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Mäkelä named as new Chicago Symphony conductor

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has announced that Klaus Mäkelä is to be its next music director. The 28-year-old Finnish conductor will begin as the orchestra’s music director designate with immediate effect, before beginning a five-year contract in

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