Kent Nagano celebrates his 70th birthday: memories and reflections of a great conductor
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- Kent Nagano celebrates his 70th birthday on November 22, 2021. In an intimate interview with DW Classical Music, Nagano looks back at his life’s work and talks about topics close to his heart as well as some of the people who were important to him: Why Leonard Bernstein had a decisive influence on him; how he met Frank Zappa and learned to play his classical compositions; how he worked with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) many times and remains fascinated to this day by the sound of this unique orchestra. He also lets us in on the secret to his close working relationship with his wife, pianist Mari Kodama.
One of the highlights of Nagano’s career is the Classical Masterpieces project, which he completed in 2006 with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin for Deutsche Welle. To this day, Nagano is delighted by the visionary character of this unique production and points out its historical value.
And the great conductor also offers some quirky anecdotes, for example about his trip to Japan in 1999, where US-born Nagano had to conduct a Japanese choir - but could only communicate in English or German.
With this video DW Classical Music congratulates Kent Nagano on his 70th birthday - we hope you can join us!
Everything at a glance:
(00:00) Intro
(02:52) Influence of Leonard Bernstein
(04:31) Collaboration with Frank Zappa
(08:22) Cooperation with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
(09:31) Japan trip with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
(12:11) The Classical Masterpieces project
(14:16) The modern aspects of Brahms, Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
(16:52) Premiere of Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier, Piano Concerto Terra Nostra, Berlin Philharmonie, 2021
(18:44) Working with his wife, Mari Kodama
By the way, the music starting at 03:58 is not the overture from the opéra comique 'Béatrice et Bénédict' but the orchestral suite from 'Le bourgeois gentilhomme' by Richard Strauss. Sorry for the confusion!
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He speaks so elegantly!! BRAVO to Maestro Nagano on your Birthday
I have seen Maestro Nagano live in many concerts when he conducted Berkeley Symphony and I had season tickets. Great conductor and a wonderful man
Happy Birthday Maestro!!!
Happy Birthday. 🥂🍾
Thank You for sharing Your emotion thrue the year's of music.
Happiest of opus 70.Enjoyed immensely your chat on BR KLASSIK, your selections, anecdotes and the Chopin Concerto with your wife. Greetings from...opus 80.
The DSO tympani has the best sound for the Brahms 4 Symphony for me, just right & appropriate. Love it!
Happy birthday Maestro, the most beloved gift of all, sharing good old classicals evergreen unforgettable memories now with your next fourth generation of fans, the teenagers because .. my love for classical composers started since l was twelve or maybe nine, the Brahms Hungarian Rapsody l think, it's a sweet Memory since l was in my mother's womb, that's one of Her favorites. You see, the web connection is a matter of FAITH, we have to believe and trust the invisible cyber audience, mostly those who do not share at all our hobbies but from now on they have the chance to switch the point of view. Recalling classical composers, each one of them had this ambition to spread the music anyone and everyone, still now such a Humanitarian action, such a resistance symbol encouraging everybody to enjoy the partizans battle and never give up fighting
Dearest Maestro ! What a remarkable choice of works to perform program full of joy - showing such an optimistic music pieces ( also the end of "Hofmann tales " ends with your saying "the future is bright or sth like that ). Probable such an attitude is the secret of your immense success all these years - Happy Birthday!
Inspirador, que naturalidad al expresarse al hablar y al dirigir 🎼🎵🎶
Happy 70th Birthday Maestro Kent! Many Happy Returns. From former California friends G & B
Really interesting, happy birthday... Maestro
Interesting, thank you
very interesting interview….
Very happy birthday to you, Kent-san❣️
Isao & Yasuko Watanabe
🥰🙏pelo vídeo Que toda equipe tenha uma semana abençoada 🙏DW 🎼
Molto carismatico...si esibisce a Bolzano il 18.11.22
Fascinating human.
Merci kent je suis lyonnaise etje vous regrette tant
Happy Birthday
Nagano seems to be enjoying greater fame in Europe than here in the U.S., where he is not thought of very highly if at all.
I dug know who you hang out with but that’s certainly not even remotely true.
That can happen to American artists ..more fame in Europe. Cool!
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Just discovered you on Knowledge Network, to Celebrate German Romanticism, with Swedish Soprano Miah Persson. Thank you!
これはレコーディングですね、お話出ゃライブなんですね。
Is this written by Ann Ander of Tribune syndigate of which Kemt is from Oakland regio as I am?
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At this time I saw John and his cohibitation vision of 1984, thats what you were talking about.
I went to Santa Maria, Nagano's hometown, to watch a movie where Japanese exchange farm boys gathered in a barn. That's was in the early 1960's. Good to know Nagano is doing well.
Thats me who he saw on Wef in Asahihaoka inquiring her daughter Laura Shoji and Onizuka astro who was too weak from surbive, because he was the void clone.
Sorry,what is the first piece called? Thanks !
It is an excerpt from the overture to the opéra comique 'Béatrice et Bénédict' by Hector Berlioz.
@@DWClassicalMusic thanks! Great interview indeed!
Its East Germanys Reinhardt taking erkennen past tense.
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I’m sorry, I acknowledge that Maestro Nagano is a competent professional conductor, but I cannot subscribe to “greatness” as an apt use of terminology. Bernstein was “great,” Furtwangler was “great,” Carlos Kleiber was “great.” Maestro Nagano is a master of timing-showing/anticipating/timing musical events in a remarkably skilled manner-credit where credits is due. But he does not “lead” the music, its inner “thread” in a satisfactory-to-me manner. Bruno Walter and Arturo Toscanini were nowhere near as skilled conductors as Maestro Nagano-BUT-they were “great” conductors; the music unfolded like an epic story, it’s inner essence led the listener through the story. Timing is a skill, essentially highlighting the musical events in the score; it is, however, a baseline parameter for assessment. I acknowledge Maestro Nagano’s skill; he is certainly a better conductor than I am or ever will be.