Klaus Mäkelä was presented as a successor to Haitink in Mahler
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Klaus Mäkelä was described as showing himself to be a worthy successor to Bernard Haitink in Mahler. No further details were provided.
Klaus Mäkelä takes on Mahler’s Seventh Symphony
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Klaus Mäkelä was reported to have taken on Mahler’s Seventh Symphony with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. He had not yet been sworn in as the orchestra’s chief, although he already had most of Mahler’s symphonies in his repertoire with the orchestra. The Seventh was described as a work he should have waited longer to perform.