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James Salomon Kahane (born 28 July 1995, Paris) is a French-German conductor. Known professionally as James S. Kahane, he is currently principal conductor of the Polytech Orchestra and the Helsinki Chamber Orchestra, co-principal conductor of the Orchestre de Chambre de la Drôme, and music director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.




Biography


As a youth, Kahane studied the piano. At age 14, Kahane entered the Conservatoire à rayonnement communal du 13e arrondissement de Paris. He developed an interest in conducting at age 17, and subsequently enrolled at the Sibelius Academy, where he studied from 2015 to 2021 and his conducting teachers included Atso Almila and Sakari Oramo, as well as Hannu Lintu. He has participated in conducting masterclasses at the Menuhin Festival Gstaad, the Lucerne Festival and the Tanglewood Festival, with such conductors as Paavo Järvi, Bernard Haitink, Susanna Mälkki, Matthias Pintscher, David Zinman, Roger Norrington, Mikko Franck, Leif Segerstam, Jorma Panula, Johannes Schlaefli and Nicolás Pasquet.
Since 2016, Kahane has been affiliated with the Far(away) Ensemble. In 2017 and 2018, Kahane was assistant conductor to Susanna Mälkki at the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2018, he was appointed conductor of the Polytech Orchestra (Espoo, Finland). In 2019, he became principal conductor of the re-founded Helsinki Chamber Orchestra. In 2023, he became co-principal conductor of the Orchestre de Chambre de la Drôme.
In October 2023, Kahane first guest-conducted the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra (HPO). In May 2024, the HPO announced the appointment of Kahane as its next music director, effective with the 2024–2025 season.
Kahane was one of the three protagonists of the documentary movie Conductivity (Finnish title Orkesterin Edessä), released in 2020, which followed him as a young conducting student at the Sibelius Academy.




Discography


Rodrigo, Ibert, Jolivet: Flute Concertos, with Sami Junnonen and the Helsinki Chamber Orchestra (2024, Resonus Classics)




References






External links


Official website of James S. Kahane
RSBA agency page on James S. Kahane

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