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Klaus Mäkelä conducts Mozart’s “Great” Mass in C Minor

January 21, 2023, 4:00 pm

Klaus Mäkelä in a dark suit against a dark background with an open-armed gesture, baton in right hand.

Klaus Mäkelä (Photo: Marco Borggreve)

Klaus Mäkelä is Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic, Music Director of Orchestre de Paris, and Artistic Partner of the Concertgebouw Orchestra—already named the Concertgebouw’s Chief Conductor beginning in 2027. The Finnish cellist turned conductor celebrated his 27th birthday earlier this month. This week, Oliver shares a performance which opened the Oslo Philharmonic’s 2021-22 season.

Watch an interview with Klaus Mäkelä below.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C Minor, K. 427
Mojca Erdmann, soprano
Ana Maria Labin, soprano
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Christian Valle, bass-baritone
Oslo Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor

Recorded live on August 26, 2021. This concert is made available through WFMT ‘s association with the European Broadcasting Union.

Meet the Host

Oliver Camacho joined the announcer team in February of 2019. He is the co-host and creative consultant of Opera Box Score and co-host of OperaNow! Podcast. A proud graduate of Chicago’s Lane Technical High School, where he was mentored by George Rico, Oliver went on to study music at Northwestern University, and historically informed performance practice at the Amherst Early Music Festival and Early Music Vancouver. His musical passions are opera, art song, choral music, Early Music, and discovering new composers as well as those who have been previously marginalized or disenfranchised. In January of 2021, Oliver began hosting Listening to Singers, and in October of the same year, he was named WFMT’s Music Director.

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