28-year-old conductor Klaus Mäkelä will lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

When he takes over, in the fall of 2027, he will be the youngest music director in the orchestra's 133-year history.Klaus Mäkelä has a lot on his plate — or more accurately, podium. With leading roles conducting orchestras in Oslo, Paris and Amsterdam, he's beenthe fastest-rising maestro of his generation.

From Orchestra Hall in Chicago, on the day the announcement was made, Mäkelä, now the official music director designate, took time away from the excitement to talk with NPR'sabout his dreams of becoming a conductor at age 7, the challenges of leading multiple orchestras on two continents, and food tips for the Windy City.Ari Shapiro: You've said that different orchestras are like different characters.

One learns when one does it. Of course, you can never be perfect, but you try to match the wavelength, the frequency of optimizations. And in the end, it is working with people. And that's my favorite part of it. You have also been recording music, and you're only the third conductor who's been signed to the legendary Decca record label in the last 90 years. Your debut was a full set of all seven symphonies by

I'm hopeful because I think the experience of a concert is, in a way, very 2024 — a very unique experience, happens only once, every night is different. And it comes down to how to curate an experience which makes people very excited and very engaged. As an audience member, I love going to concerts. I went last night to hear the Bach concert at the Chicago Symphony and I loved it. I sat down, I was without my phone. I didn't know anything was happening in the world.

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