Kent Nagano
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Kent Nagano conducted the London Symphony Orchestra (augmented by David Ocker (clarinet), Chad Wackerman and Ed Mann (percussion), performing Zappa's music at the 'Barbican Theatre', London, UK on 01/11/1983, and the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra performing "A Zappa Affair" concert, with choreography by giant puppets, on June 15 & 16, 1984, at the 'Zellerbach Auditorium', Berkeley, CA. From 2006 appointed conductor and musical director of l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (OSM).
Nagano is one of the people receiving thanks for their "very special but no less significant contributions" in The Yellow Shark liner notes.