Oslo Philharmonic / Leif Ove Andsnes / Klaus Mäkelä
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
The top orchestras from Oslo, Paris, Chicago and Amsterdam share the young Finn as their current and future chief conductor. And all make their way with their maestro to the Elbphilharmonie this season – plus the Vienna Philharmonic
He is just 28 years old and already belongs in the premier league of international conducting stars: Klaus Mäkelä from Finland. He has been Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic since 2020; in 2022, he took up another top position as Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris. And now the Helsinki-born conductor is also the Chief Conductor Designate of two outstanding orchestras: firstly, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from Amsterdam, which is widely regarded as one of the best orchestras around with its silky sound. And secondly, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra recently appointed him as its leader from 2027.
In the 2024/25 season, the young high-flyer now returns to the Hanseatic city with three of »his« orchestras for two concerts each and presents some key works of symphonic literature at these guest performances: from Ludwig van Beethoven’s most widely performed Piano Concerto No. 5 and Igor Stravinsky’s scandalous ballet »Le sacre du printemps« to Béla Bartók’s impressive Concerto for Orchestra. Mäkelä also conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Gustav Mahler’s Sixth Symphony – a special spectacle for the ears, played by one of the world’s best orchestras.
Oslo Philharmonic / Leif Ove Andsnes / Klaus Mäkelä
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Oslo Philharmonic / Vilde Frang / Klaus Mäkelä
Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 / Stravinsky: Concerto en Ré / Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Vienna Philharmonic / Klaus Mäkelä
Mahler: Symphony No. 6
Orchestre de Paris / Wiener Singverein / Klaus Mäkelä
Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin / Debussy: Nocturnes / Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps
Orchestre de Paris / Klaus Mäkelä
Ravel: Ma mère l’oye / Stravinsky: Petruschka / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Julian Rachlin / Klaus Mäkelä
Seung-Won Oh: New Work / Gubaidulina: Offertorium / Schumann: Symphony No. 4
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä
Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht / Mahler: Symphony No. 1
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