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2024-2025 Season
Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España announce Kent Nagano as their next Chief Conductor and Artistic Director
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 [...]
Kent Nagano performs Verdi’s ‘Requiem’ at historic Passau Cathedral
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 [...]
Kent Nagano is Awarded the prestigious Brahms Prize
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 [...]
2023-2024 Season
Kent Nagano receives honorary appointment from the Order of Canada
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 [...]
Kent Nagano Releases Symphonic Recording with Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
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 [...]
Saint Francois d’Assise staged in Hamburg
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 [...]
The Dresdner Musikfestspiele’s project “The Wagner Cycles” continues in 2024
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 [...]
Conductor Kent Nagano receives the Brahms Prize
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 [...]
7th Philharmonic Concert
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, [...]
2022-2023 Season
Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” on tour (August 2023)
Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” on tour (August 2023) After the successful start at the Dresdner Musikfestspiele in June 2023, Kent Nagano will go on tour with Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” in historically informed performance practice in August [...]
Kent Nagano on “The World of Gustav Mahler podcast”
Kent Nagano features on the third season of journalist Aaron Cohen’s podcast, “The World of Gustavo Mahler”. Season three, titled ‘My Joyful Science’, delves into Mahler’s Third Symphony in D minor. Amongst the six [...]
Kent Nagano and Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
On Saturday 22 April 2023, Kent Nagano is joined by cellist Jan Vogler and the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra as well as an international choir of young singers for a performance at Carnegie Hall, [...]
Kent Nagano conducts premiere in Hamburg
On 22 January, Kent Nagano conducts the premiere of Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk in a production by Angelina Nikonova. The story of the opera is based correspondent tale by Nikolaj Leskow. Other performances [...]
“Ring” project in historically informed performance practice
The year 2023 marks the beginning of a major musical and scientific project in Dresden to research and perform Richard Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen” in historical performance practice. With the opening concert and [...]
The new 2022/23 season in Hamburg with Kent Nagano
Kent Nagano starts the 2022/23 season with the opening concerts of the 195th season of the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg on 2 and 4 October and the premiere of the new production of Wagner’s Der [...]
2021-2022 Season
Kent Nagano conducts the world premiere of Dusapin’s IL VIAGGIO, DANTE at Festival d’Aix
On, 8 July Kent Nagano will conduct the world premiere of Pascal Dusapin’s Il Viaggio, Dante, an opera in seven scenes. The opera will be performed at Grand Théâtre de Provence as part of Festival [...]
Kent Nagano conducts Abrahamsen’s The Snow Queen at Concertgebouw
For the second time this season, Kent Nagano returns to The Concertgebouw to conduct Abrahamsen’s opera, The Snow Queen. Premiered in 2019, this repertoire is vastly different to Nagano’s previous concert in November 2021, where he [...]
Kent Nagano at Dresden Music Festival
On 20 May 2022, Kent Nagano conducts Dresdener Philharmonie at Frauenkirche as part of Dresden Music Festival 2022 . The programme includes Hosokawa ‘Stilles Meer’, Ives ‘The Unanswered Question’ as well as Bruckner Symphony No. [...]
Kent Nagano conducts Hamburg International Music Festival 2022
On 30 April 2022, Kent Nagano and Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg open the Hamburg International Music Festival with Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D Minor at the Elbphilharmonie. The concert will be performed again on 02 [...]
Kent Nagano conducts a new production of Tannhäuser at Staatsoper Hamburg
On Sunday 24 April 2022 Kent Nagano conducts the premiere of a new production, by Kornél Mundruczó, of Wagner’s Tannhauser at Staatsoper Hamburg, with ten additional performances across this and next season. The stellar [...]
litCologne Book Event – 10 Lessons of my Life
On 20 March at 16:00, Kent Nagano will discuss his book ’10 Lessons of my Life’, published in September 2021 at lit.Cologne 2022. Hosted by Claudia Dichter, Nagano will delve into significant events in his [...]
2020-2021 Season
Kent Nagano in Berlin and on tour with the DSO
Kent Nagano, as Honorary Conductor, conducts the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) in its final Berlin concert of the 2020/2021 season on Friday, 25 June at 8 p.m. The Philharmonie will feature Paul Hindemith’s Chamber Music [...]
Kent Nagano and Mari Kodama in Ravello
Kent Nagano, together with Mari Kodama and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin are guests at the Ravello Festival in Italy. The program of the concert on 1 July 2021 and 8:00 pm at Belvedere di Villa [...]
