
Germany
Oslo Philharmonic – Hamburg Elbphilharmonie
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 6
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Here was something truly special: a conductor who revelled in freshly imagining each sound.
The Times
Klaus Mäkelä is Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Director of Orchestre de Paris and Artistic Director of the Turku Music Festival.
With Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä performed at the summer festivals of Granada and Aix en Provence. For his first concert in the 2021/ 22 season he conducted a new work by Unsuk Chin entitled Spira, Richard Strauss Four Songs Op 27 with soloist Lise Davidsen and Mahler Symphony No. 1. His first season as Music Director also features the music of Ligeti and Dutilleux alongside Biber, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Rachmaninov and Stravinsky.
In the 2021/22 season Klaus Mäkelä appears as a Portrait Artist at the Wiener Konzerthaus and guest conducts the Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Royal Concertgebouworkest, London Philharmonic, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Münchner Philharmoniker. In summer 2022 he makes his first appearance at the BBC Proms with the Oslo Philharmonic and returns to the Verbier Festival to conduct the Verbier Festival and Verbier Festival Chamber orchestras as well as perform as a chamber musician.
Germany
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 6
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Germany
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 4
Germany
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 3
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Klaus Mäkelä's third season as Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic features 11 contrasting programmes, with repertoire ranging from Jean Baptiste Lully and Pietro Locatelli to Alban Berg and Icelandic composer, Anna Thorvaldsdottir. Highlights of the new season include a tour to the UK, Germany, Netherlands and Austria and a return to the {…}
For his second season as Music Director of the Orchestra de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä has chosen to focus on today's composers: Pascal Dusapin, Betsy Jolas, Jimmy López Bellido, Magnus Lindberg and Kaija Saariaho, the latter featured with three different works. There is also a focus on the Ballets Russes, with three key Diaghilev scores: Ravel's {…}