DanielHarding

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About Daniel

Music & Artistic Director: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Music Director: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Music Director: Youth Music Culture, Greater Bay Area Conductor Laureate: Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Daniel Harding CBE is Music and Artistic Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, with whom this season he celebrates an 18-year anniversary, marking the end of his tenure with the Orchestra. During the same season, he embarks on a new journey as Music Director of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He is Conductor Laureate of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, with whom he has worked for over 20 years. Earlier this year, he took up the position of Music Director of the Youth Music Culture, The Greater Bay Area.

He is a regular visitor to the world's foremost orchestras, including the Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Staatskapelle Dresden, London Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala. In the US, he has appeared with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic and the San Francisco Symphony.

A renowned opera conductor, he has led critically acclaimed productions at the Teatro alla Scala Milan, Wiener Staatsoper, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and at the Aix-en-Provence and Salzburg Festivals.

He is a qualified airline pilot.

Daniel is based in Paris

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Contact

For availability and general enquiries:

Henry Lindsay

Henry Lindsay

Associate Director

For contracts, logistics and press:

Kate Sweeney

Kate Sweeney

Artist Manager

Representation

General Management with Askonas Holt Partner manager: Japan: Amati

Season Highlights

Sep 2023
Vienna, Brussels, Luxembourg, Cologne, Frankfurt & Munich
Elgar Violin Concerto Op. 61 Dvorak Symphony no. 9 'From the New World' Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) Wiener Philharmoniker
Nov 2023
Mandel Concert Hall, Cleveland
Betsy Jolas Ces belles années.... (US Premiere) Mahler Symphony No. 4 Lauren Snouffer (soprano) The Cleveland Orchestra
Dec 2023
Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Beethoven Choral Fantasy Op. 80 Brahms Symphony No. 2 Kirill Gerstein (piano) Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus
Jan 2024
Berliner Philharmonie
Widmann Viola Concerto Bruckner Symphony No. 4 'Romantic' Antoine Tamestit (viola) Berliner Philharmoniker
Mar 2024
Barbican, London
Widmann Towards Paradise Mahler Symphony No. 5 Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) London Symphony Orchestra
Mar 2024
Concertgebouw Hall, Amsterdam
Elgar Violin Concerto Dvorak Symphony No. 7 Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
May 2024
Herkulessaal Der Residenz, Munich
Beethoven Coriolan Overture Sibelius Symphony No. 4 Sibelius The Oceanides Beethoven Symphony No. 4 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jun 2024
Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Puccini Turandot

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Youth Music Culture The Greater Bay Area

Following the appointment of Daniel Harding as Music Director from 2024-28, Askonas Holt is delighted to be partnering with Youth Music Culture The Greater Bay Area (YMCG). Working with Daniel and Artistic Director Long Yu, a world-renowned faculty of professional musicians has been assembled from some of the greatest orchestras around the globe, including the Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and London Symphony Orchestra.

Learn about this project

  • Projects

    Youth Music Culture The Greater Bay Area

    Following the appointment of Daniel Harding as Music Director from 2024-28, Askonas Holt is delighted to be partnering with Youth Music Culture The Greater Bay Area (YMCG). Working with Daniel and Artistic Director Long Yu, a world-renowned faculty of professional musicians has been assembled from some of the greatest orchestras around the globe, including the Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and London Symphony Orchestra.

    Learn about this project

News

Press

  • Cleveland Orchestra

    Cleveland

    • One piece, vast in scope and duration, transpires under guest conductor Daniel Harding without a moment’s lull.

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  • Berliner Philharmoniker

    Royal Albert Hall, London
    Sep 2022

    • His Bruckner balances still-youthful drive with patience that allowed the music to expand and breathe when it needed to.

  • Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

    Rome
    Jul 2022

    • Harding [...] highlighted the freshness of the musical ideas and the elegance of the orchestration, articulated according to Grieg's very personal style.

  • London Symphony Orchestra

    Barbican Hall, London

    • It's a feast of colour and movement which Harding shaped authoritatively, holding something in reserve for a final exhilarating surge.

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