räsonanz – Munich 2022
Jonathan Nott
Music and Artistic Director of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott is an observant and attentive conductor. By watching and listening to him, we play witness to an exceptional talent who invites musicians and audiences alike to accompany him on a journey where contrasting worlds form an osmotic bond forged through deep emotions and meticulous conceptual reflection. Jonathan Nott creates an extraordinary musical and human experience with his infinite charisma and choice of programmes. Inspired by a symphonic repertoire extending from Schubert and Bruckner to Mahler and Shostakovich, and onto to the limits of creation in the world of contemporary music, Nott has worked for several decades with famous composers as his accomplices; Györgi Ligeti, Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, Helmut Lachenmann and Karlheinz Stockhausen, as well as composers of his own generation. His knowledge and understanding of the operatic repertoire also help strengthen the ties between the OSR and the Grand Théâtre de Genève, where his performances, marked by their unerring, deeply moving and spiritual musical style, are poignantly memorable.
Throughout his rich and varied career, he has conducted most of the renowned contemporary orchestras and formations of our time as well as an impressive number of soloists. In Japan, where he enjoys fame akin to that of a pop-star, Jonathan Nott has been the Music Director of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra since 2012, where he demonstrated exceptionally innovative artistic and technological creativity in the name of music. One of Jonathan Nott’s main preoccupations is to share his knowledge with future generations and support them. He has been the Principal Conductor of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie for ten years, between 2014 and 2024, inspiring young musicians. Regular guest conductor of the Gustav Mahler Jugend Orchester, he also launched the Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition, designed to inspire and support the world-famous conductors of tomorrow. He currently spends his free time producing a multimedia work based on Mahler’s symphonies, illustrating his research through numerous details and references to his long-standing experience as a conductor.