DanielHarding
- Conductor
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.
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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.
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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.
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News
Carnegie Hall 2025/26: 24 AH artists and new annual celebration in co-presentation with Askonas Holt
Askonas Holt Artists honoured at the 2025 ICMA Awards
Daniel Harding opens Youth Music Culture The Greater Bay Area 2025
Valentine Michaud debuts with Swedish Radio Symphony conducted by Daniel Harding
New Music Directors launch their inaugural season
Daniel Harding explores the secrets of the universe with Brian Cox
Daniel Harding returns to the Berliner Philharmoniker
Daniel Harding and Vilde Frang bring YMCG Residency to a close
Daniel Harding returns to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding launches Youth Music Culture The Greater Bay Area
Daniel Harding appointed Music Director of Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Daniel Harding appointed Music Director of Youth Music Culture the Greater Bay Area
Daniel Harding debuts with The Cleveland Orchestra
Daniel Harding steps in for Berliner Philharmoniker tour
On tour: National Youth Orchestra USA returns to Europe
Karina Canellakis and Daniel Harding take leading roles in ARTE’s Beethoven Cycle across Europe
On Tour: Daniel Harding returns to the Wiener Philharmoniker
Daniel Harding awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours 2021
Daniel Harding appointed Conductor-in-Residence with Geneva’s OSR
Press
Cleveland Orchestra
ClevelandOne piece, vast in scope and duration, transpires under guest conductor Daniel Harding without a moment’s lull.
- Cleveland Orchestra
Berliner Philharmoniker
Royal Albert Hall, LondonSep 2022His Bruckner balances still-youthful drive with patience that allowed the music to expand and breathe when it needed to.
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
RomeJul 2022Harding [...] 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, LondonIt's a feast of colour and movement which Harding shaped authoritatively, holding something in reserve for a final exhilarating surge.
Daniel Harding returns to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Tonight marks the first of Daniel Harding’s four performances this week with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducting Holst’s The Planets, Schumann’s Overture to Manfred and Brahms' Schicksalslied with the full Chicago Symphony Chorus.
The performances follow Daniel’s April release on BR Klassik of The Planets with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, which was declared “a revelatory performance” by The Guardian, who also hailed Daniel as “a force to reckon with”. Listen to the album below.
The end of the month sees Daniel return to the US for three concerts with The Cleveland Orchestra. On the programme is Mahler’s Symphony No.4 paired with the US premiere of Betsy Jolas’ Ces belles années..., which was co-commissioned by the orchestra along with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Festival International d’Art Lyrique d’Aix en Provence.
https://open.spotify.com/album/0G8nmBSPhFtdGqgDYkg3Lg?si=zLmSCDXHR5WQkLpL2yxy9
