“The whole evening is electrified, the music pulses ceaselessly, the rhythm is sharpened, everything flows…”
Kent Nagano is renowned for interpretations of clarity, elegance and intelligence. He is passionate about introducing concert and opera audiences throughout the world to new and rediscovered music and offering fresh insights into established repertoire.
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Kent Nagano receives honorary appointment from the Order of Canada
Congratulations to conductor Kent Nagano for receiving the honorary appointment from the Order of Canada, figuring among 83 appointments or promotions to the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian distinction. Kent Nagano conducted Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal for 15 years. "He has premiered and commissioned numerous works by Canadian composers, bringing the unique music of Montreal, Quebec and Canada to the world." - Office of Canada's Governor General, Mary Simon Read more in the press below: La Presse : "Ordre du Canada Daniel Lavoie et Kent Nagano décorés" CBC news : "From finance to fighting racism, Order of Canada appointees include prominent Quebecers" Le Soleil : "Daniel Lavoie et Kent Nagano décorés de l'Ordre du Canada" L’Actualité : "Daniel Lavoie et Kent Nagano décorés de l’Ordre [...]
Kent Nagano Releases Symphonic Recording with Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
This first symphonic recording featuring Kent Nagano releases Schubert, Webern, Mahlerand on FARAO classics with Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, devoted to the highly charged period at the turning point between Romanticism and Modernism. The programme consists of two chamber works by Schubert, orchestrated by Mahler and Webern and presented in a new guise, as well as an original, early chamber work by Webern. “The Schubert-Mahler-Webern triad contains an important piece of music history which, in the way the works are interwoven with each other, we can experience here like under a magnifying glass. It is part of the history of Romanticism in its late phase, shim-mering in new colors on the threshold of modernity.” — Kent Nagano