Kent Nagano
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Kent Nagano is an acclaimed American conductor known for his interpretations of both contemporary and classical repertoire and for leading major orchestras and opera companies worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kent Nagano canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11483767 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kent Nagano Context triple: [Halle Orchestra, notableConductor, Kent Nagano]
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A.
Brent Sutter
Brent Sutter is a Canadian former NHL center and coach, best known as a member of the Sutter hockey family and a multiple Stanley Cup champion with the New York Islanders.
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B.
Darryl Sutter
Darryl Sutter is a Canadian former NHL player and highly respected coach best known for leading the Los Angeles Kings to two Stanley Cup championships.
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C.
Scotty Bowman
Scotty Bowman is a legendary NHL coach widely regarded as one of the greatest in hockey history, known for winning a record number of Stanley Cup championships behind the bench.
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D.
Ron Sutter
Ron Sutter is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played over 1,000 NHL games and later worked in scouting and player development.
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E.
Art Howe
Art Howe is a former Major League Baseball infielder and manager, best known for managing the Oakland Athletics during their early-2000s success depicted in "Moneyball."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kent Nagano Target entity description: Kent Nagano is an acclaimed American conductor known for his interpretations of both contemporary and classical repertoire and for leading major orchestras and opera companies worldwide.
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A.
Brent Sutter
Brent Sutter is a Canadian former NHL center and coach, best known as a member of the Sutter hockey family and a multiple Stanley Cup champion with the New York Islanders.
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B.
Darryl Sutter
Darryl Sutter is a Canadian former NHL player and highly respected coach best known for leading the Los Angeles Kings to two Stanley Cup championships.
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C.
Scotty Bowman
Scotty Bowman is a legendary NHL coach widely regarded as one of the greatest in hockey history, known for winning a record number of Stanley Cup championships behind the bench.
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D.
Ron Sutter
Ron Sutter is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played over 1,000 NHL games and later worked in scouting and player development.
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E.
Art Howe
Art Howe is a former Major League Baseball infielder and manager, best known for managing the Oakland Athletics during their early-2000s success depicted in "Moneyball."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American musician
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human ⓘ opera conductor ⓘ orchestral conductor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1951-11-22 ⓘ |
| education |
San Francisco State University
NERFINISHED
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University of California, Santa Cruz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Japanese American ⓘ |
| familyName | Nagano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
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contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| givenName | Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBeenMusicDirectorOf |
Bavarian State Opera
NERFINISHED
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Berkeley Symphony NERFINISHED ⓘ Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Angeles Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ Orchestre symphonique de Montréal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBeenPrincipalConductorOf |
Hallé Orchestra
NERFINISHED
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Opéra National de Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | Karina Nagano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecordedForLabel |
Decca Records
NERFINISHED
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ECM Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Harmonia Mundi NERFINISHED ⓘ Sony Classical NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkedWithOrchestra |
Berlin Philharmonic
NERFINISHED
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleveland Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ London Symphony Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ New York Philharmonic NERFINISHED ⓘ San Francisco Symphony NERFINISHED ⓘ Vienna Philharmonic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
interpretations of classical repertoire
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interpretations of contemporary repertoire ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ |
| name | Kent Nagano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAward | Grammy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkField |
opera
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orchestral music ⓘ |
| occupation | conductor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Berkeley, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Montreal, Quebec, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| specializesInComposer |
Arnold Schoenberg
NERFINISHED
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Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED ⓘ Olivier Messiaen NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Mari Kodama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | pianist ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Kent Nagano Description of subject: Kent Nagano is an acclaimed American conductor known for his interpretations of both contemporary and classical repertoire and for leading major orchestras and opera companies worldwide.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.