Kent Nagano
Sound · Conductor · Music Editor · Music Director
Born Nov 22, 1951 · Morro Bay, California, USA
Active 1987–present · Awards: Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class, Bavarian Order of Merit, Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec, Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec, Berliner Bär, Echo Klassik – Conductor of the Year, Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class, Officer of the Order of Canada
Kent George Nagano is an American conductor and opera administrator. From 2015 until 2025, he was Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of the Hamburg State Opera and the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg.
Filmography
Die Gezeichneten — ConductorJohn Adams: El Niño (2000) — ConductorLa tuque en mousse de nombril (2011) — Music EditorLes Contes d'Hoffmann (1993) — Music DirectorThe Love for Three Oranges (1989) — ConductorThe True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988) — ConductorThe Cunning Little Vixen (2003) — ConductorThe Amazing Mr. Bickford (1987) — ConductorOwen Wingrave (2001) — ConductorOSM - La Maison Symphonique - Opus No 1 (2011) — Kent NaganoA Night Of Rhythm & Dance (Waldbühne 2000) (2006) — Conductor · SoundStravinsky: The Rake’s Progress (1992) — ConductorParsifal (2005) — DirigentThe Mission of Nagano (2017) — HimsselfLe diable en canot d'écorce (2017)Symphonie de Noël (2010)Kent Nagano: Montréal Symphony (2011) — Kent NaganoWagner - Lohengrin (2009) — ConductorDialogues des Carmelites (2010) — Conductor · Music DirectorChaakapesh (2020)Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (2012) — ConductorPresences Festival 2023 Bach / Lacôte / Chin / Robin (2021) — Music DirectorMussorgsky: Boris Godunov (2024) — ConductorLe Messie de Handel / Handel's Messiah (2011) — Conductor