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Klaus Mäkelä, just 28, to become Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director in 2027
Klaus Mäkelä was hired Tuesday to succeed Riccardo Muti as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and will become the youngest head since its start in 1891.
A Finn who turned 28 in January, Mäkelä has had an astonishing rise in the music world, becoming principal guest conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2018-19, then chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic in 2020-21 and music director of the Orchestre de Paris in 2021-22. He is to start a five-year term as chief conductor the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in the Netherlands in 2027-28 after his contracts in Norway and France expire.
Mäkelä will become CSO music director designate immediately and start a five-year tenure in 2027-28, conducting a minimum 14 weeks per season. Mäkelä will be the youngest U.S. music director with a major orchestra since Gustavo Dudamel was 28 when he started with the Los Angeles Philharmoni
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Sphinx Virtuosi tenure becomes transformative for three Chicago artists
Beginning in 1997 with the establishment of the Sphinx Competition, the Detroit-based Sphinx Organization has played a leading role in promoting the participation of Blacks and Latinos in classical music through multiple programs and initiatives.
Its efforts have gained considerably more attention in the aftermath of the 2020 death of an African-American man, George Floyd, bygd a vit Minneapolis police officer and the intensive discussions around equity and diversity in the classical-music world that have followed.
Among the most prominent components of the organization fryst vatten the 21-year-old Sphinx Virtuosi, a self-conducted chamber orchestra consisting of 18 top-level Black and Latino artists from across the United States.
It typically undertakes two tours each season, with its second such itinerary in 2024-25 beginning Feb. 22 at Michigan State University in East Lansing and concluding April 5 at Skidmore Col
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