Kent Nagano and the OSM win JUNO Award for “Classical Album of the Year” (large ensemble)
Kent Nagano and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal have won the JUNO Award in the category CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR—LARGE ENSEMBLE for the recording GINASTERA—BERNSTEIN—MOUSSA. The recording was published in November 2020 on the [...]
Kent Nagano with John Neumeier’s Beethoven Project II
In collaboration with Kent Nagano, Hamburg Ballet will premiere John Neumeier’s latest full-length creation, Beethoven Project II, beginning 29 May, with two additional performances the following two days (30, 31 May). The production was created [...]
“Wagner Readings” Podcast with Kent Nagano
Podcast on research results of the “Wagner Readings” presented by the Friends of Concerto Köln and the Kunststiftung NRW. Episode 01: In the first episode of the podcast on the Wagner Readings, hosts Thilo Braun [...]
Kent Nagano and Jan Vogler to open the Musikfest Hamburg 2021
On 6 May, Kent Nagano will open this year’s Musikfest Hamburg 2021 together with the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg. The program includes Beethoven’s 5th Symphony and the world premiere of the Triple Concerto “Alisma”; a [...]
2019-2020 Season
Kent Nagano returns to Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
On Saturday 6th June, Kent Nagano will conduct Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in their first concert back as part of their 'Time Reclaimed' series. The concert, broadcast live on France Musique and Arte Concert at 8pm CEST features the works of Benjamin [...]
OSM and Kent Nagano express their great sadness upon the passing of Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki
It is with deep regret and sadness that we have learned Sunday morning the passing of renown polish composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and the people of Poland, to [...]
An Evening with Kent Nagano
On February 26, 2020, Kent Nagano speaks at the American Academy Berlin about his life with music and his work with the many buy ambien different facets of the world of classical music. Further information [...]
Concerto Köln appoints Kent Nagano as Honorary Conductor
On the occasion of the collaborative concert at the Cologne Philharmonie on 20 October, Concerto Köln appointed Kent Nagano as Honorary Conductor. The early music ensemble and the conductor, renowned for both opera and orchestral repertoire, have [...]
Season brochure 2019/20 and review of Kent Nagano’s time with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Kent Nagano’s last season as Music Director of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) began in September. In the season brochure and a remarkable look back, the OSM pays tribute to their very successful time together with over 100 concerts and [...]
Kent Nagano’s new CD with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (September 2019)
On 13th September, Decca Classics released a new album of works by the American composer John Adams, featuring Kent Nagano and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Released to coincide with Nagano’s valium and generic final season with the [...]
2018-2019 Season
KENT NAGANO CONDUCTS WAGNER AND BRUCKNER WITH CONCERTO KÖLN
Kent Nagano returns to Cologne this week to conduct Concerto Köln in a programme of Wagner and Bruckner on 16 May. Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-Soprano takes the stage to perform Wagner’s infamous Wesendonck Lieder, orchestrated by [...]
Kent Nagano conducts George Benjamin premiere in Hamburg
Kent Nagano, General Music Director of the Hamburg State Opera, will conduct the German premiere of George Benjamin’s opera Lessons in Love and Violence staged by Katie Mitchell with the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra on 7 April [...]
Tourstart: OSM and Kent Nagano’s Europe Tour
On Monday, 11 March, the big European tour by Kent Nagano and the OSM will start with a concert in Dusseldorf. On the program will be works by Debussy, Mozart and Stravinsky. The orchestra and [...]
The OSM unveils Nagano’s final Season as Music Director
The OSM will present over 100 concerts anchored in the tradition of the greatest orchestras to mark Kent Nagano’s final season as Music Director of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal. Programmes will include masterpieces by Bach, Mahler, Schubert, [...]
Spanish Tour – Nagano and Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg
From 22 until 30 January, 2019, Kent Nagano and the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg will go on a concert tour, starting in Madrid, followed by performances in Oviedo and Santander, three concerts at the “Festival de Música [...]
Kent Nagano and Wagner Readings: First concert in Cologne Philharmonie
On Sunday, 20 January, Kent Nagano and Concerto Köln are presenting their first concert as part of the project Wagner Readings in the Cologne Philharmonie. The project was first launched in autumn 2017 with the Kunststiftung NRW: Richard Wagner’s »The Ring [...]
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