David Afkham is Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Orquestra y Coro Nacional de España since September 2019, following a highly successful tenure as the orchestra’s Principal Conductor since 2014. His work with the OCNE so far has featured critically acclaimed performances of Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder, Mahler’s Symphony No. 6, Bruckner Symphony No. 9, Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, Brahms’ Requiem, Haydn’s Die Schöpfung, as well as several world premieres and semi-staged projects with Wagner’s Die fliegende Holländer, Strauss’ Elektra, Bach’s St. Mathew Passion and Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle. Born in Freiburg, Germany, in 1983, David Afkham is in high demand as a guest conductor with some of the world’s finest orchestras and opera houses, and has established a reputation as one
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Programa 14 Temporada 23-24 Oscyl, Bruckner
Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y LeónConductor
View cast and crewNicola Benedetti plays Simpson, Simpson, M.Shostakovich
Royal Scottish National OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewOSI al LAC - Truls Mørk, SchumannBeethoven
Orchestra della Svizzera ItalianaConductor
View program, cast and crewSinfónico 13, Tchaikovsky, P. I.BrahmsTorres, J.Von Bingen
Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de EspañaConductor
View program, cast and crewOCNE. Symphony 13, Torres, J.Tchaikovsky, P. I.BrahmsVon Bingen
Auditorio Nacional de MúsicaConductor
View program, cast and crewPrograma 14 Temporada 23-24 Oscyl, Bruckner
Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y LeónConductor
View cast and crewNicola Benedetti plays Simpson, Simpson, M.Shostakovich
Royal Scottish National OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewOSI al LAC - Truls Mørk, SchumannBeethoven
Orchestra della Svizzera ItalianaConductor
View program, cast and crewSinfónico 13, Tchaikovsky, P. I.BrahmsTorres, J.Von Bingen
Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de EspañaConductor
View program, cast and crewBrahms & Bartók, BrahmsBartók
Detroit Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewTetzlaff plays Brahms violin concerto, BrahmsDutilleuxBartók
Minnesota OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewSinfónico 22, Beethoven
Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de EspañaConductor
View cast and crewOrquesta Nacional de España. Director: David Afkham, Alemania. Solista: Pablo Sainz-Villegas, guitarra, España, Albéniz, I.RodrigoStraussFalla
Teatro Mayor Julio Mario SantodomingoConductor
View program, cast and crewOrquesta Nacional de España. Director: David Afkham, Alemania. Solista: Pablo Ferrández, violonchelo, España, ShostakovichProkofiev, S. S.
Teatro Mayor Julio Mario SantodomingoConductor
View program, cast and crewSinfónico 01, Beethoven
Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de EspañaConductor
View cast and crewDebussy La Mer, MessiaenBartókBoulangerDebussy
Seattle SymphonyConductor
View program, cast and crewSinfónico 07, Bruckner
Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de EspañaConductor
View cast and crewDavid Afkham - Bartók Schmidt, BartókSchmidt, Franz
Berlin Radio Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crew3. Sinfoniekonzert, Wagner, RichardHindemithBruckner
Stuttgart State OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewSinfónico 13, MendelssohnSchoenberg, ArnoldShostakovich
Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de EspañaConductor
View program, cast and crewTetzlaff Plays Sibelius, Wagner, RichardSibeliusSchoenberg, Arnold
Chicago Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewBrahms' First Symphony, TarkiainenMozartBrahms
St. Louis Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewDavid Afkham is Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Orquestra y Coro Nacional de España since September 2019, following a highly successful tenure as the orchestra’s Principal Conductor since 2014. His work with the OCNE so far has featured critically acclaimed performances of Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder, Mahler’s Symphony No. 6, Bruckner Symphony No. 9, Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, Brahms’ Requiem, Haydn’s Die Schöpfung, as well as several world premieres and semi-staged projects with Wagner’s Die fliegende Holländer, Strauss’ Elektra, Bach’s St. Mathew Passion and Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle. Born in Freiburg, Germany, in 1983, David Afkham is in high demand as a guest conductor with some of the world’s finest orchestras and opera houses, and has established a reputation as one