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.

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instanceOf American musician
human
opera conductor
orchestral conductor
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1951-11-22
education San Francisco State University
University of California, Santa Cruz
ethnicOrigin Japanese American
familyName Nagano
genre classical music
contemporary classical music
givenName Kent
hasBeenMusicDirectorOf Bavarian State Opera
Berkeley Symphony
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Los Angeles Opera
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
hasBeenPrincipalConductorOf Hallé Orchestra
linked to: Halle Orchestra

Opéra National de Lyon
hasChild Karina Nagano
hasRecordedForLabel Decca Records
ECM Records
Harmonia Mundi
Sony Classical
hasWorkedWithOrchestra Berlin Philharmonic
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
New York Philharmonic
San Francisco Symphony
Vienna Philharmonic
isKnownFor interpretations of classical repertoire
interpretations of contemporary repertoire
languageSpoken English
French
German
name Kent Nagano
notableAward Grammy Award
notableWorkField opera
orchestral music
occupation conductor
placeOfBirth Berkeley, California, United States
residence Montreal, Quebec, Canada
specializesInComposer Arnold Schoenberg
Gustav Mahler
Olivier Messiaen
Richard Wagner
spouse Mari Kodama
spouseOccupation pianist

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