Harry Ogg

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Copyright: Benjamin Ealovega
Copyright: Benjamin Ealovega

About Harry

Kapellmeister: Deutsche Oper am Rhein

British conductor Harry Ogg continues to establish himself on both the operatic and symphonic stages. The 2024/25 season sees Harry debut with Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Concerto Köln and Staatsorchester Darmstadt. He maintains a close relationship with Hamburger Symphoniker returning for a concert in the Laeiszhalle.

Kapellmeister of Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Harry’s third season includes a new production of Rusalka and revivals of Der Fliegende Holländer and Don Giovanni. Over the past two seasons he has conducted a wide range of repertoire including Die Tote Stadt, Madama Butterfly, La Traviata, La Cenerentola, Tosca, Hänsel und Gretel and Die Zauberflöte, among others.

Last season Harry made several significant debuts, including in the Concertgebouw stepping in at the last minute for Ivor Bolton to conduct Gürzenich Orchester Köln. He made further debuts with Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Bruckner Orchester Linz and George Enescu Philharmonic and returned to Düsseldorfer Symphoniker to conduct their Silversterkonzert in the Tonhalle. Harry opened the season with his Oper Köln debut leading the world premiere production of Frank Pesci’s The Strangers, and later stepped in for two performances of Hänsel und Gretel.

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Jack Haynes

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Edward Pascall

Edward Pascall

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Maya Feldman

Assistant Artist Manager

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Season Highlights

Oct 2024
Staatstheater Darmstadt
Part: Fratres Eotvos: Speaking Drums, four poems for soloist percussions and orchestra Kurtag: Petit musique solonelle Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123 Alexej Gerassimez (percussion) Darmstadt State Orchestra
Oct 2024
TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht Concertgebouworkest, Amsterdam
Part: Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake: Suite Elgar: Enigma Variations Op. 36 Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Feb 2025
Cologne Philharmonic Hall
Mendelssohn: Overture in B minor "The Hebrides or Fingal's Cave" op. 26 C. Schumann: Concerto movement for piano and orchestra in F minor R. Schumann: Andante cantabile from Quartet for piano, violin, viola and violoncello in E flat major op. 47 C. Schumann: Andante, molto from Three Romances op. 22 for violin and piano Chopin: Rondo, Vivace from Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1 in E minor op. 11 Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 in A major op. 90 Olga Pashchenko (piano) Concerto Köln
Mar 2025
Laeiszhalle Hamburg
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E flat Op. 63 Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano) Hamburger Symphoniker
Jun 2025
Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Dusseldorf
Dvorak: Rusalka (Premiere) Deutsche Oper am Rhein

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  • Concerto Köln

    Cologne Philharmonic Hall
    Feb 2025

  • Bruckner Orchestra Linz

    Linz, Austria
    Apr 2024

    • Harry Ogg and the Bruckner Orchestra also played their part here, carrying their very young colleague with more than just a hand and accompanying her with absolute attentiveness and a finely balanced sound. These qualities were also evident in the Enigma Variations, which were interpreted in an exceptionally appealing and multi-layered manner. Harry Ogg avoided clichéd interpretative traditions and followed the score very closely in his reading, presenting Elgar as a subtle sound magician. [TRANSLATION]

    • Great guest conductor! It was easy to sympathise with the guest conductor Ogg. With his unobtrusive, yet temperamental character, he quickly warmed to our orchestra. The dramatic flourishes of an accomplished opera conductor could not be ignored, but his emotional relationship to English music, with its often hidden expressive depth, was also convincing. [TRANSLATION]

  • Paris Conducting debut

    Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

    • 'A total, complete success, especially since the young British conductor [...] Harry Ogg, whom I did not know, was for me a revelation, leading an OCP in magnificent form.' [TRANSLATION]

  • Düsseldorf New Years Concert

    Düsseldorf Symphoniker
    Jan 2024 - Jan 2024

    • The Briton is blessed with charm, sensitivity and an excellent command of the German language: the best prerequisites for the balancing act between light entertainment and high art. Even a popular hit like Georges Bizet's "Carmen" suite doesn't sound like oom-pah music under his direction. With Ogg, panache is happily combined with elegance, with a truly artistic feel for the esprit and colours of a score. This particularly benefits the French part of the programme: Maurice Ravel's "Alborada del gracioso" is a celebration of Spanish colour, despite its explosive rhythms. Under the pattering of the castanets and percussion, it is as if the orchestra has been transformed into a large flamenco guitar.

  • “The Strangers” Frank Pesci

    Oper Köln
    Sep 2023 - Oct 2023

    • The Gürzenich Orchestra under the direction of the young conductor Harry Ogg once again demonstrates its class and manages to retain the necessary lightness of the jazz-inspired features of the work, while at the same time facing up to the delicate demands of New Music with great accuracy.

    • Decisive to the result was the solid leadership of the young conductor Harry Ogg, who directs the 16 talented instrumentalists of the Gürzenich Orchester and all the performers in their frequent movements with exemplary precision from the centre of the hall.

      • GIORNALE DELLA MUSICA
      • 16 October 2023

    • THE MASSIVE sonic density of the orchestral fabric, unravelled with precision by Harry Ogg, often forced the performers, including Martin Koch, leader of the 'law and order' faction, and David Howes, police inspector, into a sometimes stentorian and monotone declamation.

      • COLONIA
      • 07 October 2023