director at the close of his current contract, at the end of the 2019–2020 season. Nagano is also one of the Russian National Orchestra's Conductor Collegium. In August 2012, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of Nagano as its principal guest conductor and artistic advisor, as of the 2013–2014 season, with an initial contract of 3 years. In September 2012, the Hamburg State Opera announced the appointment of Nagano as its next Generalmusikdirektor (General Music Director) and Chefdirigent (chief conductor), effective with the 2015–2016 season, with an initial contract through the 2019–2020 season. In October 2017, the company announced the extension of Nagano's Hamburg contract through 2025. Personal life Nagano is married to pianist Mari Kodama. The couple has one daughter, Karin Kei Nagano. Honours Seaver/National Endowment for the Arts Conductors Award in 1985 Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, 2008 Wilhelm Furtwängler Prize 2010, Beethovenfest Bonn Meritorious Service Medal – Invested on: May 24, 2018. Honorary Grand Officer of the National Order of Québec, in 2013 (however, part of the 2014 list). Selected discography Widmann: Arche. Marlis Petersen, Thomas E. Bauer, Iveta Apkalna, Kent Nagano, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg. ECM 2605 (2018) Beethoven: Nine Symphonies – 'O Mensch, gib acht! Entre les Lumières et la Révolution'. Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Analekta Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 4 and 5. Till Fellner, piano; Montreal Symphony Orchestra. ECM 2114 Arthur Honegger and Jacques Ibert: L'Aiglon. Decca Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf. Jean-Pascal Beintus: Wolf Tracks. Mikhail Gorbachev, Bill Clinton, Kent Nagano, Sophia Loren, Russian National Orchestra. PENTATONE PTC 5186011 (2003). Saint-Saëns, Samy Moussa, Kaija Saariaho: 'Symphonie et créations avec orgue'. Olivier Latry, Jean-Willy Kunz, organists; Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Analekta Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto & Piano Concerto. Christian Tetzlaff, Nikolai Lugansky, Kent Nagano, Russian National Orchestra. PENTATONE PTC 5186022 (2003) Chopin, Carl Loewe: Piano Concertos. Mari Kodama, Kent Nagano, Russian National Orchestra. PENTATONE PTC 5186026 (2003) Bruckner: Symphony No 3. Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano. Harmonia Mundi 801817 (2003) Mahler: Symphony No 8. Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano, Sally Matthews, Sylvia Greenberg, Lynne Dawson, Elena Manistina, Sophie Koch, Robert Gambill, Detlef Roth, Jan-Hendrik Rootering. Harmonia Mundi 801858/59 (2004) Saint-Saëns, Andrew Wan, violin, Complete Violin Concertos (n°1, n°2, n°3), Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conductor Kent Nagano. CD Analekta 2015 Ginastera: Violin Concerto, Bernstein: Sérénade, Moussa: Concerto "Adrano", Andrew Wan , violin, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conductor Kent Nagano. CD Analekta 2019 References External