Klaus Mäkelä

Zell Music Director Designate, 2024–Present


Klaus Mäkelä is Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic since 2020 and Music Director of Orchestre de Paris since 2021. As Artistic Partner of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, he assumes the title of Chief Conductor at the start of the 2027/28 season. An exclusive Decca Classics Artist, Mäkelä has recorded the complete Sibelius Symphony cycle with the Oslo Philharmonic and two albums featuring Ballets Russes scores by Stravinsky and Debussy with Orchestre de Paris. In April 2024, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra announced Klaus Mäkelä as its next music director, starting in 2027/28. 

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Klaus Mäkelä