Kent Nagano

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kent Nagano
Occupation	Conductor
Date Of Birth	Nov 22, 1951(1951-11-22)
Age	73
Birthplace	Berkeley
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Scorpio

Kent Nagano Biography

Kent Nagano is one of the most popular and richest Conductor who was born on November 22, 1951 in Berkeley, California, United States.

Nagano’s first conducting job was with the Opera Company of Boston, where he was assistant conductor to Sarah Caldwell. In 1978, he became the conductor of the Berkeley Symphony, his first music directorship. He stepped down from this position in 2009. During his tenure in Berkeley, Nagano became a champion of the music of Olivier Messiaen and initiated a correspondence with him. He was later invited to work with Messiaen on the final stages of his opera Saint François d’Assise in Paris, where he lived with Messiaen and his wife Yvonne Loriod, whom he came to regard as his “European parents”.

In 1982, Nagano conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in several of Frank Zappa’s completely orchestral compositions for the first time. Nagano recorded several of Zappa’s pieces on the issue London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1, where Zappa had personally chosen Nagano to conduct the orchestra. Nagano described this as “my first chance, my first real break”. In 1984, while assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, he stepped in for Seiji Ozawa on short notice and without rehearsal, receiving acclaim from the audience, orchestra, and Boston Globe critic Richard Dyer for a “noble performance” of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony.

Kent Nagano Net Worth

Kent Nagano is one of the richest Conductor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kent Nagano 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kent George Nagano, GOQ, MSM (born November 22, 1951) is an American conductor and opera administrator. He is currently music director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra since 2006, and general music director of the Hamburg State Opera since 2015.

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He has been a regular guest at the Salzburg Festival, where he premiered Kaija Saariaho’s L’amour de loin in 2000. He also conducted the world premiere of John Adams’ The Death of Klinghoffer at la Monnaie in Brussels.

Facts & Trivia

Khalil Ranked on the list of most popular Conductor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Kent Nagano celebrates birthday on November 22 of every year.

Nagano became principal conductor of the Los Angeles Opera (LA Opera) with the 2001–2002 season. In May 2003, Nagano was named the LA Opera’s first music director, and he retained this position through 2006.