
Impressive is the maturity of Mäkelä, a conductor with clear ideas and a gentle manner… For him, music and musicians come first.
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Klaus Mäkelä commenced his first season as Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in August 2020.
With Orchestre de Paris he assumes the role of Artistic Advisor from 2020/21 for two seasons, before becoming the orchestra’s next Music Director from September 2022. He is also Principal Guest Conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Artist in Association with Tapiola Sinfonietta, and Artistic Director of the Turku Music Festival.
In addition to his first season of concerts with the Oslo Philharmonic, the 2020/21 season sees Mäkelä make his first appearances with The Gewandhausorchester, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and SWR Symphonieorchester. He returns to the Gothenburg Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic orchestras and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, and conducts the Orchestre de Paris in 2 programmes as Music Director Designate. Mäkelä also continues his tenures with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Tapiola Sinfonietta, where he completes a Beethoven Cycle spanning three seasons. This season’s concert programmes include masterworks by Mahler, Sibelius, Mozart, Ravel, Mendelssohn, Bruckner and Tchaikovsky. Mäkelä also conducts premieres by Unsuk Chin, Sauli Zinovjev and Mette Henriette and recently written works by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Kaija Saariaho, Brett Dean and Jimmy López.
Klaus Mäkelä has been invited to conduct the Concertgebouworkest's Christmas Matinee concert, replacing Fabio Luisi at short notice. With a programme featuring Beethoven's Pastorale Symphony and Debussy's La Mer, the traditional annual concert filmed from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam will take place without audience and streamed {…}
Tuesday 8th December at 20.30 CETOslo PhilharmonicKodály: Dances of GalántaSibelius: Symphony No.1Rolf Gupta: Epilogue Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profaneFilmed in concert from the Oslo Konserthus in October 2020 and streamed on Virtual Circle - Tickets: £7 Wednesday 9th December at 20.30 CETOrchestre de ParisMahler: Symphony {…}
Chief Conductor & Artistic Advisor
Artistic Director & Music Director Designate
Principal Guest Conductor
Artistic Director
Artist in Association