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Klaus Mäkelä, this season's portrait artist at the Essen Philharmonic, will conduct Mahler's Symphony No. 6 with the Vienna Philharmonic. This symphony premiered in Essen in 1906. The 28-year-old conductor from Helsinki is known for pushing boundaries, as evidenced by his performance of the same symphony at the Musikfest Berlin, which garnered praise from the Süddeutsche Zeitung. A pre-concert talk will feature Mäkelä, Daniel Froschauer, and Michael Bladerer.
28-year-old Klaus Mäkelä, already chief conductor of four orchestras, has been invited by the Vienna Philharmonic. His debut tour with them includes a stop in Cologne, featuring Mahler's 6th Symphony. This powerful masterpiece, while tragic, allows for indulgence in beauty and combines otherworldly devotion with a longing for hymnic transfiguration.
