conductor Daniel Harding
Richard Strauss
Don Juan Op. 20
Igor Stravinsky
Firebird-Suite
Johannes Brahms
Symphony n.2 op. 73 in D major

 

 

The London Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1904, is certainly one of the most famous and appreciated orchestras worldwide. Its innumerable activities include energetic and innovative music training programs for the community, a centre for music education, a record company, and constant research in the field of information technology. In its headquarters located in the centre of the City in Barbican Street, LSO promotes more classical concerts than any other classical music organization in London. Its live recordings has presented its orchestra to millions of people. More than a century from its foundation, LSO still attracts excellent musicians, many of whom have become teachers, solo musicians, chamber concert musicians, siding their orchestra activity. The list is endless: Chief conductor Valery Gergiev, the President of LSO Sir Colin Davis, and the Principal Guest Conductors Daniel Harding and Michael Tilson Thomas. Among its directors, Pierre Monteaux, André Previn and Claudio Abbado.

Daniel Harding is one of the most brilliant conductors of the new generation. He is the Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, Musical Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Previously, he had been Chief Conductor of the Trondheim Symphony of Norway (1997–2000), Main Guest Conductor of  Sweden’s Norrköping Symphony (1997–2003) and Chief Conductor of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (1997–2003). Hosted at some of the most important European orchestras, he worked in the US with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Symphonic Orchestras of Chicago, Atlanta, Baltimore, Houston and Toronto.