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BambergSeason Opening

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Salonen, Prokofiev, Schubert
Bamberg Symphony; Jonathan Nott; Mao Fujita

Bad WörishofenGuest at Festival der Nationen

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Salonen, Prokofiev, Schubert
Bamberg Symphony; Jonathan Nott; Mao Fujita

TokyoJonathan Nott / Ayana Tsuji / Naoko Yoshino

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Mendelssohn, Bruch, Stravinsky, Scriabin
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; Jonathan Nott; Ayana Tsuji; Naoko Yoshino

TokyoJonathan Nott / Anne Queffélec

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven, Bruckner
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; Jonathan Nott; Anne Queffélec

TokyoJonathan Nott / Anne Queffélec

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven, Bruckner
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; Jonathan Nott; Anne Queffélec

BarcelonaWelcome Jonathan Nott

Gran Teatre del Liceu
Debussy, Schumann, Stravinsky
Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu; Jonathan Nott; Truls Mørk
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Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Buniatishvili in Hamburg

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Jonathan Nott and the OSR bring surgical precision to Debussy’s vivid sketches, while Khatia Buniatishvili’s Brahms evokes the soulful, improvisational warmth of a pre-war piano legend at the Elbphilharmonie. 

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Skating on Thin Ice: a bracing Ondřej Adámek premiere in Prague

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Conducted by Jonathan Nott, the Prague RSO gives a vivid account of a new work by Czech composer Ondřej Adámek with a virtuoso assist from violinist Christian Tetzlaff.
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A deeply committed War Requiem by Jonathan Nott and Tokyo Symphony

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Marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War 2, Jonathan Nott conducts Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem in his final season as Music Director of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra.
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Nott shapes a visceral arc with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

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Fragmentation to ritual: this was no Rite of Spring of two halves but a single, vast architectural crescendo.
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An arthouse staging for Messiaen's testament of beauty in Geneva

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Installation art sounds a dissonant note with the sublime harmony of Saint François d’Assise in Adel Abdessemed's creation at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. 
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Rage against the machine: Rasche's Elektra grinds down performers

More of a distraction than an enhancement, Ulrich Rasche’s giant steel machine grinds down the performers of this dark Elektra, which ultimately stumbles over its own feet.
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Cosmopolitan new season from Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony

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With a remarkably extensive season featuring a slew of major guests, and the cream of Japanese classical music talent, the TMSO has an uncanny ability to switch between musical styles on a dime. 

Time magician: Jonathan Nott explores The Rite of Spring

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The English conductor talks about his bond with the storied Swiss orchestra he has helmed since 2017, and how they plan to recreate the danger of Stravinsky’s famous ballet.

A rapid evolution: Ana Maria Patiño-Osorio

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Born in the small town of La Unión, the young Colombian is the newly appointed assistant conductor at Orchestre de la Suisse Romande – and is going places at speed.