Starting in September 2027 and for a period of five years, Esa-Pekka Salonen will serve as Principal Conductor of the Orchestre de Paris and will hold the Chair of Creation and Innovation at the Philharmonie de Paris. In addition, in 2026, he will begin a five-year term as Judith & Thomas L. Beckmen Creative Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This dual appointment will enable the Philharmonie de Paris and the LA Phil to forge a close partnership.

From January to June 2026, Olha Dondyk, laureate of La Maestra 2024, will serve as Assistant Conductor of Orchestre de Paris. In this role, she will assist Klaus Mäkelä and most of the guest conductors invited by the orchestra.

The Orchestre de Paris has found its home in the Grande Salle Pierre Boulez, where it gave the inaugural concert. In this selection of concerts, the orchestra is conducted by its musical directors Paavo Järvi, Daniel Harding and Klaus Mäkelä, and also by Esa-Pekka Salonen, with whom it has forged a special relationship.

In July 2026, the Orchestre de Paris and Klaus Mäkelä will perform Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten and Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle.