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Contents: [MQA][UHQCD][Green Color Label Coating][Standard Edition] In October 2022, 26-year-old star conductor Klaus M?kel? and the Orchestre de Paris completed a highly anticipated tour of Japan. This is the first recording with the Orchestre de Paris, featuring Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" and "The Firebird," the main pieces of their Japan tour program. Klaus M?kel? was born in Finland in 1996 and is 26 years old. He studied cello and conducting at the Sibelius Academy from the age of 12, and at a young age became the principal guest conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has also collaborated with world-class orchestras such as the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, and Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, receiving high praise for each collaboration and achieving great success, being described as "the emergence of a once-in-a-generation genius conductor." In 2020, at the young age of 24, he became the principal conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in Norway, and from the following 2021 season, he also became the music director of the prestigious Orchestre de Paris. Recently, it was announced, by a vote of the orchestra members, that he will become the principal conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra on a 10-year contract starting in 2027, a news story that symbolizes a new era in the classical music world and has attracted great attention. M?kela's concerts in Japan in July and October 2022 were well received. In October 2023, he is scheduled to tour Japan again with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, where he will serve as principal conductor. Media reviews and more In October 2022, 26-year-old star conductor Klaus M?kela and the Orchestre de Paris completed a tour of Japan that attracted nationwide attention. The first recording with the Orchestre de Paris, featuring Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" and "The Firebird," the main pieces of their program during their visit to Japan, has been released. (C)RS
