Kent Nagano in Hamburg – current livestreams (November 2020)

On November 5, 6 and 7, 2020, at 8 p.m., concerts will take place in Hamburg with Kent Nagano and the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg, without an audience due to the current pandemic. These concerts will be streamed live via the orchestra’s website and YouTube. The first performance will include the clarinet concerto “Adrift” by Matthew Ricketts with Philharmonic clarinettist Rupert Wachter as soloist and under the direction of Kent Nagano.

Further information about the programs and the possibility to attend the concert live can be found here.

Kent Nagano’s letter to Beethoven on Deutschlandfunk (October 2020)

“You are a Prometheus who gives fire to us humans”

In his letter to Beethoven, conductor Kent Nagano takes himself back to the Hamburg of the composer’s time – and draws many parallels to the present day. What seems certain for Nagano even then: “Your voice will continue to sound in the hearts of our descendants for a long time to come.”

You can read and listen to the letter here.

Special concerts with Kent Nagano and Paul Lewis at the State Opera Hamburg (September 2020)

On 3 and 4 October 2020, Kent Nagano will conduct two special concert programs with works by Mozart, Schubert, Dvořák and others. The British pianist Paul Lewis, one of Britain’s most internationally renowned soloists, will make his debut with the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra. The matinee concerts will take place in the Great House of the Hamburg State Opera. Tickets are available by telephone at (040) 35 68 68 and from the State Opera’s ticket service.

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Kent Nagano in Hamburg – molto agitato (September 2020)

On September 5, Kent Nagano conducts the premiere of “molto agitato” in Hamburg.

Concert, song and music theatre provide the pieces of the evening: “Nouvelles Aventures” by György Ligeti, “Vier Gesänge” op. 43 by Johannes Brahms, Händel’s “Aci”, “Galatea e Polifemo” and “Die sieben Todsünden” by Kurt Weill. Included are texts by Quentin Tarantino on sex and violence from “Reservoir Dogs”. Five soloists and a chamber orchestra are recapturing the Staatsoper stage after a forced break of almost six months. How we have experienced and still experience this time, how it throws us off balance and how it opens new spaces – that is what “molto agitato” stands for.

Director: Frank Castorf
Musical direction: Kent Nagano
Set Designer: Aleksandar Denic
Costume: Adriana Braga Peretzki
Video: Andreas Deinert, Kathrin Krottenthaler, Severin Renke
Light: Lothar Baumgarte
Dramaturgy: Johannes Blum

Please find further dates and information here.

Kent Nagano with the Munich Philharmonic (June 2020)

Kent Nagano with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Paris (June 2020)

On Saturday, 6 June, Kent Nagano will conduct the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and works by Britten, Pärt and Strauss. The concertcan be viewed and listened to on France musique and Arte Concert.

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