Chief Conductor & Artistic Advisor: Oslo Philharmonic
Music Director: Orchestre de Paris
Artistic Partner: Concertgebouw Orchestra
Music Director Designate: Chicago Symphony Orchestra 

Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä has held the position of chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic since 2020 and music director of the Orchestre de Paris since September 2021. He assumes the title of chief conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in September 2027 and, in the same season, begins his tenure as Zell Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. An exclusive Decca Classics artist, he has recorded two albums featuring Ballets Russes scores by Stravinsky and Debussy with Orchestre de Paris. With the Oslo Philharmonic, he has recorded the complete Sibelius Symphonies, Sibelius’ and Prokofiev’s first Violin Concerto with Janine Jansen and Shostakovich’s Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 and 6.

Shostakovich continues as the composer spotlight in Mäkelä’s fifth season with the Oslo Philharmonic, which opened with performances of Symphony No. 5 at the Salzburg and Berlin Music Festivals. This season he also conducts Shostakovich’s Symphonies Nos. 1, 11 and 15 at home in Oslo, whilst additional program highlights include Andrew Norman’s Play, Anders Hillborg’s new piano concerto MAX with soloist Emanuel Ax, and Sibelius’ Lemminkäinen Suite.