Kent Nagano gets a book deal
mainThe conductor’s German book book ‘Erwarten Sie Wunder’ is to be published next year in English by McGill-Queen’s University Press.
From the blurb:
In Classical Music: Expect the Unexpected the famous classical conductor tells the deeply personal story of his own engagement with the masterpieces and great composers of classical music, his work with the world’s major orchestras, and his tireless commitment to bringing his music to everybody…
‘Expect miracles’? You couldn’t make it up…
The title refers to advice older singers at the Hamburg State Opera give younger singers, the latter dismayed that the maestro doesn’t seem to know which piece he’s conducting.
Yet somehow he keeps getting booked by various fine orchestras and opera houses.
Has been published in a French for ages now…
The forthcoming English version is called ‘Expect the Unexpected’