Kent Nagano will begin his tenure as Principal Artistic Partner of Filarmonica Toscanini in Parma from the 2025/26 season for an initial three-year agreement. Kent Nagano said of the new partnership “Although the orchestra and I have only met once, it was a strong partnership, I would say, from the very first minute. They bring a spirit and enthusiasm, a freshness and remarkable quality [...]
Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España announces Kent Nagano as their next Chief Conductor and Artistic Director (Director Titular y Artístico), starting in September 2026, for an initial period of 5 years. Nagano will conduct the orchestra in eight programmes per season, plus touring and recordings. Kent Nagano commented: “The deep cultural richness of Spain, as reflected through its [...]
Kent Nagano performs a special highlight concert in Passau Cathedral. He conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in "Verdi Requiem" with Elina Garanča, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Franceso Meli and René Pape. The concert is held in memory of long-time Festspiele Europäische Wochen Passau supporter Heinz Herrmann Thiele.’
Following an announcement in March 2024, renowned conductor Kent Nagano has just been officially awarded the prestigious Brahms Prize, awarded to outstanding personalities and performers of classical music every year since 1988. Previous award holders have included such figures as Leonard Bernstein, Herbert Blomstedt, Christoph Eschenbach and Yehudi Menuhin. The award ceremony was held on 29 September. Nagano conducted the Hamburg [...]
Congratulations to conductor Kent Nagano for receiving the honorary appointment from the Order of Canada, figuring among 83 appointments or promotions to the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian distinction. Kent Nagano conducted Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal for 15 years. "He has premiered and commissioned numerous works by Canadian composers, bringing the unique music of Montreal, Quebec and [...]
This first symphonic recording featuring Kent Nagano releases Schubert, Webern, Mahlerand on FARAO classics with Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, devoted to the highly charged period at the turning point between Romanticism and Modernism. The programme consists of two chamber works by Schubert, orchestrated by Mahler and Webern and presented in a new guise, as well as an original, early chamber work [...]
Kent Nagano embarked on a project with Georges Delnon to perform Messiaen's opera Saint François d'Assise. The Elbphilharmonie is the venue for a musical and scenic Gesamtkunstwerk with over 300 participants. Kent Nagano worked with Seiji Ozawa on the world premiere of the seldom-performed St Francois d’ Assise in Paris in 1983. Forty years [...]
Kent Nagano conducts Richard Wagner's Die Walküre continuing the special collaboration between the Dresdner Festspielorchester and Concerto Köln. "The Wagner Cycles" will perform the second work of the tetralogy Die Walküre as a concert performance in six cities in 2024: Prague (March 9), Amsterdam (March 16), Cologne (March 24), Hamburg (May 1), Dresden (May 9) and [...]
This year's Brahms Prize goes to the renowned conductor Kent Nagano. This was announced by the Brahms Society Schleswig-Holstein on Thursday in Heide (Dithmarschen district). The California-born maestro has been General Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Hamburg State Opera and General Music Director of Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra since 2015. The Brahms Prize, [...]
In the 7th Philharmonic Concert of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra on 3-4 March 2024 in the Great Hall of the Elbphilharmonie, Chief Conductor Kent Nagano will present the Fifth Symphony by Anton Bruckner, whose 200th birthday is being celebrated this year. "In this Bruckner anniversary year, one might well ask: 'Who was Anton [...]
