Harding to Conduct Dresden Staatskapelle, 10/31-11/1

35-year-old conductor Daniel Harding, who has received worldwide acclaim for his performances and award-winning recordings, will lead the Dresden Staatskapelle in two concerts on Sunday, October 31st at 3:00 p.m. and Monday, November 1st at 8:00 p.m. at Avery Fisher Hall.   These performances are part of an 8-city U.S. tour which includes concerts in San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C.

On October 31st, the orchestra will be joined by soprano Christiane Karg, baritone Matthias Goerne, and the Westminster Symphonic Choir in a performance of Brahms' choral masterpiece Ein deutsches Requiem as part of Lincoln Center's White Light Festival.  "Daniel Harding has emerged as an exceptional Brahms interpreter," wrote The Guardian, following Mr. Harding's performance of Brahms' Symphony No. 2 with the London Symphony Orchestra.  "[He] is immaculate in his ability to negotiate the complex relationship between feeling and form in Brahms." The November 1st all-Beethoven program will include a performance of Piano Concerto No. 4 featuring Rudolf Buchbinder, Ah! perfido with soprano Deborah Voigt, and Symphony No. 7.  

Single tickets for each concert range from $35 to $75 and can be purchased online by visiting www.LincolnCenter.org , or by calling CenterCharge at 212.721.6500.  

Daniel Harding is the Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Principal Conductor of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Artistic Partner of the New Japan Philharmonic.  He makes regular guest appearances with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and Vienna Philharmonic.  In 2005, Mr. Harding opened the season at La Scala leading a new production of Idomeneo in his company debut, and has since become a regular guest conductor.  This season, he returns to conduct a double bill of Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci.  Mr. Harding has also made guest conducting appearances at the Royal Opera House, Theater an der Wien, and the Salzburg and Aix-en-Provence Festivals.  An exclusive recording artist with Deutsche Grammophon, his discs for the label include the recently released Carmina Burana with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Mahler's Tenth Symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic. 

Mr. Harding began his career assisting Sir Simon Rattle at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, with which he made his professional debut at the age of 17.  He also assisted Claudio Abbado at the Berlin Philharmonic and made his debut with the orchestra at the 1996 Berlin Festival.  In 2002 he was awarded the title Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government.

Founded in 1548 by Prince Elector Moritz von Sachsen, the Dresden Staatskapelle is steeped in tradition and one of the oldest orchestras in the world.  Having been in continuous existence for over four and a half centuries, the one-time court orchestra has been led by many esteemed conductors including Carl Maria von Weber, Richard Wagner, and Richard Strauss.  In 2007, the Dresden Staatskapelle was the first orchestra to be awarded The European Prize for the Preservation of the World's Musical Heritage.    
 

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