When he begins a 5-yr contract in 2027 at 31, Mäkelä will be the youngest maestro in the ensemble’s 133-yr history, & one of the youngest ever to lead a top orchestra in the United States.
#KlausMäkelä, who will become #music dir designate immediately, said in an interview that he did not think his age was relevant, noting that he had been conducting for >½ his life, beginning at 12.
“I don’t think about it. Music doesn’t really have any age,” he said.