
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Concertgebouw
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Kaija Saariaho: Orion
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6
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. In June 2022, the Concertgebouw Orchestra announced that in a ten-year commitment, Mäkelä is joining the orchestra as artistic partner with effect from the 2022/23 season, then as chief conductor from 2027.
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.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Concertgebouw
Kaija Saariaho: Orion
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6
Oslo, Norway
Konserthus
Johann Sebastian Bach / Luciano Berio: Contrapunctus XIX
Alban Berg: Violin Concerto
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Soloist: Isabelle Faust
INFOOdense Koncerthus, Denmark
Carl Nielsen Festival
Carl Nielsen: Helios Overture
Alban Berg: Violin Concerto
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Soloist: Isabelle Faust
INFOThe Concertgebouw Orchestra has announced the start of a long-term collaboration with Klaus Mäkelä, who joins as Artistic Partner with effect from the 2022/2023 season and will become the orchestra’s eighth Chief Conductor in 2027. As Artistic Partner, Klaus Mäkelä will work closely with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, commencing this {…}
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 {…}
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