Daniel Harding
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Biography: Harding was born in Oxford. He studied trumpet at Chetham's School of Music and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra at age 13. At age 17, Harding assembled a group of musicians to perform Pierrot Lunaire of Arnold Schoenberg, and sent a tape of the performance to Simon Rattle in Birmingham. After listening to this tape, Rattle hired Harding as an assistant to him at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for a year, from 1993 to 1994. Harding then attended the University of Cambridge, but after his first year at university, Claudio Abbado named him his assistant with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Harding first conducted the Berlin Philharmonic at age 21. At the time of his first conducting appearance at The Proms in 1996, he was then the youngest-ever conductor to appear there. In 1997, Harding was the Music Director of the Ojai Music Festival alongside pianist Emanuel Ax. Harding has been music director of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra (1997–2000), the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (1999–2003) and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (2003–2008). Harding now has the title of conductor laureate with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. He conducted the 2005 opening night at La Scala, Milan in Idomeneo, as a substitute after the resignation of Riccardo Muti earlier in 2005. In 2004, Harding was appointed principal guest conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), as of 2006. One of his new projects with the LSO involved the Sound Adventures program for new compositions. With the LSO, he has conducted a commercial recording of the opera Billy Budd for EMI Classics. He became the Principal Conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2007. In September 2009, he extended his contract as the orchestra's principal conductor through 2012. In April 2013, the orchestra further announced the extension of Harding's contract to 2015. With the orchestra, he has recorded commercially for the Sony Classical label. In June 2015, the Orchestre de Paris announced the appointment of Harding as its 9th principal conductor, effective September 2016. Harding concluded his tenure in the Orchestre de Paris post following the close of the 2018-2019 season. In October 2018, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra announced the extension of Harding's contract as principal conductor through 2023, along with granting him the new title of konstnärlig ledare (artistic leader).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Oxford, England
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Birthday: August 31, 1975
Age: 49 years old
Gender: Male
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Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2016
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 2016-07-16
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Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2021 - Yuja Wang
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 2021-07-10
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Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2022 - Tschaikowsky und Dvořák
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 2022-07-09
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Don Giovanni
Overview: Don Giovanni's list of romantic conquests reaches into the hundreds. But his reputation as a lothario puts him in danger as the women he's betrayed -- and their suitors -- begin to seek revenge. A modern-day setting proves the timeless nature of Mozart's popular opera, performed with the Vienna Philharmonic as part of an epic presentation of all 22 of the composer's stage works at the 2006 Salzburg Festival, in honor of his 250th birthday.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2006-08-15
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Don Giovanni
Overview: Live performance at Théâtre de l’Archevêché du Festival d’art lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence 2002. Daniel Harding conducting the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Choeur de l'Académie Européenne de Musique. Directed for stage by Peter Brook.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2002-08-01
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Lecture 21
Overview: A student takes a bizarre trip through the Italian Alps after being inspired by a professor's lecture on Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" from his Ninth Symphony.
Genres: Fantasy History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-17
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Schumann - Das Paradies und die Peri
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Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2016-12-01
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Hunter's Bride
Overview: Inspired by Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz, the film opera Hunter's Bride traces the romantic rivalry between two veterans of the Napoleonic Wars who each vie for the heart of the same woman.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2010-12-23
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The Italian Character: The Story of a Great Italian Orchestra
Overview: The Italian Character: a film within music and about music. The Italian character is the story of one of the most renowned orchestras in the world, enriched by archive material of the last thirty years about the great conductors who have been performing on the most famous rostrum in Rome.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2013-10-04
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Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2021
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Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-08-27
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SIMON! The Joy of Conducting
Overview: “As I child, I always had music in my head. I thought everybody did,” the legendary conductor Sir Simon Rattle recalls. His charming and humorous reflections on the unifying magic of conducting are complemented by interviews with well-known contemporaries and accompanied by thrilling concert footage. His music is a joy to all those who listen to it!
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2025-05-16
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Europakonzert 2019 from Paris
Overview: Richard Wagner: Good Friday Music from Parsifal ∙ Wotan's Farewell and The Magic Fire from Die Walküre (Concert Version) ∙ Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde Hector Berlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm from Les Troyens ∙ Love Scene from Romeo et Juliette Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Melisande (Concert Suite by Claudio Abbado, based on the Orchestral Suite, arranged by Erich Leinsdorf) ∙ Prélude à l'après midi d'un faune
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2019-05-01
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Homage to Robert Schumann
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Original Language: it
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