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IS KLAUS MÄKELÄ REALLY THAT GOOD?

IS KLAUS MÄKELÄ REALLY THAT GOOD?

Klaus Mäkelä is the wunderkind conductor and media darling. Only 28 and already Music Director of 4 world class orchestras, succeeding Muti in Chicago. What makes him so special? Read on.

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UPDATED-The trend towards youth in classical music is not new. Karajan was only 21 when he had his first position as Kapellmeister in Ulm. But to be Music Director of 4 major orchestras, Oslo Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris and soon the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the age of 28? There must be something more to Mä…

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