chief conductor designate
Klaus Mäkelä
Klaus Mäkelä has held the position of chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra since 2020 and music director of Orchestre de Paris since 2021. In 2022 the Concertgebouw Orchestra announced that he will assume the title of chief conductor in September 2027. In the same season the Finnish conductor will commence as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
An exclusive Decca Classics artist, he has recorded the Ballets Russes music of Debussy and Stravinsky with Orchestre de Paris. With the Oslo Philharmonic he has released the complete Sibelius Symphonies, as well as Sibelius and Prokofiev violin concertos with Janine Jansen.
With the Oslo Philharmonic, Mäkelä toured Japan, South Korea and Taiwan and gave guest performances in Hamburg, Amsterdam, Paris and Vienna. Shostakovich continues as a main composer focus in Mäkelä’s fifth season in Oslo. With a focus on French composers and new works, Mäkelä’s fourth season at the Orchestre de Paris will see guest performances across Europe and a return to Asia in June 2025.
His outstanding debut in September 2020 prompted the Concertgebouw Orchestra to invite him back four times within two years. As artistic partner, Mäkelä closely collaborates with the orchestra in a variety of programmes during the 2024-25 season, including Mahler’s Symphonies No. 1 and 8, the Christmas Matinee and the Annual Gala concert. An extensive tour of the United States is scheduled for November 2024.
As a guest conductor, in 2024-25 Klaus Mäkelä will return to the Berliner Philharmoniker and The Cleveland Orchestra. He will also make his first appearance with the Vienna Philharmonic.
As a cellist Mäkelä partners with members of the Oslo Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris and Concertgebouw Orchestra for occasional programmes and each summer performs at the Verbier Festival.
Mäkelä studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy with Jorma Panula and cello with Marko Ylönen, Timo Hanhinen and Hannu Kiiski.
Klaus Mäkelä has held the position of chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra since 2020 and music director of Orchestre de Paris since 2021. In 2022 the Concertgebouw Orchestra announced that he will assume the title of chief conductor in September 2027. In the same season the Finnish conductor will commence as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
An exclusive Decca Classics artist, he has recorded the Ballets Russes music of Debussy and Stravinsky with Orchestre de Paris. With the Oslo Philharmonic he has released the complete Sibelius Symphonies, as well as Sibelius and Prokofiev violin concertos with Janine Jansen.
With the Oslo Philharmonic, Mäkelä toured Japan, South Korea and Taiwan and gave guest performances in Hamburg, Amsterdam, Paris and Vienna. Shostakovich continues as a main composer focus in Mäkelä’s fifth season in Oslo. With a focus on French composers and new works, Mäkelä’s fourth season at the Orchestre de Paris will see guest performances across Europe and a return to Asia in June 2025.
His outstanding debut in September 2020 prompted the Concertgebouw Orchestra to invite him back four times within two years. As artistic partner, Mäkelä closely collaborates with the orchestra in a variety of programmes during the 2024-25 season, including Mahler’s Symphonies No. 1 and 8, the Christmas Matinee and the Annual Gala concert. An extensive tour of the United States is scheduled for November 2024.
As a guest conductor, in 2024-25 Klaus Mäkelä will return to the Berliner Philharmoniker and The Cleveland Orchestra. He will also make his first appearance with the Vienna Philharmonic.
As a cellist Mäkelä partners with members of the Oslo Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris and Concertgebouw Orchestra for occasional programmes and each summer performs at the Verbier Festival.
Mäkelä studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy with Jorma Panula and cello with Marko Ylönen, Timo Hanhinen and Hannu Kiiski.
Klaus Mäkelä has held the position of chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra since 2020 and music director of Orchestre de Paris since 2021. In 2022 the Concertgebouw Orchestra announced that he will assume the title of chief conductor in September 2027. In the same season the Finnish conductor will commence as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
An exclusive Decca Classics artist, he has recorded the Ballets Russes music of Debussy and Stravinsky with Orchestre de Paris. With the Oslo Philharmonic he has released the complete Sibelius Symphonies, as well as Sibelius and Prokofiev violin concertos with Janine Jansen.
With the Oslo Philharmonic, Mäkelä toured Japan, South Korea and Taiwan and gave guest performances in Hamburg, Amsterdam, Paris and Vienna. Shostakovich continues as a main composer focus in Mäkelä’s fifth season in Oslo. With a focus on French composers and new works, Mäkelä’s fourth season at the Orchestre de Paris will see guest performances across Europe and a return to Asia in June 2025.
His outstanding debut in September 2020 prompted the Concertgebouw Orchestra to invite him back four times within two years. As artistic partner, Mäkelä closely collaborates with the orchestra in a variety of programmes during the 2024-25 season, including Mahler’s Symphonies No. 1 and 8, the Christmas Matinee and the Annual Gala concert. An extensive tour of the United States is scheduled for November 2024.
As a guest conductor, in 2024-25 Klaus Mäkelä will return to the Berliner Philharmoniker and The Cleveland Orchestra. He will also make his first appearance with the Vienna Philharmonic.
As a cellist Mäkelä partners with members of the Oslo Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris and Concertgebouw Orchestra for occasional programmes and each summer performs at the Verbier Festival.
Mäkelä studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy with Jorma Panula and cello with Marko Ylönen, Timo Hanhinen and Hannu Kiiski.
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Klaus Mäkelä and Sol Gabetta during a public rehearsal image: Milagro Elstak -
Klaus Mäkelä principal cellist Gregor Horsch. image: Milagro Elstak -
Klaus Mäkelä conducts the the world premiere of Alexander Raskatov's Oboe Concerto with principal oboe Alexei Ogrintchouk as soloist. image: Eduardus Lee -
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Klaus Mäkelä with composer Alexander Raskatov. image: Eduardus Lee -
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Klaus Mäkelä on the stairs of the Concertgebouw. image: Milagro Elstak -
Klaus Mäkelä - image: Marco Borggreve -
Klaus Mäkelä - image: Marco Borggreve
Concerts
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On tour: Klaus Mäkelä conducts Mahler
Schoenberg’s Transfigured Night and Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 on tour in the USA
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On tour in the USA with Klaus Mäkelä
Lisa Batiashvili plays Prokofiev, Concertgebouw Orchestra performs Rachmaninoff
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On tour in the USA with Klaus Mäkelä
Lisa Batiashvili plays Prokofjev, Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Reid and Rachmaninoff
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Christmas Matinee: Klaus Mäkelä
Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben, Richard Wagner and Unsuk Chin
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On tour with Klaus Mäkelä and Janine Jansen
Music by Schumann, Britten, Purcell and Dowland