Kent Nagano is considered one of today’s outstanding conductors for both operatic and orchestral repertoire. Since the season 2026/27, he is the Chief conductor and Artistic Director of the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España (OCNE) in Madrid and was appointed as the Principal Artistic Partner of Filarmonica Toscanini in the season 2025/26. He has been Honorary Conductor of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin since 2006, Concerto Köln since 2019, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal since 2021 and the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg since 2023 and is as patron of the Herrenchiemsee Festival.