On March 20, Kent Nagano will conduct the London Philharmonia in Mahler’s »Resurrection Symphony«. In his own programme notes for the symphony’s premiere, Mahler describes the work...
On February 24, Kent Nagano will conduct the premiere of “Nixon in China” at the Opera de Paris. Further performances are scheduled for March and April. About: In 1972, Richard Nixon vis...
On 22 and 23 January, Kent Nagano will conduct the hr-Sinfonieorchester, with Jan Vogler as soloist performing Dutilleux’s cello concerto Tout un monde lointain. The program will conclude ...
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 conc...
On September 12, Kent Nagano presents Richard Wagner’s “Siegfried” together with the Dresden Festival Orchestra and Concerto Köln as part of “The Wagner Cycles” project. What ...
To round off the season, Kent Nagano and the Philharmonic State Orchestra are going on tour once again: together they are giving eight concerts in China and Taiwan. The Asian tour, which is ...
On 18 May, the opera Die dunkle Seite des Mondes by Unsuk Chin celebrates its world premiere in Hamburg, staged by the theatre company Dead Centre and under the musical direction of Kent Nag...
Filarmonica Toscanini is thrilled to announce a new artistic partnership with Maestro Kent Nagano, who will take on the role of Principal Artistic Partner starting in the 2025/2026 season. T...
December 19, 2024 As announced yesterday evening by the Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y la Música (INAEM) of the Ministry of Culture in Madrid, Kent Nagano will be the next Chi...
A Project of the Dresdner Musikfestspiele under the artistic directorship of Jan Vogler and Kent Nagano In “The Wagner Cycles”, the individual works of Richard Wagner’s tetralogy will ...
After the premiere in July, Kent Nagano returns to the Bavarian State Opera in October 2024 for three performances of Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre. On 20, 23 and 26 October, he will condu...
Under the musical direction of Kent Nagano, a new production of György Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre will be brought to the stage of the Bayerische Staatsoper in June and July 2024. The p...
The pianists Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama, Karin Kei Nagano and conductor Kent Nagano present Double and Triple Piano Concertos by Mozart and Poulenc, together with the Orchestre de la Suisse Ro...
The Brahms-Gesellschaft Schleswig-Holstein is awarding this year’s Brahms Prize to the renowned conductor Kent Nagano. The California-born maestro has been celebrated worldwide for dec...
Georges Delnon, Artistic Director of the Hamburg State Opera, and Kent Nagano, Hamburg’s General Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, presented t...
“Kent Nagano stands for classical music at the highest level and carries his enthusiasm far into society.” Dr Carsten Brosda, Minister of Culture and Media Hamburg Kent Nagano ha...
“With Maestro Seiji Ozawa’s passing the world has lost not only an exceptional artist, we have lost one of music’s greatest pioneers and ambassadors of his generation. Pers...
On Sunday, February 11, 2024, General Music Director Kent Nagano will conduct the premiere of Benjamin Britten’s opera Peter Grimes at the Hamburg State Opera. In February, Kent Nagano...
Kent Nagano’s first concerts in 2024 will take him to the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on January 13 for the Dutch premiere of Unsuk Chin’s Alaraph ‘Rite of the HeartbeatR...
On Sunday, 29 October 2023 at 6 p.m. (CET), General Music Director Kent Nagano will conduct the premiere of Richard Strauss’ opera Salome at the State Opera Hamburg. ARTE will broadcas...
This coming Saturday, 16 September, Kent Nagano will open the 2023/24 season of the Hamburg State Opera with Modest P. Mussorgsky’s opera Boris Godunov in a new production by Frank Cas...
Premieres, new productions, awards and special concert programs – below you will find an overview of what our artists will be featuring on international concert stages in the coming mo...
After the acclaimed world premiere at New York’s Carnegie Hall on 22 April, Kent Nagano, Jan Vogler and the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg will present the German premiere of Sea...
On Saturday, April 8, 2023, Kent Nagano returns to Berlin to present a special program, matching the Easter days, with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester and the Audi Jugendchorakademie. The ...
Together with Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama and Karin Nagano, Kent Nagano presented a special program in Geneva, including Mozart’s Piano Concerto for Three Pianos and Poulenc’s Piano...
As part of a comprehensive artistic and academic project, the Dresden Music Festival will explore the original sound of Richard Wagner, starting in 2023. The project’s mission is to presen...
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 N...
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 perf...
Can’t imagine a more amazing way to be making my @CarnegieHall Stern Auditorium debut. A world premiere. Ten movements. Three choruses. One fantastic and very big orchestra. One solo celli...
