Kent Nagano (December 2025)

After concluding his time in Hamburg, Kent Nagano is now devoting himself to new and long-standing collaborators with these exciting projects.

• On 14 December 2025, Nagano will conduct a concert with the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin at the Berlin Philharmonie, featuring works by Debussy (Ibéria) and Strauss (Don Quixote) as well as the world premiere of Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier’s Caída lenta for orchestra.
• The new year begins with a concert in Frankfurt: on 22 and 23 January, Nagano will conduct the hr-Sinfonieorchester with Jan Vogler as soloist in Dutilleux’s cello concerto Tout un monde lointain and Schubert’s Symphony in C major.
• In February, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini in Parma and Modena is on the programme.
• A special highlight will be the premiere of John Adams’ opera Nixon in China on 24 February 2026 at the Opéra de Paris. Valentina Carrasco’s production features a renowned ensemble, including Thomas Hampson and Renée Fleming.