To nye år med Stutzmann

Sjefdirigent Nathalie Stutzmann forlenger engasjementet med Kristiansand Symfoniorkester (KSO) med ytterligere to år.

Sjefdirigenten har jobbet med orkesteret siden 2018, og ble raskt en favoritt hos anmeldere og orkesterets stadig økende publikum. Stutzmanns kontrakt skulle opprinnelig gått ut sommeren 2021, men er nå forlenget frem til 2023.

- "This is the best Christmas present we could give to both the audience and ourselves. The orchestra has made great strides together with Nathalie in recent years, and her extension means that she sees the potential we have together. That's great," says Geir Rebbestad, Director of KSO.

Thinking long-term

The protagonist himself is also pleased with the extension of the collaboration.

- This is my Norwegian family. The orchestra is young and willing to learn, and I'm looking forward to many more years with the musicians. It gives us the opportunity to think long-term, which is a great advantage when you want to do something with an orchestra," she says.

Popular conductor

Nathalie Stutzmann was last week appointed as the first guest conductor of the prestigious American orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra. Recent highlights for Nathalie include concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, Seattle Symphony, Gothenburg Symphony and Rotterdam Philharmonic.

In the coming months, she will also return to the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and make her debut with the Metropolitan Opera. But already in January she will be back in Kristiansand for concerts with her KSO family.

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Tekst: Kjetil Nordhus
Foto: Heida Gudmundsdottir og Lars Gunnar Liestøl