The Grand Return of Kent Nagano with the OSM Summer 2025
The return of Kent Nagano to Lanaudière as the orchestra’s honorary conductor, for the first time since 2021, alongside exceptional soloists and conducting works he has presented around the world for decades, is a moment to remember. This evening, he brings you Brahms’s majestic 3rd Symphony and Debussy’s subtle Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra, with OSM principal clarinetist Todd Cope.
The concert is part of the Festival de Lanaudière at the Amphithéâtre Fernand-Lindsay
Artists
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Kent Nagano, conductor
Todd Cope, clarinet
Program
Anton Webern, Passacaglia in D Minor, Op. 1
Claude Debussy, Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra in B-flat major, L. 116
Johannes Brahms, Symphony n° 3 in F major, Op. 90
Without Intermission
Kent Nagano
Conductor EmeritusKent Nagano is considered one of today’s outstanding conductors for both operatic and orchestral repertoire. He will be the next Chief conductor and Artistic Director of the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España (OCNE) in Madrid starting in September 2026 and is the newly appointed Principal Artistic Partner of Filarmonica Toscanini. In addition, he is committed together with Jan Vogler as Artistic Director of the Ring project “The Wagner Cycles” of Dresdner Musikfestspiele with Dresdner Festspielorchester and Concerto Köln alongside Jan Vogler. He has been Honorary Conductor of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin since 2006, Concerto Köln since 2019, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal since 2021 and the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg since 2023 and is as patron of the Herrenchiemsee Festival.
As a much sought-after guest conductor, Kent Nagano regularly works with leading international orchestras worldwide, 2025/26 season highlights include several projects with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Maggio Musicale, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Opera de Paris, and the Philharmonia Orchestra, amongst others.
Todd Cope
OSM Principal ClarinetTodd Cope was appointed Principal Clarinet of the OSM in 2013. He was previously a member of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and a member of the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida. In addition, he has performed with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony and Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and has held fellowships at the Aspen and Eastern music festivals, the National Repertory Orchestra, the Music Academy of the West, and the American Institute of Music Studies in Graz, Austria. He graduated from the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati where he studied with Richie Hawley. Todd Cope also completed a professional studies certificate at the Colburn School, where he was a student of Yehuda Gilad. He is currently on the faculty at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University, and is an exclusive performing artist for Buffet Crampon.
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