"We heard a version (of Dvorak Symphony No. 9) that was exquisitely atmospheric, intense and narrative … And the sonorous vigour and preciousness did not diminish one iota in the Allegro con fuoco finale, where Mäkelä was able to link the synthesis of thematic elements with the Orchestre de Paris in this most joyful and dazzling interpretation."
Scherzo, Pablo Rodriguez, 12 July {…}
Platea Magazine: “Dirigir es una cuestión de comunicación”
De vitalidad desbordante y contagiosa, la batuta de Klaus Mäkelä es una de las más firmes realidades del presente y futuro de la dirección orquestal. No hay músico que no hable maravillas de su forma de dirigir, transmitir y, sobre todo, escuchar. Quizá esa haya sido la fórmula que le haya llevado a ser titular de la Filarmónica de Oslo y de la Orquesta de París, mientras {…}
"Judging by the fantastically soft sounds of the strings in Messiaen's Les offrandes oubliées, the orchestra is in excellent shape despite the pandemic. How beautifully Mäkelä allowed the sound to blossom with a kind of underhand movement from the forearm. Above the last section of this symphonic meditation from 1930, Messiaen wrote: 'Extremely slowly (with great pity and {…}
Quelques jours après un concert d’anthologie enregistré pour Philharmonie Live auquel Transfuge a eu la chance d’assister, rencontre avec le jeune chef Klaus Mäkelä, qui s’apprête à devenir le nouveau directeur musical de l’Orchestre de Paris.
Dominique Lindemann, 26 April 2021
Tout semble calme et serein autour de Klaus Mäkelä, alors que, deux jours {…}
"Envoûtée, envoûtante, la direction incisive de Klaus Mäkelä dégage une tension à la limite du soutenable, entre hédonisme sonore et acuité dramaturgique, tandis que la clarinette tentatrice de Pascal Moraguès se fait tour à tour sinueuse et tendre."
"Bewitched, bewitching, the incisive direction of Klaus Mäkelä releases a tension at the limit of the bearable (in {…}
"... Mäkelä impresses above all by his uncompromising musicality. He melts into the moment with the piece he is conducting, without the rapture coming at the expense of analytical perfectionism. Mäkelä is also versatile. In Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3, he ensured a tight interaction with pianist Kirill Gerstein ... In Bruckner you saw his energy change instantly; from high to {…}