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 ...
As part of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Kent Nagano will conduct the world premiere of Pascal Dusapin’s Il Viaggio, Dante tonight. The libretto by French author Frédéric Boy...
A new production of Wagner’s Tannhäuser under the musical direction of Kent Nagano will celebrate its premiere at the Hamburg State Opera this Sunday, 24 April. The production by Korn...
This coming Sunday, 20 March, Kent Nagano will present his book “10 lessons of my Life – Was wirklich zählt” (Berlin Verlag, 2021) at the lit.COLOGNE. In conversation with...
On 9 March 2022, Kent Nagano will conduct the premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s A Quiet Place at the Opéra national de Paris in the Palais Garnier in a new production by Krzysztof Warli...
Jacques Offenbach Les Contes d’Hoffmann EuroArts, 25. February 2022 Benjamin Bernheim tenor | Olga Peretyatko soprano | Luca Pisaroni bass-baritone | Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper | Eb...
After a festive year 2021 in Kent Nagano’s life, with his 70th birthday and the publication of the 3 CD box set with works by Olivier Messiaen on the BR Klassik Label as well as his Ge...
On 5 and 6 December, Kent Nagano will conduct works by Pärt, Stravinsky and Schumann at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. Arvo Pärt is one of the most important composers of our time. In the 4t...
Today conductor Kent Nagano celebrates his 70th birthday – duly celebrated by previous companions, musicians, colleagues and many others. We wish him a very happy birthday! Here you ca...
On Thursday, 18 November 2021, Kent Nagano, together with the musicians of Concerto Köln and singers, will present Wagner’s Das Rheingold in concert at the Kölner Philharmonie. This ...
On 29 October, Kent Nagano will conduct Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis at the Cologne Cathedral. The concert will take place as part of the Beethovenfest and will also present Stockhausen&...
Kent Nagano, pianist Mari Kodama and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin will premiere Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier’s piano concerto Terra Nostra at the Philharmonie Berlin on 17 Oct...
A 3-CD box set of works by French composer Olivier Messiaen and featuring Kent Nagano and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir is released today on the BR Klassik label. The recor...
The new book by conductor Kent Nagano was published today, September 30, by Berlin Verlag. In “10 Lessons of my Life” Kent Nagano recalls ten very personal encounters of his life...
The program of the 1st Philharmonic Concert includes the Violin Concerto No. 3 by Alfred Schnittke and Schubert’s “Der Tod und das Mädchen” in the string orchestra version...
On 4 September, Kent Nagano will lead the Staatsorchester Hamburg, the Choir of the Staatsoper Hamburg and soloists in the premiere of Jacques Offenbach’s opera Les Contes d’Hoff...
Mari Kodama will give two concerts in Hamburg in honor of Alfred Brendel, whose master student she was. The entire concert cycle will kick off on 3 September at Hamburg’s Curio-Haus wi...
The Philharmonic State Orchestra and Kent Nagano will open the new concert season with the Rathausmarkt Open-Air on 14/15 August 2021. For the first time the concerts will be on to two days ...
Season 2 of the Embrace Everything – The World of Gustav Mahler podcast series, an exploration of the composer’s complete symphonies, is available here and on all audio streaming...
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 Belv...
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 ...
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 th...
01:05 William Blank: „Alisma“ Tripelkonzert für Violine, Violoncello, Klarinette und Orchester 23:12 Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 5 c-Moll op. 67 „Schicksalssymponie...
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 ...
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 w...
The Hamburg State Opera is offering a digital Easter program on their homepage. From 2 April to 5 April 2021, selected productions from the repertoire of the State Opera will be available fr...
“When the St. Lukes Passion had its world premiere in Münster in 1966, it was reported in feature articles all over the world. The work was discussed quite controversially. But it was...
On the occasion of his appointment as Honorary Conductor of the OSM, Kent Nagano returns to Montréal for three concerts on 9, 16 and 23 March. ...
On March 4 at 20:15, the livestream of Kent Nagano’s debut with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale RAI in Turin will be broadcast on Rai5. More information about the program with works ...
The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) is pleased and proud to announce that today, Kent Nagano receives the honorary title of Conductor Emeritus of the Orchestra. Appointed by the Bo...
Under the musical direction of Kent Nagano and animated by Luis August Krawen, Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire with the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg is available as a strea...
Last June, Kent Nagano was conducting the Munich Philharmonic; Marie-Luise Modersohn and Julian Shevlin played as the orchestra’s own soloists. The video production of this concert pro...
