Klaus Mäkelä makes his debut with the Concertgebouworkest in Amsterdam this week, conducting four concerts over two days on Thursday and Friday (24 and 25 September). Music featured in the two programmes comprises the world premiere of Subito con forza by Unsuk Chin, Jimmy Lopez’s The Travails of Persiles {…}

Klaus Mäkelä recently made his Italian debut with the orchestra of Maggio Musicale in the theatre’s panoramic roof top setting, right in the heart of Florence. The result of a personal invitation from Alexander Pereira and Zubin Mehta, Mäkelä’s guest appearance featured Sibelius’ Tapiola and Mahler Symphony No. 1 and was “a debut to {…}

Klaus Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic embark on their first season together this week, following an open air concert on the waterfront site of the planned new concert hall, which was broadcast nationally on NRK TV at the weekend. Their official opening concerts take place on 19, 20 and 21 August with an audience of 200 and a programme {…}

Klaus Mäkelä, newly announced as the next Music Director of Orchestre de Paris, will conduct the orchestra on 9 July 2020 in the Philharmonie. The programme combines Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin and Beethoven’s Symphony No.7.  This will be the first public concert presented by Orchestre {…}

Klaus Mäkelä performs live in concert with Münchner Philharmoniker for up to 100 audience members at the Philharmonie concert hall on 27 June at 19:00. The hour-long programme, amended to accommodate local safe-distancing regulations, features Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite and Mendelssohn’s {…}