 16-month lockout.
Vänskä is a force of nature, a controversial figure with a Midas touch. Before the lockout, he led the Minnesota Orchestra to a Grammy award with their recording of Sibelius’ Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4.