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指揮／長野健
Conductor: Kent Nagano

長野健以對樂曲清澈、優雅和智慧的詮釋聞名於世。他充滿熱情，向全世界的音樂會與歌劇聽眾介紹新創與重新發掘的音樂，對成熟的曲目也提供新穎的見解。

長野以全新製作的蕭斯塔可維奇的《鼻子》揭開2019/20樂季，這是他在漢堡國立歌劇院擔任音樂總監的第五個樂季。本季的其他新製作還包括史特勞斯的《艾蕾克特拉》，以及與喬治‧德爾農合作梅湘的《阿西西的聖弗朗索瓦》；自首演以來，長野一直與此作品關係密切。在擔任漢堡國立愛樂管弦樂團首席指揮的同時，他還將在11月與該管弦樂團一起在日本進行巡迴，舉行以貝多芬、李斯特、馬勒、魏德曼和布拉姆斯作品為主的音樂會。 

他與蒙特婁交響樂團（OSM）的首場音樂會，揭開了他擔任音樂總監的最後一季的序幕。自2006年開始合作以來，長野除了擔任OSM委託演出的指揮，也見證了新音樂廳蒙特婁交響廳的落成。2019年秋季，OSM與長野與小提琴家維若妮卡‧艾伯爾一起踏上了南美之旅。

本季後期，長野將回歸日本，這次將與NHK交響樂團一起演出魏德曼的《方舟》，這是漢堡易北愛樂音樂廳落成委託的演出作品。本樂季，長野將繼續與柏林德意志交響樂團（他也擔任樂團的名譽指揮）、慕尼黑愛樂樂團以及哥特堡交響樂團（他於2013年至2019年擔任首席客座指揮）的合作，並與科隆協奏團延續具有里程碑意義的「解讀華格納」計畫。

在上個樂季，長野健以與OSM前往魁北克極圈地區巡迴作為開始。2019年1月，他與漢堡國立愛樂樂團在西班牙進行巡迴演出，並回到漢堡國家歌劇院指揮舒曼的《浮士德場景》與喬治‧班傑明的《愛戀與暴力的教訓》首演；2018年秋季他亦指揮華格納的《指環》全本演出。2018/19樂季的其他精彩演出還包括於下列樂團擔任客座指揮：巴伐利亞廣播交響樂團、巴賽隆納小交響樂團、慕尼黑愛樂樂團、西南廣播交響樂團、底特律交響樂團和明尼蘇達管弦樂團。

長野於2006年至2013年在巴伐利亞國家歌劇院擔任總音樂總監期間，委託創作了魏德曼的《巴比倫》和陳銀淑的《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》等新歌劇。除了布魯克納的《第四交響曲》和《第七交響曲》（新力）外，長野還與巴伐利亞州立管弦樂團合作發行了多部歌劇的DVD，其中包括與Unel classica/medici arts公司合作發行的陳銀淑《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》歌劇（2008）。長野健也是成功的錄音作品藝術家，發行超過百張CD與DVD，最新的作品是與漢堡國立愛樂樂團進行魏德曼的《方舟》首演的現場錄音。他也曾與許多頂尖獨唱/獨奏家合作錄音，包括黛安娜‧丹姆勞、葛哈爾、布雷查茲、提鮑德等人。

長野出生於加州，與家鄉保持著密切的聯繫，1978至2008年擔任柏克萊交響樂團音樂總監。他早年的職業生涯在波士頓的歌劇院工作，並在波士頓交響樂團擔任小澤征爾的助理指揮。長野在美國的成就也使他獲得歐洲各地的邀約，擔任里昂國立歌劇院音樂總監（1988-1998）與哈勒管弦樂團音樂總監 (1991-2000)。長野健為康考迪亞大學與舊金山州立大學的榮譽博士。

Kent Nagano is renowned for interpretations of clarity, elegance and intelligence. He is passionate about introducing concert and opera audiences throughout the world to new and rediscovered music and offering fresh insights into established repertoire.

Nagano opens the 2019/20 season, his fifth as General Music Director of Staatsoper Hamburg, with a new production of Shostakovich’s The Nose. Other new productions this season include Strauss’ Elektra and, in collaboration with Georges Delnon, Messiaen’s Saint Franҫoise d’Assise, a work Kent has been closely associated with since its premiere. In his parallel position as Chief Conductor of Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, he will tour Japan with the orchestra in November with concerts featuring Beethoven, Liszt, Mahler, Widmann and Brahms.  

His opening concerts with Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) mark the start of the final season for him as Music Director. Since the beginning of this collaboration in 2006, Nagano has conducted commissions by OSM and has also seen the inauguration of the new concert hall La Maison Symphonique. In autumn 2019, OSM and Nagano embark on a tour of South America with violinist Véronika Eberle.

Later in the season features a return to Japan for Nagano, this time with NHK Symphony Orchestra to conduct Jorg Widmann’s Arche, a work commissioned for the inauguration of Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall. This season, Nagano will continue his relationships with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (of which he is Honorary Conductor), Munich Philharmonic, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (of which he was Principal Guest Conductor from 2013 – 2019) and Concerto Koeln, with whom he has embarked on a landmark “Wagner Lesarten” project.

Nagano started last season with an OSM tour into arctic Quebec. In January 2019, he went on tour through Spain with Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg whilst back at Hamburgische Staatsoper he conducted the premieres of Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faust and George Benjamin’s Lessons in Love and Violence as well as performances of the entire Ring by Wagner in autumn 2018. Other highlights from the 2018/19 season included guest engagements with Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona, Munich Philharmonic, SWR-Sinfonieorcehster, and the Detroit Symphony and Minnesota Orchestras.

At the Bayerische Staatsoper, where he was General Music Director from 2006 to 2013, Nagano commissioned new operas including Babylon by Jörg Widmann and Alice in Wonderland by Unsuk Chin. In addition to Bruckner's Symphonies Nos. 4 and 7 (Sony), Nagano has released several opera performances with the Bavarian State Orchestra on DVD including Unsuk Chin's opera Alice in Wonderland (2008) with unitel classica/medici arts. As a successful recording artist with over 100 releases on CD and DVD, one of Kent’s most recent releases is the live recording of the premiere concert of Widmann’s Arche with Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg. Nagano has recorded with many leading soloists including Diana Damrau, Christian Gerhahern, Rafał Blechacz and Jean-Yves Thibaudet.

Born in California, Nagano maintains close connections with his home state and was Music Director of the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra from 1978-2008.  His early professional years were spent in Boston, working in the opera house and as assistant conductor to Seiji Ozawa at the Boston Symphony Orchestra.  Nagano’s success in America led to European appointments: Music Director of Opéra National de Lyon (1988-1998) and Music Director of the Hallé Orchestra (1991-2000). Nagano is honorary doctorate of Concordia University and San Francisco State University.