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RomeSiegfried

Fondazione Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Wagner: Siegfried
Daniel Harding; Vincent Huguet; Pierre Yovanovitch; Edoardo Russo; Christophe Forey; Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

StockholmMusic from Vienna

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Strauss II, Strauss R., Schoenberg, Ravel
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Harding; Francesco Piemontesi

RomeDaniel Harding / Brahms / Strauss

Fondazione Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Strauss R., Brahms
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Daniel Harding; Rachel Willis-Sørensen

ParisOrchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Daniel Harding /
Rachel Willis-Sørensen

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Strauss R., Brahms
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Daniel Harding; Rachel Willis-Sørensen

BarcelonaAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Harding

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Tchaikovsky, Brahms
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Daniel Harding; Kirill Gerstein

MadridDaniel Harding / Tchaikovsky / Brahms

Fondazione Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Tchaikovsky, Brahms
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Daniel Harding; Kirill Gerstein
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Storms without the stress: Daniel Harding and the Berliner Phil

Daniel Harding, Johanna Wallroth and Marianne Crebassa © Bettina Stöß

Drama, precision and high-definition contrast in a thrilling Resurrection Symphony at the Philharmonie.

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A perfect landing with Harding and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Håkan Hardenberger, Daniel Harding and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra © Carolin Windel
Håkan Hardenberger joins the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Daniel Harding for a thrilling night concluding with a breathtaking, high-energy Beethoven Four. 
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A vanished Old World with the Vienna Philharmonic in Hamburg

Daniel Harding © MUSA
A Vienna Philharmonic evening conjures a vanished world: Strauss’ muscular drama and intimate humour, Haydn’s inward gravity and a graceful waltz to close.
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Yunchan Lim, Daniel Harding and the Santa Cecilia in Seoul

Yunchan Lim and the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia © Won Hee Lee, courtesy of Vincero
Daniel Harding and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia choose proportion over spectacle as their Asian tour reaches Seoul. 
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Poetic refinement in Daniil Trifonov's Schumann with the LSO

Daniil Trifonov, Daniel Harding and the London Symphony Orchestra © LSO | Mark Allan

On a rare visit to the UK, the Russian pianist's Schumann lingers in the memory long after Daniel Harding conducts Mahler's Seventh Symphony. 

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Hardenberger shines; the LSOs Widmann and Mahler disappoint

Håkan Hardenberger © LSO | Mark Allan
Håkan Hardenberger is a phenomenon of the trumpet, but long stretches of Widmann'sTowards Paradise fail to impress, as does a rather tame Mahler 5 from Daniel Harding and the LSO.
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MunichDaniel Harding conducts Mahler

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Mahler: Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Harding; Katharina Konradi; Okka von der Damerau; Bavarian Radio Choir

ParisBoulez - Conducting masterclass - Messiaen

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Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, for solo voice
The Cleveland Orchestra; Pierre Boulez; Françoise Pollet; Ollila-Hannikainen

ParisBoulez - Conducting masterclass - Stravinsky

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Stravinsky: Le chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale)
The Cleveland Orchestra; Pierre Boulez; Pascal Rophé; Lan Shui
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Interview with the Valkyrie: Elisabet Strid on singing Wagner

Elisabet Strid as Brünnhilde in Siegfried at Covent Garden © Monika Rittershaus

Swedish soprano Elisabet Strid reflects on Wagner’s heroines, in anticipation of Vincent Huguet’s new production of Siegfried for the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.

LA Phil appoints Daniel Harding as Music Director

Daniel Harding © Polly Brown
Harding will join the LA Phil’s reimagined leadership team, including Esa-Pekka Salonen, Anna Handler and Gustavo Dudamel.

The world over: Bachtrack’s Classical Music Statistics 2025

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How is the classical music world changing? Looking back on a dizzying year, we pay particular attention to performers’ international connectedness. Documenting more than 30,000 events, Bachtrack’s statistics provide valuable insight into an unstable world.