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Kent Nagano

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American conductor (1951-)

United StatesMusiciansBorn 1951 · age 74
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Kent George Nagano is an American conductor and opera administrator. From 2015 until 2025, he was Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of the Hamburg State Opera and the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg.

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Albums 10

SDShepherd: On a Clear Day2025
HOHartmann, Ravel & Aziza Sadikova: Works for Violin & Orchestra2025
BNBrahms: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 42025
BRBrahms: Ein deutsches Requiem2025
BTBusoni: Arlecchino & Turandot2024
MCMozart & Poulenc: Double & Triple Piano Concertos2024
RRRachmaninoff Live - The Piano Concertos & The Paganini Rhapsody2024
BLBarbara Hendricks in Verbier (Live)2023
KLKent Nagano - Stravinsky (Live)2023
LOLalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 - Ravel: Tzigane, M. 76 - Chausson: Poème, Op. 252023

Awards 10

2025Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class
2024Officer of the Order of Canada
2024Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2023Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
2017Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec
2017Echo Klassik - Conductor of the Year
2013Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec
2004Berliner Bär
Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class
Bavarian Order of Merit

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Christoph EschenbachAlso in Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life (2016)Thomas HampsonAlso in Parsifal (2005)Samuel RameyAlso in Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress (1992)Waltraud MeierAlso in Parsifal (2005)Klaus Florian VogtAlso in Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (2012)Susan GrahamAlso in A Night Of Rhythm & Dance (Waldbühne 2000) (2006)

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Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
living
Dates
Born 1951 · age 74
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16 languages

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