On January 14, Kent Nagano will give a guest performance with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale RAI in Turin. More information about the program featuring works by Bartok and Brahms and the ...
On December 30, the documentary “La seize saisons” will air on Radio Canada. The production, which traces Kent Nagano’s final year as Music Director of the Orchestre sympho...
With works by Bach, Fauré, Bruckner and Stefan Schäfer, General Music Director Kent Nagano and the Philharmonic State Orchestra can be enjoyed via livestream on December 26, 2020. The spec...
The album Ginastera – Bernstein – Moussa: Works for Violin and Orchestra which was released by ANALEKTA in November 2020 was named one of Canada’s top 20 classical albums of 2020 b...
Ginastera – Bernstein – Moussa: Works for Violin and orchestra On 27 November ANALEKTA presents the album Ginastera – Bernstein – Moussa: Works for Violin and Orchestra with the Orch...
In connection to the World Children’s day, PENTATONE is delighted to announce the release of its most important classical music children’s album as audiobooks. Prokofiev: Peter and the W...
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. T...
“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 dr...
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 mos...
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 G...
As gatherings of up to 250 people are now permitted in Quebec, the OSM is delighted to be gradually reconnecting with its worldwide audience at the Maison symphonique, beginning in September...
Hamburg, August 7, 2020: Kent Nagano, Hamburg General Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra and Georges Delnon, Director of the Hamburg State Opera, ...
#MPhilWeekend Under the baton of Kent Nagano, the program includes “O Mensch bewein dein Sünde groß” BWV 622 (Arr. Max Reger) and the Concerto for Oboe and Violin BWV 1060 (obo...
The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and Kent Nagano released Krzysztof Penderecki’s St Luke Passion with BIS-Records on 6 June 2020 – this SACD was recorded on the opening night of th...
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...
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On 15 February, Kent Nagano will present the following program together with the Orchestre Philharmonique Radio France: Grime: Fanfaren Benjamin: Sometimes Voices Adámek: Man Time Stone Tim...
France musique will broadcast different interviews with Kent Nagano the entire week of 10 February. Listen to the interviews here. @francemusique will broadcast interviews with Kent Nagano ...
Share your best memories with Kent Nagano and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal in the current “Merci Maestro!” campaign to honour his last season as Music Director of the o...
On 26 February 2020, Kent Nagano will be part of a discussion about his life with music and his work with the many different facets of the world of classical music at the American Academy in...
Let the year 2019 end with Kent Nagano and the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg at the New Year’s Eve Concert and works by Beethoven and Bach, among others. Find more information ...
Find here the concert dates of our PR and management artists from March to May 2020 at a glance. You will find information about our artists on each artist page on our website. Please contac...
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From 31 October to 8 November 2019, Kent Nagano and the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra are on tour in Japan. Together with the Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, the Philharmonic presen...
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...
With Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 0 E-flat Major WoO 4, a nearly unknown youth work of the composer, and his Rondo for Piano and Orchestra WoO 6, Mari Kodama and Kent Nagano expand t...
From 1 to 15 October 2019, Kent Nagano and the orchestra will go on an extensive tour through Latin America, including Sao Paolo, Rio de Janiero, Buenos Aires, finishing at the Chicago Symph...
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 ...
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On 12 September, Kent Nagano will present his book “Classical Music – Expect the Unexpected” at the Amerikazentrum Hamburg. After a presentation and a discussion with the p...
Find here the concert dates of our PR and management artists from December 2019 to February 2020 at a glance. You will find information about our artists on each artist page on our website. ...
The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and its Music Director Kent Nagano will present the eighth edition of the Virée Classique/Classical Spree Festival in Montréal from 7 to 11 August. C...
Kent Nagano on SWR Classic Backstage Talk The concert with Mari Kodama and the SWR Symphony Orchestra will be broadcast live on July 19 on SWRClassic.de and SWRClassic’s Facebook page....
On 18, 19 and 20 July, Mari Kodama and Kent Nagano will be guests at the SWR Symphonieorchester in Stuttgart and Freiburg. They will perform Schoenberg’s Piano Concerto and Bruckner...
Find here the concert dates of our PR and management artists from September to November 2019 at a glance. You will find information about our artists on each artist page on our website. Plea...
“Great symphony with an orchestra from the so-called early music scene: It is an exciting musical adventure that the Concerto Köln tackles with the conductor Kent Nagano in the projec...
On 27 April Kent Nagano and the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra will open the Hamburg International Music Festival with Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony and Ligeti’s Requiem a...
