The much-acclaimed 26-year-old conductor Klaus Mäkelä is to change into the following Chief Conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw, beginning in 2027. From subsequent season, nonetheless, he’ll be part of as Inventive Accomplice.
The Finnish conductor, who will change into the Concertgebouw’s eighth Chief Conductor, first labored with the world-renowned orchestra in September 2020, and has since been invited again a number of instances. He studied conducting on the Sibelius Academy with Jorma Panula and cello with Marko Ylönen, Timo Hanhinen and Hannu Kiiski. Now he’s Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Director of Orchestre de Paris, and Inventive Director of the Turku Music Competition.
This summer season, he makes his first look on the BBC Proms with the Oslo Philharmonic and returns to the Verbier Competition to conduct the Verbier Competition and Verbier Competition Chamber orchestras in addition to carry out as a chamber musician.
As Inventive Accomplice, Klaus Mäkelä will work carefully with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, main them in 5 programmes over the 2022/23 season.
‘I converse on behalf of all my fellow orchestra musicians after I say that we wholeheartedly select for a long-term collaboration with conductor Klaus Mäkelä,’ stated Jörgen van Rijen, the Concertgebouw’s principal trombonist and chairman of the creative committee. ‘Not often have we skilled such an amazing help from our musicians for a brand new chief conductor. To us, Klaus is a musician amongst musicians, and a once-in-a-generation conducting expertise.’
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