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Performer: Kent Nagano

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BerlinWDR Sinfonieorchester

Berliner Festspiele
Nante, Loriod, Mendelssohn
WDR Symphony Orchestra; Kent Nagano; Sarah Aristidou

LucerneGötterdämmerungConcert performance

© Priska Ketterer | Lucerne Festival
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Kent Nagano; Dresden Festival Orchestra; Dresden Festival Choir of the Richard Wagner Academy; Young Woo Kim; Åsa Jäger

ParisLe Crépuscule des dieuxConcert performance

© Antonine Saito
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Kent Nagano; Dresden Festival Orchestra; Dresden Festival Choir of the Richard Wagner Academy; Young Woo Kim; Åsa Jäger

BarcelonaL’Atlàntida de Falla

© Antonine Saito
Debussy, Falla
Orquesta Nacional de España; Kent Nagano; José Antonio López; Núria Rial; Maite Beaumont; Coro Nacional de España

BambergKent Nagano / Marius Urba / Barbara Bode / Manuel Mischel / Gregor Moser

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Schumann, Sadikova
Bamberg Symphony; Kent Nagano; Marius Urba; Barbara Bode; Manuel Mischel; Gregor Moser

TokyoKent Nagano / Till Fellner

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Lully, Beethoven, Strauss R.
NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo; Kent Nagano; Till Fellner
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A Resurrection for the ages: Kent Nagano conducts the Philharmonia

Kent Nagano © Antoine Saito
Any performance of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony is an event, but this mighty Philharmonia account at the Royal Festival Hall proves extra special. 
*****
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Pomp meets ping-pong: Nixon in China lands again in Paris

Thomas Hampson (Richard Nixon), Renée Fleming (Pat Nixon) and Xiaomeng Zhang (Chou En-lai) © Vincent Pontet | Opéra national de Paris
Excellent vocal acting from Thomas Hampson, Renée Fleming, Xiaomeng Zhang and a magnificent orchestral performance conducted by Kent Nagano can't make Valentina Carrasco's production fully grip.
***11
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Kent Nagano's farewell to Hamburg: Nante and Brahms in dialogue

Kent Nagano © Daniel Dittus
Kent Nagano’s farewell in Hamburg showcases a spiritual dialogue between tradition and innovation, pairing Brahms’ profound Fourth Symphony with the luminous world premiere of Alex Nante’s Anāhata
****1
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Unsuk Chin's opera Die dunkle Seite des Mondes premieres in Hamburg

Andrew Dickinson (Lichtwesen) and Thomas Lehman (Dr Kieron) © Bernd Uhlig
At Staatsoper Hamburg, Unsuk Chin’s new opera The Dark Side of the Moon immerses audiences in an hypnotic, introspective journey, where dreams, science and psyche collide in a rigorously crafted, thought-provoking spectacle.
****1
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Refreshing innovation in Kent Nagano's seasonal Montreal concert

Kent Nagano conducts the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal © Antoine Saito
Contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux joins Kent Nagano for a program featuring the premieres of boldly disparate compositions by Matthew Ricketts and Aziza Sadikova. 
***11
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Franciscan virtues for a modern age: a multimedia Messiaen remix

Jacques Imbrailo and Anna Prohaska © Bernd Uhlig
No half measures in a triple-decker Hamburg staging of Saint François d'Assise at the Elbphilharmonie. 
***11
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MontrealAround the World in 80 Days… or Almost! In French

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Orchestre symphonique de Montréal; Kent Nagano
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Connections between continents: Dresden Festival’s Jan Vogler

Jan Vogler © Marco Grob
Cellist and Intendant of the Dresden Music Festival tells us about the festival’s new commissions, performing on stage, and connecting together musicians from around the world.

Richard Wagner und die historische Aufführungspraxis

Auch wenn es „den einen unwiderruflichen Originalklang nicht geben kann", Concerto Köln und Kent Nagano versuchen sich dennoch an Wagners Ring.