Carnegie Hall’s season opened on October 7th with a concert of hits—the theme was literally works that were pivotal to their respective composers’ careers—performed by all-star alumni from the National Youth Orchestra and Yuja Wang, conducted by Daniel Harding. The excellent lineup was Selections from “West Side Story,” followed by Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No. 1,” and concluded with Stravinsky’s “Firebird” {…}
(Credit: ©Musa) The XXIII Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra is set to open with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia on Oct. 23, 2024. The concert will be conducted by Daniel Harding at the Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura. Harding will conduct Verdi’s “Messa da Requiem” with soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Yulia Matochkina, Charles Castronovo, and {…}
The Teatro La Fenice has announced the conductor for its 2024-2025 New Year’s Eve concert. The company noted that Daniel Harding will conduct the prestigious concert which will celebrate its 22nd anniversary. This will mark the fifth time that Harding conducts the concert. He previously led it in 2011, 2015, 2021, and 2023. Harding is a British conductor who was {…}
The Cleveland Orchestra has announced that Daniel Harding will be replacing music director Franz Welser-Möst for a series of concert performances in Israel between Oct. 26-28, 2023. Per an official statement issued by the company, Welser-Möst was forced to withdraw from the Israel performances due to a treatment that he must undergo. He is set to return in January 2024 {…}
Daniel Harding has been named the Music Director of the Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. His contract will be effective starting in October 2024 for an initial five-year term. The British conductor will begin his tenure with performances of Puccini’s “Tosca” continuing a long tradition of opening the season with an opera-in-concert. His first season {…}
The Youth Music Culture The Greater Bay Area has announced the appointment of Daniel Harding as its next Music Director for a five-year term beginning in 2024. Harding will lead a symphonic program with YMCG participants chosen from conservatories across China and overseas, performing in Guangzhou and in other cities in the Greater Bay Area. The conductor will succeed Yo-Yo Ma, {…}
The Berlin Philharmonic has announced that chief conductor Kirill Petrenko has been forced to cancel concerts in Proms and Salzburg. The orchestras said, “due to a serious foot injury and subsequent surgery, chief conductor Kirill Petrenko has been ordered by his doctor to take further rest and therefore will not conduct the second of his two Proms with the Berliner {…}
(Credit: Julian Hargreaves) The Swedish Radio Orchestra has announced that Daniel Harding will extend his post as the orchestra’s Music Director until 2025. “Since the very beginning of my conducting career, I have been surrounded by musicians, collaborators and friends of exceptional generosity, talent and wisdom. I understood very early on that important and lasting musical relationships are forged over {…}
Photo: Michele Monasta Sometimes an opera can be so addictive that you cannot get it out of your mind for hours or even days after you’ve heard it. The world created by the piece might be so convincing or the passion and struggles of the story so real that your head just keeps coming back to it. Every time it {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced streaming concerts for May. The first concert will be conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and will feature Ildebrando D’Arcangelo. The program will include music by Mozart, Brahms, and Beethoven. Streaming Date: May 8, 2021 The second concert of the month will be conducted by Daniel Harding and will feature music by Weber and Dvořák. Streaming Date: {…}
Credits: Groves Artists official website / John Batten / Julian Hargreaves The government of the United Kingdom has officially announced the list of New Year Honours 2021. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has awarded the honors to a number of persons for outstanding achievements across the country. Among those awarded is opera director Graham Vick, who was knighted for his {…}
