On Sunday, 19 November General Music Director of the State Oper Hamburg Kent Nagano will conduct the revival of Alban Berg’s opera Wozzeck, staged by Peter Konwitschny in 1998.
The performance dates will be on 19, 22 and 25 November as well as on 1 December.
Find here more details about this opera production.
On 8 November it was officially annouced that Kent Nagano will return to the Salzburg Festival in July 2018 both in concert and opera performances.
With the Vienna Phliharmonic he will perform the new opera production of Hans Werner Henze’s The Bassarides, staged by Krzysztof Warlikowski. It will be the first time for Kent Nagano to conduct a piece by Henze at the Salzburg Festival. The premiere will be on 16 August. Further performances will take place on 19, 23 and 26 August.
The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, whose Music Director Kent Nagano has been since 2006, is performing the opening concert of the Festival 2018 on 20 July as part of the opening series Ouverture Spirituelle – with Krzysztof Penderecki‘s St. Luke Passion. It will be the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal‘s debut at the Salzburg Festival.
On 29 October conductor Kent Nagano has received the ECHO Klassik award 2017 as conductor of the year for his interpretation of Strauss’ Eine Alpensinfonie recorded with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (FARO Classics, 2016).
During the award ceremony in the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Kent Nagano also conducted the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg, whose Chief Conductor he is.
Find here an interview conducted and filmed after the ceremony (in English language) with Kent Nagano and the German magazine Crescendo.
On Sunday, 29 October Kent Nagano, General Music Director of the State Opera Hamburg and Chiefconductor of the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg will conduct the award ceremony of ECHO Klassik 2017, held in Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.
Kent Nagano will receive the award himself as “Conductor of the year” for the recording of Richard Strauss’ “Alpensinfonie” with Göteborgs Symfoniker (FARAO Classics).
Find here the list of new CD, DVD and book releases of PR² classic artists in 2017 as an overview.
On Saturday, 16 September, Kent Nagano will conduct the premiere of Richard Wagner’s Parsifal at the State Opera Hamburg, staged by Achim Freyer. It will be the first performance at the State Opera of Kent Nagano as General Music Director in season 2017/18.
Find here more details about this new production.
Further performances will be on 24, 27 and 30 September as well as on 3 October 2017.
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On Saturday, 2 September Kent Nagano will open the new season 2017/18 together with the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg – again with the Philharmonic Academy, this year in the Planetarium Hamburg.
On the program will be works by Telemann played by the Chamber Orchestra of the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg, and also pieces for solo piano by György Ligeti, Unsuk Chin, Pierre Boulez, Peter Ruzicka, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Luigi Nono.
Nick and Clemens Prokop will present a light performance in the Planetarium.
The concerts will start at 17:00 and 20.30. Find more information about this here.
Also in summer 2017 Music Director Kent Nagano and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal present the classical Montréal summer festival Virée Classique.
The festival will take place from 10 – 13 August in different concert venues in Montréal.
Kent Nagano will conduct the opening concert/performance with Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess”.
Find here the festival program at a glance and here the official trailer of the OSM about Virée Classique.
Kent Nagano will receive the ECHO Klassik 2017 as “Conductor of the year” for the Alpensinfonie recording with the Göteborg Symphony Orchestra. The CD has been released in 2016 by the label FARAO Classics.
Find here an overview of all award winners of ECHO Klassik 2017.
The award ceremony will take place on 29 October 2017 in the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.